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  March 30, 2023

  Graduate Scholars Program Funds UNL Student's Research Into Safety of Plastic Baby Products

  By Duane Retzlaff  Plastic is everywhere around us. Its many advantages—it’s cheap, extremely versatile, strong, and lightweight—have led to its w... More

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  March 21, 2023

  Guide Helps Parents and Caregivers Find Quality Child Care

  In Nebraska, about 133,000 children under the age of 5 and 75% of children under the age of 6 need some form of paid child care. Child Care Essentials is an online ... More

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  March 15, 2023

  At UNL, Graduate Scholars Program Funds Research Into a Vexing Problem—Childhood Food Allergies

  Morgan Cade is studying how bacteria specially suited for infants' intestinal tracts could help prevent or lessen the severity of food allergies. Here, she is shown... More

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  March 09, 2023

  Helping Kids Get the Wiggles Out: UNO Graduate Scholar Studying How to Increase Physical Activity in Early Childhood Classrooms

  With more than 75% of school-aged children in the United States failing to get enough physical activity in each day, UNO doctoral student JP Rech is studying the effectiv... More

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  March 08, 2023

  Graduate Scholars Program Funds UNL Student's Research Into Healthy Eating in Child Care Settings

  Jasmin Smith's research project aims to find ways to modify the child care mealtime environment to improve preschool children’s consumption of fruits, vegetables, a... More

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