Young Nebraska Scientists

We hope the Pure Nebraska team enjoys the UNL Dairy Store ice cream that UNL Food Science and Technology shared! Here's the scoop: middle schoolers and high schoolers can make a batch during our one-day Ice Cream Camp on May 28 -- apply at https://yns.nebraska.edu!

Young Nebraska Scientists program offering STEM camps for kids across the state Pure Nebraska

It's HERE 🥳 our 2026 set of YNS summer camps, for middle- and high-school students ... from Biology to Chemistry to Food Science (+more)! Choose one, or MANY!!

Shortcut: go to https://go.unl.edu/yns-camps and APPLY NOW!

Wishing all our YNS friends happy holidays and a wonderful 2026!

Due to uncertainty in federal funding, YNS 2026 summer camps will be posted later than usual -- but we will post them at https://yns.nebraska.edu as soon as they become available.

Thanks for your participation, and your patience! Meanwhile, view our new YNS promotional videos ... https://youtu.be/tjIzMQdhmyI?si=b0uSqMLtkqLYLaLO

YNS program overview Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

$cholarship opportunity from our friends at UNL Food Science and Technology -- RSVP using QR code in the pic below, or this link:
https://foodscience.unl.edu/food-science-scholarship-challenge/

10th year for The Secret Life of Metals: excellent hands-on camp for middle schoolers at Creighton University! Thank you to Dr. Eric Villa & TAs for engaging young people with inorganic chemistry. Great group, and we're proud that our National Science Foundation (NSF) funding supports : learning, making friends, and exploring careers!

Such a great group of YNS campers at Nebraska Wesleyan University for Explorations in Biology with Dr. McKinney & team! (We had to stop by for the reptile handling 😬) The campers enjoyed cool lab activities each day, plus fun hangouts after dinner (bowling, mini-golf), and made presentations to their families on the last day ... many careers ahead for these high schoolers!

👏 to UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources for coordinating a regionally-developed agricultural sciences camp for middle schoolers in northeast Nebraska! (YNS helped with administrative support and funding via Nebraska EPSCoR.)

Robots, drones & middle schoolers! The future of gathered at Northeast Community College: exploring technology's role in sustainable systems. Hands-on sessions also shared ways to assess soil & water quality. Ice cream, too!

Thanks, "NortheastCompact" -- more good things coming!! 🤩

We're so happy our National Science Foundation (NSF) funding helped make this camp possible!

Summer has begun at *Yum* Nebraska Scientists! 🤩 Today's camp learned about making ice cream in the UNL Dairy Store production facilities with UNL Department of Food Science and Technology at Nebraska Innovation Campus. More fun ahead at yns.nebraska.edu ... will we see you at a STEM camp this summer?

Thanks to National Science Foundation (NSF) for YNS funding.

Now's the time for Nebraska middle and high schoolers to join a summer STEM camp -- watch this story, then go to https://yns.nebraska.edu & APPLY NOW for camps in June & July! Thanks, Pure Nebraska!!

Young Nebraska Scientists camps offer opportunities for middle and high school students Pure Nebraska