Kristina Jackson

The youth fishing clinic held by the Tuttle Creek Lake Association taught kids how to safely participate in a hobby the whole family can enjoy in nature.

Kent Smith wants people to know they belong in an art museum.

A UNL student developed a curriculum to teach high school students about tax preparation so they can hold a VITA site during tax season.

Methods: Young adults (N=20) who drink heavily and report social drinking will be recruited from the community to participate in a 3-week EMA study. Using a social network interview, index participants will identify and recruit 3 of their friends to carry a Bluetooth beacon. Participants will complete a series of EMA reports on their own personal Android devices including random reports; morning reports; first-drink reports; and signal-contingent reports, which are triggered following the detection of a beacon carried by a peer participant. EMA will assess alcohol use and characteristics of the social environment, including who is nearby and who is drinking. For items about peer proximity and peer drinking, a customized peer list will be presented to participants. Feedback about the study protocol will be ascertained through weekly contact with both index and peer participants, followed by a qualitative interview at the end of the study. We will examine the feasibility and acceptability of recruitment, enrollment of participants and peers, and retention. Feasibility will be determined using indexes of eligibility, enrollment, and recruitment. Acceptability will be determined through participant enrollment and retention, protocol compliance, and participant-reported measures of acceptability. Feasibility and acceptability for peer participants will be informed by enrollment rates, latency to enrollment, compliance with carrying the beacon, and self-reported reasons for compliance or noncompliance with beacon procedures. Finally, EMA data about peer proximity and peer drinking will support the validity of the peer selection process.

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln program is delivering fresh produce to kitchens across the state.

Mysteries are stitched into the collections of the International Quilt Museum at 1523 N. 33rd St., and a group of volunteers is working to decipher them.

A new beetle species has been named to honor a fellow Husker, bridging the worlds of academia and wildlife conservation.

The Global Functioning Social (GF:Social) and Role (GF:Role) scales were developed as brief and accessible clinician-rating scales of social and

Haley Klement, sophomore, waters a row of Whitestar poinsettias inside Teaching Greenhouse West on East Campus ahead of the Horticulture Club’s sale on Dec. 5. (Photo Credit: Jordan Opp)

By Kristina Jackson, University of Nebraska Communication and Marketing