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Peter McCornick, who has led the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska since 2016, has been reappointed for a second five-year term.
Published 14 May 2021
The University of Nebraska has launched a 5-year project to help safeguard the U.S. food supply. The project will address agricultural and natural resources security, defense, and countermeasures; biological defense in support of the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and other government stakeholders; development and deployment of biosurveillance, biodetection and diagnostic tools; and pandemic preparedness related to human, livestock and crop plant diseases that could result in disruptions to the U.S. and global food systems.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska will begin a five-year partnership to help safeguard the U.S. food supply.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
CURTIS, Neb. With a sky of sunshine overheard during their commencement May 6, a bright future also is ahead for graduates of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
The Class of 2021 persevered with grit and determination, and each graduate is well prepared by their NCTA experiences for a successful career and future, University of Nebraska President Ted Carter shared in his keynote address.
This has been a truly character developing year to get to this position, Carter said. You have shown amazing grit. Thats a Nebraska trait I have come to know already. You have displayed it like no other class that maybe has ever graduated here at NCTA.