Research wins, Arthropodium success propel CAREMI forward

by Tiffany Lee

September 16, 2026

Three women smiling, holding plates of assorted appetizers featuring edible insects in a bright indoor setting.
CAREMI leaders Nicole Sexton, Eileen Hebets and Angie Pannier pose with appetizers featuring edible insects during the Bugeater canapé party at the Aug. 19 Arthropodium symposium, which showcased arthropods' impact on research, education, art and culture. Cheyenne Rowe | Office of Research and Innovation

Arthropods are small, but they could play an outsized role in tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges.

That’s the idea behind the Community for Arthropod Research, Education, and Materials Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Led by Husker researchers Eileen Hebets and Angela Pannier, CAREMI is driven by a vision that arthropods – a vast group of animals that includes insects, spiders and crabs – could serve as a unifying focal point for interdisciplinary research in medicine, agriculture, materials science and more.

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