Community Resources Database

Human dimensions specialists in School of Natural Resources can help you plan and manage the resources for public use, visitor education, and profitability.

The Red Carpet Service program from Nebraska Extension blends traditional customer service with the specific needs of travelers and tourists in your area. This engaging and practical 2.5-hour session is designed for staff and management at local attractions, convenience stores, restaurants, retail shops, lodging venues, and any business that interacts with visitors. Participants learn about the economic benefits of tourism and their crucial role in creating a positive, welcoming first impression for all community members. It’s a fun way to boost local hospitality and make a lasting impact!

The Nebraska Center on Reflective Practice (NCRP) is part of the UNL-Center for Children, Families, and the Law. This training will help professionals enhance their capacity to respond to others and communicate based on developmental principles and personal reflection. 

Student Life at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) has indoor and outdoor event spaces across campus and partners with groups to host over 20,000 events annually. This includes Nebraska Unions, University Housing, Campus Recreation, and outdoor spaces (non-athletic). Spaces are available to rent for non-University groups. 

Resources and information from the Nebraska Forest Service on rural forestry. It addresses privately-owned forestlands that face threats to conversion to non-forest use by urbanization, rural residential development, parcelization and other development measures.

Ruth Staples Child Development Lab at the University of Nebraska is a premier early childhood program dedicated to education, outreach, and research. Step inside the doors of the lab and see how a community of learning provides a developmentally appropriate environment where children and adults grow and learn together.

SANDY is the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's research data repository created to advance world-changing resource agendas. This system provides researchers with statistics of views, downloads, and clicks on their data sets, and provides persistent identifiers so data can be cited and shared easily. The goal of SANDY is to advance the impact of Nebraska research through a sophisticated platform for sharing and accessing Nebraska-generated research data. 

Located at Nebraska Innovation Campus, the 154-room Marriott Tribute hotel is home to The Good Life Coffee Shop; the Well & Good, the hotel’s signature restaurant; and the Barred Owl, the rooftop bar with incredible views of Lincoln. The hotel’s restaurant, bar, and coffee shop are open to the public and feature Nebraska-inspired cuisine and drinks. 

The University of Nebraska School of Computing’s Senior Design runs a capstone program for junior and senior students majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering. This program provides students with real-life experience and prepares them for an industry career.   

Environmental education (EE) seeks to inform and inspire people about nature and environmental issues. EE occurs in both formal education or classrooms and non-formal education such as after school programs, events, nature centers and museums. 

We are looking for community partners who can navigate students toward an interactive experience that could include service learning, research, participation, or other activities for this course where student teams are required to select an issue they care about, develop a research poster, and to engage in 4-6 hours of experiential learning related to the issue. There are 600 students who take the class, and the course runs in both spring and fall semesters.  

These guides provide a criteria that can be applied across a cowherd that can help producers make decisions based on data. These scoring systems evaluate body condition, disposition or temperament, and teats and udders. 

The ServSafe® Food Safety Program is developed by the National Restaurant Association to address the growing food safety concerns of consumers for the food service staff that serve them. 

Resources and tools from and compiled by Nebraska Extension to help Nebraskans with severe weather conditions.

Sheldon Museum of Art's landmark Philip Johnson–designed building houses the collections of the Sheldon Art Association, founded in 1888, and the University of Nebraska. Together, the collections include nearly 13,000 artworks in diverse media.

A class by Nebraska Extension to help students and adults create better sleep hygiene. 

Resources from Nebraska Extension to help ag producers determine the appropriate application of nitrogen for individual fields and determine yield goals. The website also includes soil sampling guidelines, and nutrient deficiencies information and software.   

Resources and tools from Nebraska Extension to optimize your field’s soil health including information on cover crops, interseeding, perennials, biochar, integrated crop-livestock, and urban farming. 

Resources from Nebraska Extension for sorghum growers including hybrid selection, crop rotation considerations, inputs, tillage, weed control, profitability resources, and variety test plots. 

SourceLink® Nebraska connects Nebraskans with programs and services for entrepreneurs, businesses, communities, and economic developers.

The South Central Agricultural Laboratory's mission is the development and refinement of irrigated crop production practices for Nebraska Agriculture and beyond. They run approximately 100+ applied field research trials that are conducted at SCAL annually by UNL faculty and US Department of Ag scientists. The site hosts field days for ag producers and educational programming for students.