Methodology & Evaluation Research Core Facility

05/06/2026

🎉Congratulations to Jen Nelson for becoming the Vice Chancellor of the Office of Research and Innovation! Thank you for being our Interim Vice Chancellor, and we look forward to continuing to work with you in this role!

To read more about Jen Nelson's contributions to the Office of Research and Innovation and future goals, read the R&I article:

Jennifer Mize Nelson has been named the vice chancellor for research and innovation at UNL, following a rigorous internal search process. The appointment, announced May 6 by Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson, is pending approval by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

05/04/2026

🌟Staff Spotlight🌟
Jack Macfadyen transitioned to being an Evaluation Project Associate this winter after spending nearly two years as an Undergraduate Project Associate! He has a B.S. in Statistics & Data Analytics and a B.A. in Sociology and enjoys several aspects of the job: data analysis, learning different statistical methodology for different kinds of data, and data visualization. When he’s not at work, Jack enjoys watching (sometimes obscure) movies from a wide variety of genres and finding passion projects involving video editing or 3D modeling.

04/10/2026

🎉Congratulations to our current and former clients and partners who were just promoted (and in some cases earned tenure)!: Dipti Dev, Catherine Eichhorn, Lucia Fernadndez-Ballester, Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza, Jennifer Nelson, Lisa PytlikZillig, Kazuo Yamazaki, Joseph Yesselman, Limei Zhang, and Alexander Zupan. 🏆

Visit the Nebraska Today post to read more and see the full list!

Ninety-five University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty members will receive promotion and/or tenure in 2026, marking a significant milestone in their academic careers. The group reflects the university’s breadth of expertise and its ongoing commitment to excellence in scholarship, instruction and pu...

04/09/2026