Welcome! Whether you're a student, faculty member or staff in the area of agriculture and natural resources, we want to help you go global in your research, education, extension work, and beyond. Stop by our offices at 202 Agricultural Hall on East Campus, or drop us a note at ianrglobal@unl.edu.
Agriculture & natural resources have a unique place in Nebraska and provide the foundation for a number of UNL’s international partnerships and initiatives. As a 21st century land-grant institution, Nebraska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources aims to make an impact not only locally and nationally, but also globally. To become more strategically aligned with our core mission areas, our globally-focused staff are now embedded into the research, innovation, teaching and learning areas they directly impact. This effort is further advanced by becoming a comprehensively internationalized institution. To us, comprehensive internationalization means that:
…global perspectives are interwoven into the IANR’s tripartite mission of education, research, and extension
…students are prepared to live, work, and serve in our increasingly interconnected world
…faculty are actively engaged in internationally collaborative efforts to address the grand challenges of our time
...IANR is a strong international economic development partner for the state of Nebraska and its people.
IANR Global Engagement News
Get to know Shannon Smith, global experiences coordinator for CASNR, seen here in her previous role as park ranger for the National Park Service
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Meet the Global Staff: Shannon Smith
In our next installment of "Meet the Global Staff," get to know Shannon Smith, coordinator for global experiences for CASNR students and joint member of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Dean's Office Team and the UNL Office of Global Experiences.
A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, on Oct. 13. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
National Drought Mitigation Center center expands global outreach
Drought is one of nature’s costliest disasters — across the globe, more frequent and prolonged droughts are up nearly by a third since 2000. No country or region is immune to their impacts, which cost the global economy billions of dollars each year and range from the loss of life, livelihoods and biodiversity to water and food insecurity, disruption in the energy, transportation and tourism sectors, as well as forced migration, displacement and conflicts over scarce resources.
Nebraska highlights action towards global goals during awareness week
The University is participating in the Sustainable Development Goals Action and Awareness Week 2023, alongside numerous universities across the nation and world, during the week of March 6-10, 2023. All are invited to join several original events organized by the CASNR Global Learning Hub to take part in UNL’s participation of the awareness week, as well as attend many events across campus.
The eight fellows with the Scientific Exchanges Program who have studied with IANR faculty are (from left) Florence Munguti, Charles Mgeni, Zena Mchomvu, Luitfrid Nnally, Betty Waized, Fatiha Bentata, Intissar Zarrouk and Wilton Mbinda.
Monday, February 27, 2023
African fellows work with IANR faculty to tackle plant health, international trade
by Geitner Simmons, IANR Media
Each year, crop contamination by disease and pests costs producers and industry an estimated $220 billion worldwide. That loss hits African countries especially hard. If those countries can make progress in reducing such contamination and the trade barriers related to it, the boost to their exports and long-term economic development could be tremendous.
Get to know Shannon Smith, global experiences coordinator for CASNR, seen here in her previous role as park ranger for the National Park Service
Meet Israt Jahan, an aquatic ecology doctoral student from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, on Oct. 13. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.
The 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
The eight fellows with the Scientific Exchanges Program who have studied with IANR faculty are (from left) Florence Munguti, Charles Mgeni, Zena Mchomvu, Luitfrid Nnally, Betty Waized, Fatiha Bentata, Intissar Zarrouk and Wilton Mbinda.
