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Hastings College wildlife biology major fights wildfires with U.S. Forest Service

Wildfires are dangerous, unpredictable and capable of changing in seconds. While most people picture engines rolling toward a fire, Hastings College wildlife biology major Jaedyn Adler drops directly into the blaze by helicopter. Armed with only what he can carry, the senior and his crew are tasked with containing the fire until backup arrives. This […]

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Johnson gains corporate customer service skills with summer internship

Destini Johnson has always been interested in working with people. She began as a barista, and over the summer moved into a new role thanks to an internship with Enterprise Mobility in Grand Island, Nebraska. Johnson, a business administration major from Frederick, Colorado, attended a career fair hosted by Hastings College’s Career Services team in

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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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