Regent Paul Kenney assumed leadership of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday.
A farmer and rancher from Amherst elected to the board in 2016, Kenney succeeded Regent Jim Pillen of Columbus, the board's 2020 chairman.
Kenney will serve as board chair for 2021 before turning over leadership to Regent Bob Phares of North Platte, who was unanimously selected as vice chair by regents.
Phares has served on the Board of Regents since 2006, including stints as chairman in 2010 and 2015. He will again serve as chair in 2022.
Photos: Historic UNL buildings
University of Nebraska-Lincoln buildings; Architectural Hall
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Architectural Hall, seen here in July 1987 following a $4.38 million renovation, is the university's oldest building. It originally housed UNL's library and art gallery and served as headquarters for the Nebraska State Historical Society.
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UNL CBA building
Louise Pound Hall previously housed the College of Business Administration. It opened in 1919 and was renovated in 2018.
Julie Koch
UNL Temple Building
The Temple Building, at 12th and R streets, is home to the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. It was completed in 1908 and renovated in the 1970s.
Julie Koch
UNL Morrill Hall
Morrill Hall is home to the State Museum of Natural History on the UNL City Campus.Â
Julie Koch
Cather Hall, Pound Hall
Pound (left) and Cather dormitories were known as the Twin Towers when they opened in 1963. Closed in recent years, the dorms were imploded in 2017.
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Teachers College
When the new Teachers’ College Building was constructed at the very eastern edge of the University of Nebraska it also contained the old Temple High School, whose name was then changed to Teachers’ High School. Today the building is extant and connected to the Administration Building to its south across the street west from the Student Union.
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Brace Laboratory
The extant physics building on the University of Nebraska campus opened in 1906 and was dedicated to Professor DeWitt Brace though he died the year before it opened.
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Brace Hall
The original cast-iron “Physical Laboratory†sign at Brace Hall was uncovered by construction crews and incorporated into the renovation design by architects Leo A Daly.
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University of Nebraska astronomical observatory
The the old University of Nebraska astronomical observatory is shown about 1910 when it was located just west of today’s physics building on the UNL campus; it was allowed $500 for construction by the Board of Regents. A few years later, a new observatory was built south of Brace Laboratory, first proposed to cost $12,500 and later estimated to be double that, still far from a vast amount.
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UNL Architecture Hall
Construction on Architecture Hall, originally built as a library for $110,000, started in 1892. It was renovated for $4.3 million in the mid-1980s.
Julie Koch
University of Nebraska-Lincoln buildings; Architectural Hall
Construction underway in January 1986 renovating and linking UNL's former law building (left) and Architectural Hall.
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Cather Hall, Pound Hall
UNL demolish the Cather and Pound residence halls in 2017.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln buildings; Architectural Hall
Banners tream down through the atrium gathering place which unites UNL's Architecture Hall and Architecture Hall West, the former law college building, in this November 1987 photo.
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