Each Friday during the pandemic, the city of Lincoln government updates the risk of COVID-19 in the city and illustrates said risk on this dial. It shows the risk increasing from last week to this week.
The cement bench memorializing Nebraska's graduating class of 1906 – twelve years before the last pandemic – juxtaposed with a lawn sign encouraging students to wear face coverings and stay six-feet apart.
Three signs document many efforts to stay safe on campus: one for "sharing the sidewalk" with bikers, maintaining six-feet of separation between classmates, and one of many hand sanitzer stations.
The historical plaque marking the site of UNL's original plot of campus sits across the sidewalk from one of the many safety signs found in the age of the coronavirus.