UNO Magazine Winter 2020

Animal Tales
Horses, dinosaurs, cockroaches, pigs, squirrels, marmosets cats, dogs and more. A look at the way animals make our lives better — thanks in large measure to the work of UNO Mavericks around the world.
 

Canine Connections

That comfort we drive from the dogs in our lives isn't just a one-way relationship. A look at the many ways pooches better our lives.

Herding Cats

UNO research takes aim at learning more about a common parasitic infection — and at the personalities of finicky felines. 

Nuts About Black Squirrels

UNO Professor James Wilson and his students track the westward migratiom of black squirrels.

Betting on UNO

How the one-time racing mecca of the Midwest became a home to Mavericks.

Heavenly Wind Among Saints & Sinners

UNO Geology Professor George Engelmann discovered a fossilized treasure trove — and a first-of-its-kind relative to dinosaurs.

Walk This Way

UNO Biomechanics staff turn to squirrels, pigs, cockroaches and other animals for insightst that better human mobility and health.

In its fourth decade, UNO's Callitrichid Research Center is strengthening collaborations and exploring new questions about what Marmosets can tell us about ourselves.

In Service

How dogs, llamas, pigs and other animals — even bees! — save lives and soothe spirits.

Sacred Circle of Connections

UNO + Math = big things at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquariaum.

Collaboration in Action

From research partnerships to educational experiences to Maverick aliumni providing important leadership, UNO and the Omaha Hendry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium are intensely intertwined.

From the Editor

In Memory of Rosco.

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