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Hastings College senior T’Nae Young brings empathy to juvenile probation

Hastings College student T’Nae Young has always been fascinated by criminal psychology, from her love of crime shows as a child to her internship at District 10 Probation in Hastings, where she has found herself putting juvenile delinquents back on the right path. Young, a senior criminology and psychology double major from the Bahamas, applied […]

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‘Stoked on Jesus’: Morelli unpacks research of 1970s religious movement during Academic Showcase

In the 1970s, you couldn’t miss them — “I Love Jesus” bumper stickers, T-shirts and buttons were everywhere. Hastings College senior history major Emma Morelli explained why during a presentation at Academic Showcase in April. Academic Showcase is a day when Hastings College students present research of their choosing to peers, faculty and community. Her

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Student research highlights lack of oversight in bat trade, conservation data

A lack of consistent regulation and data surrounding bat species may be complicating conservation efforts, according to research by Hastings College wildlife biology major Venn Wood presented during the poster session at the College’s annual Academic Showcase earlier this year. Wood, who is from Lincoln, Nebraska, and graduated in May, began the project by examining

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Hastings College student examines AI’s role in declining literacy rates

Artificial intelligence, or AI, can generate answers in seconds — but at what cost to student learning and literacy rates? That question was at the center of a presentation by Hastings College student Madi Holman at this year’s Academic Showcase. Holman, a first-year student from Franklin, Nebraska, is a member of the College’s forensics (speech)

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Gifford presents research on alternative identities in restorative justice programs

A quilting program inside a Missouri prison became the focus of Hastings College student Hailey Gifford’s Academic Showcase presentation in April. Through her research, Gifford looked at how restorative justice programs like the quilting program can help prisoners build identity, patience and practical skills that may carry beyond incarceration. Academic Showcase, held every spring on

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Psychology student researches anxiety’s impact on collegiate golfers

Anxiety has been put in the spotlight recently, in part thanks to the bright orange character in Pixar’s “Inside Out 2.” In the film, anxiety impacts the competitive abilities of an adolescent athlete. In our world, the same thing happens to athletes of all ages. Michael Medina, who graduated from Hastings College May 9 with

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Parde finds purpose and support on the path to chiropractic medicine

For Carson Parde, who graduated May 9 with distinction in exercise science, the journey from Lincoln North Star High School to the classrooms of Hastings College was fueled by a desire for a close-knit community and the opportunity to balance athletics with rigorous academics. However, the transition to college-level science presented an early hurdle that

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