The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system. The university has been governed by the Board of Regents since 1871, whose members are elected by district to six-year terms.
The University of Nebraska system is the public university system of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system has four university campuses, a two-year technical agriculture college, and a high school.
James Bennett Milliken is the chancellor of the University of Texas System. He is the former chancellor of the City University of New York, the largest urban university system in the U.S. from 2014 to 2018, after serving as president of the University of Nebraska from 2004 to 2014, where he was also a professor at the School of Public Affairs and at the College of Law. He served as senior vice president of the University of North Carolina's 16-campus system from 1998 to 2004. Before his career in academic administration, Milliken practiced law in New York City.
Clifford Morris Hardin was an American politician and was the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1969 to 1971 under President Richard Nixon.
Hawks Field at Haymarket Park is a baseball stadium in the Haymarket District of Lincoln, Nebraska. It is less than a mile west of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (NU) and is the home venue of the school's baseball team and the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. The thirty-two acre Haymarket Park complex, jointly financed by the city of Lincoln and NU, was completed in 2001 at a cost of $29.53 million. Hawks Field is adjacent to the smaller Bowlin Stadium, which hosts Nebraska's softball team.
The Lied Center for Performing Arts is a multi-venue performing arts facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It opened in 1990 on the southwest edge of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's City Campus. The main stage at the Lied Center has a seating capacity of 2,258 and is primarily used for orchestra, theatre, and speaking events.
Michael John Flood is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district since July 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served two stints as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 19th district, from 2005 to 2013 and 2021 to 2022. He served as speaker of the legislature from 2007 to 2013.
Harold John Daub Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Nebraska who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives and as the 48th Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. In 2012, Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Nebraska Innovation Campus is a public/private research campus being developed by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. It is located in Lincoln, Nebraska on the 249-acre (1.01 km2) site of the old Nebraska State Fair grounds.
Mary E. (Ellen) Williamson was an American aviator who served as a WASP during World War II. She was also a communications professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Hank M. Bounds is an American educator and a past president of the University of Nebraska system, where he was the administrator of all campuses in the university. He had previously served as the commissioner of higher education in Mississippi.
Ronald William Roskens was an American academic. He was the president of the University of Nebraska System from 1977 to 1989. Roskens was a member and past National President of Sigma Tau Gamma. He served as Administrator of USAID from 1990 to 1992. Ronald W. and Lois G. Roskens Hall, finished in Fall 2011, located on the campus of University of Nebraska Omaha, is named after the Roskens.
Martin Andrew Massengale is an American academic. He served as the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1981 to 1991, when he resigned to become the President of the University of Nebraska system.
Harvey S. Perlman is a college administrator and the former chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In 2016, he returned to the Nebraska Law faculty after leading the institution for 16 years. During his tenure the University of Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference, dramatically increased its research expenditures, and created a Nebraska Innovation Campus by moving the State Fair to Grand Island from its location adjacent to the University.
Ronnie David Green served as the 20th chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2016 to 2023. UNL is the state's flagship, a land-grant university, and is part of the University of Nebraska system. Green previously led the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 2010 to 2016, and served as interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the university's highest academic office, from 2015 to 2016.
The Proseminar in Homophile Studies, one of the first courses in the United States about homosexuality, was held in the fall semester of 1970. It was taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln by professor Louis Crompton and others. The class was interdisciplinary, and used elements of the social sciences and the humanities.
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is the chief administrator of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is selected by the university's board of regents. Twenty men have held the post, as well as several others in an interim capacity. The position has been held by Rodney D. Bennett since July 2023.
Daniel J. Shipp, is an American educator and the tenth president of Pittsburg State University. Prior to his appointment at Pittsburg State in 2022, Shipp served in multiple roles between the University of Nebraska Medical Center and University of Nebraska Omaha for the previous ten years.
