Herb Brooks hasn?t been with us for ten years. But in truth, he?s more with us today than ever before. Brooks played hockey at the University of Minnesota, and later led them to three national championships as their head coach. After his third championship in 1979, Brooks was called upon to coach a group of […]
Tonight after the Wolverines take on Minnesota in men's hockey, learn more about two incredible programs at the University of Michigan: its rehab robotics group, and a class of students that's developing software for a 13-year-old girl with cerebral palsy named Grace. BTN LiveBIG spoke with two students involved in the software engineering class, and they […]
Four years ago, the American Heart Association recommended changing the traditional method of CPR. That same year the AHAS got a vocal champion in Northwestern?s Dr. George Chiampas. He brought passion and a personal story to his commitment to changing the way everyone gets trained on saving sufferers of heart attacks. Chiampas was the Team […]
Tonight after the Cornhuskers host the Fighting Illini in men's basketball, check out the premiere of the Nebraska episode of LiveBIG. This episode features the Nebraska Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3) and a program that allows photojournalism students the opportunity to travel the globe documenting human needs. Below is a selection of photos […]
How many times have educators told their students to ?shoot for the moon?? At Penn State, a select group of students are doing just that. Led by former NASA engineer Michael Paul, the students are building a lunar spacecraft that will be sent to the moon, and once there, will be able to move 500 […]
#Speechless pic.twitter.com/0W4KB1DCFZ - University of Iowa (@uiowa) February 9, 2014 The University of Iowa Dance Marathon raised a record amount of money this year. Learn more about their efforts at dancemarathon.uiowa.edu. Bela Fleck leads an all-star bluegrass concert roster at the University of Nebraska this week. Have you seen the movie "The Monuments Men" yet? […]