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For decades, nuclear power has gotten a bad rap in popular culture, but actual data show that despite some high-profile accidents, few deaths have resulted. With climate change looming, new modular designs with advanced safety features and new applications make it worth a fresh look. Learn how modular nuclear power could help generate ammonia for fertilizer in rural Nebraska.

For decades, nuclear power has gotten a bad rap in popular culture, but actual data show that despite some high-profile accidents, few deaths have resulted. With climate change looming, new modular designs with advanced safety features and new applications make it worth a fresh look. Learn how modular nuclear power could help generate ammonia for fertilizer in rural Nebraska.

Do you have envelopes full of negatives or slides? What about old photos stored in shoeboxes under your bed? Learn how to preserve these in a more organized form. Bring some of these to class and explore the process of scanning and saving those prints digitally so they will be memories forever. Bring no more than four or five prints, negatives, or slides.

Explore five essential oils that are especially useful to keep at home. Learn how they support health and well-being, from easing minor discomforts to promoting relaxation. Discover practical, non-medical uses, such as simple cleaning solutions and everyday household applications. Learn to use essential oils in daily life safely and effectively.

Explore more than a century of Japanese history in Nebraska. Discover why Issei immigrants left Japan, how they moved across the United States, what brought them to communities throughout Nebraska, and how their descendants built lasting lives here. During the second session, view the 2025 Nebraska Public Media documentary “Rescuing Japanese Hall,” offering a deeper look at the experiences of Japanese people in the High Plains and across the state.

Explore more than a century of Japanese history in Nebraska. Discover why Issei immigrants left Japan, how they moved across the United States, what brought them to communities throughout Nebraska, and how their descendants built lasting lives here. During the second session, view the 2025 Nebraska Public Media documentary “Rescuing Japanese Hall,” offering a deeper look at the experiences of Japanese people in the High Plains and across the state.

“Jeopardy: The Team Edition” brings the classic TV game show to life in a fun, collaborative setting. Teams work together to answer questions from a full-size electronic game board, choosing from a variety of topics and point values. The format encourages teamwork, lively discussion, and plenty of laughs. 

“The Bell Affair” is an award-winning film that tells the powerful story of Daniel and Mary Bell, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom and led one of the largest escape attempts in U.S. history. Using an innovative live-action animation style, the film highlights the often-overlooked history of how enslaved people used the courts to challenge their bondage. The filmmakers will share the unique challenges of bringing this story to life—working with actors spread across the country and filming without ever gathering the full cast in one location due to COVID.

Nebraska’s invaluable contributions to thoroughbred horse racing began with ordinary individuals who achieved extraordinary feats in the national “Sport of Kings.” Learn about the Cornhusker State’s nine ovals from west Nebraska in Mitchell, Crawford, and Alliance; in central Nebraska at Columbus and Grand Island; and to the east in Madison, Lincoln, Omaha and South Sioux City. Each racecourse at their infancy had one commonality – all were formed, organized, or governed by their county agricultural societies.

Nebraska’s invaluable contributions to thoroughbred horse racing began with ordinary individuals who achieved extraordinary feats in the national “Sport of Kings.” Learn about the Cornhusker State’s nine ovals from west Nebraska in Mitchell, Crawford, and Alliance; in central Nebraska at Columbus and Grand Island; and to the east in Madison, Lincoln, Omaha and South Sioux City. Each racecourse at their infancy had one commonality – all were formed, organized, or governed by their county agricultural societies.

Build photography skills using your mobile devices – smart phones and tablets. Most of the content will focus on Apple device Technology but, it will also cover Android features, multiple apps and photographic principles common to all cell phone cameras. There will also be limited discussion about post processing of photographs using the phone app Snapseed. Download Snapseed from your app store to enable some practice processing photos on your device during class.

Learn the lifesaving skills of Adult Hands-Only CPR, Child CPR, Infant CPR and AED use, as well as mild and severe airway block for adults, children and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment using the American Heart Association’s research-proven practice, while watching technique. Also learn the use of life-saving tourniquets in controlling serious extremity hemorrhage. This course is information only and does not lead to re-certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  

Learn how modern heart care, from new ways to spot and treat artery disease and cholesterol problems, to personalized approaches for people born with heart defects. Explore how to recognize and respond to cardiac arrest, how genes can influence heart health, and how today’s treatments fix irregular heartbeats. Discover how doctors now detect “hidden” chest pain conditions like ANOCA which do not show up on standard heart tests.

Review the course syllabus for details on each week’s topics: https://go.unl.edu/7kra

Learn how modern heart care, from new ways to spot and treat artery disease and cholesterol problems, to personalized approaches for people born with heart defects. Explore how to recognize and respond to cardiac arrest, how genes can influence heart health, and how today’s treatments fix irregular heartbeats. Discover how doctors now detect “hidden” chest pain conditions like ANOCA which do not show up on standard heart tests.

Review the course syllabus for details on each week’s topics: https://go.unl.edu/7kra

Learn about the planning and work to complete Pershing Mural tile installation and the cooperative effort with the UNL School of Architecture to create a “community connection” area around the Mural wall that includes seating, a stage, and a reflective area behind the wall. Both sections will meet in the classroom on April 13 and 20, then split into two groups for the walking tours April 27 and May 4.

Learn about the planning and work to complete Pershing Mural tile installation and the cooperative effort with the UNL School of Architecture to create a “community connection” area around the Mural wall that includes seating, a stage, and a reflective area behind the wall. Both sections will meet in the classroom on April 13 and 20, then split into two groups for the walking tours April 27 and May 4.

This course has been expanded from 3 to 6 weeks, providing more time to focus exclusively on Apple products (Macs, iPhones/iPads, iWatch, and AirPods) and the latest software updates and refinements.  Designed for users who are already comfortable with their devices, explore advanced features and recent developments. You don't need to own every Apple device, but a  solid understanding of the basics is expected so we can dive right in without covering beginner-level content.

Appreciating the methods used in making the various types of sparkling wine will help us better understand the cost, taste, color and bubbles in each glass poured. Learn the difference between champagne, cava, prosecco, sparkling wine, etc. Taste a few together and see what your next celebration will bring.

This course, part memoir, part travelogue, part history, gives an overview of Vietnam from its first settlers more than 4,000 years ago through conquests, colonialization, the Vietnam War, and the current period. Examine the War’s deep impact on both Vietnam and the U.S. The instructor lived in Saigon as a teenager from 1963-65 and returned recently, providing him with a unique perspective.

This course, part memoir, part travelogue, part history, gives an overview of Vietnam from its first settlers more than 4,000 years ago through conquests, colonialization, the Vietnam War, and the current period. Examine the War’s deep impact on both Vietnam and the U.S. The instructor lived in Saigon as a teenager from 1963-65 and returned recently, providing him with a unique perspective.

The fall of the Roman Republican government was fueled by financial inequalities, class struggles, incompetent leadership, military expansion, and the rise of populist generals. The people learned that they were indeed sovereign and proceeded to vote away their political power in favor of dictators, like Marius and Caesar who brought them bread and circuses, but also decades of civil war. Augustus was the last man standing and established a principate.

The fall of the Roman Republican government was fueled by financial inequalities, class struggles, incompetent leadership, military expansion, and the rise of populist generals. The people learned that they were indeed sovereign and proceeded to vote away their political power in favor of dictators, like Marius and Caesar who brought them bread and circuses, but also decades of civil war. Augustus was the last man standing and established a principate.