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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.
Aug 21 2026	Silicon Prairie News: Applications open for new Innovation Advancement Fund NUtech Ventures is launching the Innovation Advancement Fund, a proof-of-concept funding program designed to help move promising university research from the laboratory toward commercialization. Silicon Prairie News published an Aug. 21 article on the fund.
Aug 21 2026	Norfolk Daily News: Rancher's stewardship shaped by NU research, extension The Norfolk Daily News ran an Aug. 21 article on Sandhills rancher and Husker alumnus Homer Buell’s deep connections to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. For more than 40 years, Buell has worked with university researchers, extension educators and fellow producers to better understand grazing systems, land management and long-term ranch sustainability.
Aug 20 2026	KOLN/KGIN: New online resource brings together community engagement priorities, UNL Kathleen Lodl, associate dean and Nebraska 4-H program administrator with Nebraska Extension, and Jentry Barrett, coordinator for extension’s Engagement Zone 12, were featured in an Aug. 20 segment on KOLN/KGIN’s “Pure Nebraska.” They discussed the community assets repository on the All Things Nebraska website.
Aug 20 2026	York News-Times: Nebraska awards 604 degrees in August ceremony The University of Nebraska–Lincoln conferred 604 degrees during a combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Aug. 15 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Gothenburg Leader, Lexington Clipper-Herald and York News-Times have run articles on graduates from their areas.
Aug 19 2026	Nebraska Public Media: UNL receives $37 million for ag research facility The university has received an additional $37 million in federal funds for a new facility on Nebraska Innovation Campus. The National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture, a partnership between the university and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, will focus on precision agriculture technology, sustainable production and climate resiliency. Stories on the project have appeared in KETV, Nebraska Examiner, Nebraska Public Media and Rural Radio Network.