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Aug 28 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Husker Figure 8 team finding community on campus, at the racetrack The Lincoln Journal Star published an Aug. 28 article on the Cornhusker Figure 8 Racing team, sponsored by the College of Engineering. Team members Ian Gouldie, a junior mechanical engineering major; Jace Grunden, a junior agribusiness and business administration major; and Ember Hemmer, a junior mechanical engineering major, were interviewed for the story.
Aug 28 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Gold to deliver State of the University Address on Sept. 3 Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the University of Nebraska system, will give his annual State of the University address at noon Sept. 3 in the second-floor rotunda of the Nebraska State Capitol. The Lincoln Journal Star published an Aug. 28 article on the upcoming speech.
Aug 27 2026	KLKN: Husker Late Night Ride program expands options after busy first semester KLKN aired an Aug. 27 story on the Husker Late Night Ride program, which now includes a ride-sharing option. The program is a partnership among the university, Nebraska Athletics and Uber. Kurt Schneider, president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, was interviewed for the story.
Aug 27 2026	River Cities' Reader: Highberger selected to Nebraska Business Honors Academy Hannah Highberger of Bettendorf, Iowa, a recent graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, is among 40 first-year students selected to join the Nebraska Business Honors Academy at Nebraska this fall. She is an accounting major. The River Cities’ Reader ran an Aug. 27 article on Highberger.
Aug 26 2026	Newsweek: Smith discusses Nebraska Senate race Kevin Smith, Olson Professor of political science, was interviewed for an Aug. 26 Newsweek article on the U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and independent challenger Dan Osborn. Smith said the race could be competitive, but he gives the edge to Ricketts in the absence of independent polling showing Osborn ahead. “The big reason for that is Republicans simply outnumber Democrats and independents in the state,” Smith said. “That’s the bottom line.”
Aug 25 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Nebraska seeks 20K blood donations — and $1 million prize The 2026 Abbott/Big Ten Conference We Give Blood Drive officially kicked off Aug. 26 and will run through Dec. 4. All 18 Big Ten schools are participating in the competition, with a $1 million prize awarded to the winner. Nebraska won the inaugural competition in 2024 and finished second last year. Stories on the blood drive have appeared in KFAB, KLKN, KOLN/KGIN and the Lincoln Journal Star.
Aug 25 2026	Financial Times: U.S. grain farmers face worst crisis in decades Brad Lubben, extension associate professor of agricultural economics, was interviewed for an Aug. 25 Financial Times article on the challenges facing U.S. grain farmers due to increased costs from the conflict in Iran. (This article requires a subscription.)
Aug 25 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Omaha's Little Italy sees resurgence Gerald Steinacher, James A. Rawley Professor of History, was interviewed for an Aug. 25 Nebraska Public Media story on Omaha’s Little Italy seeing a resurgence. The culture of the Sicilian towns of Carlentini and Lentini — where thousands of immigrants came from, seeking economic opportunity in the United States — became engrained in the new communities where they settled, he said. “Italian is not widely spoken, or Sicilian, in Little Italy in Omaha — not that I know of,” he said. “But people still want to keep the tradition alive, the history alive.”
Aug 25 2026	RFD-TV: UNL turns resilience research into tools for farmers Dan Uden, interim director of the university’s Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes, was interviewed for an Aug. 25 segment on RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report.” He discussed how the center is turning research into practical tools for ag producers.
Aug 25 2026	KOLN/KGIN: Huskers challenged to reclaim We Give Blood title KOLN/KGIN ran an Aug. 25 story on the 2026 Abbott/Big Ten Conference We Give Blood Drive, which officially kicks offs Aug. 26. Katherine S. Ankerson, interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the University of Nebraska system, were quoted in the story.
Aug 22 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: NU Foundation shatters fundraising record, surpasses $500M The University of Nebraska Foundation reported a record $532.8 million in philanthropic support from 58,433 individual donors for the 2025-26 fiscal year that ended June 30. The Lincoln Journal Star and Rural Radio Network have published stories on the record. Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the University of Nebraska system, and Brian Hastings, president and CEO of the NU Foundation, were quoted in the story.
Aug 21 2026	Flatwater Free Press: Osborn staffers infiltrated rival political party, tried to dissolve it Geoff Lorenz, associate professor of political science, was quoted in an Aug. 21 Flatwater Free Press article on two paid staffers of Dan Osborn’s 2024 Senate campaign joining an effort to try to dissolve the rival Legal Marijuana NOW Party last year. Lorenz called the effort a “wild case” of political operatives using election laws to prevent third parties and third-party candidates from succeeding. “If I was going to do what they were trying to … I would only do it if I really believed that actually, legally speaking, I counted as an officer of this party,” he said.