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Sep 4 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Gold looks back, forward in State of the University address Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the University of Nebraska system, delivered his first State of the University address Sept. 4 in the Capitol Rotunda. Stories on the speech have appeared in the Flatwater Free Press, KETV, KFOR, KLIN, KLKN, KOLN/KGIN, Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Examiner, Nebraska Public Media, Omaha World-Herald and WOWT.
Sep 4 2025	The Fence Post: Grocery industry summit focuses on future of local stores The university’s Cooperative Development Center and the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association are hosting the third annual Grocery Industry Summit on Aug. 21 in Kearney, Nebraska, to explore solutions to challenges facing grocery businesses, particularly in rural communities. The Fence Post ran a Sept. 4 article on the summit.
Sep 3 2025	The Chronicle of Higher Education: New Big Ten ad aims to send a message The Chronicle of Higher Education published a Sept. 3 article on the Big Ten’s new TV advertisement, “We are Here.” Aaron Nix, director of visual media in the Office of University Communication and Marketing, served as lead editor on the project. John Shrader, associate professor of broadcasting and sports media and communication and Faculty Senate president, was also quoted in the story.
Sep 3 2025	Norfolk Daily News: Cornhusker Marching Band makes football season debut Sept. 6 The 300-member Cornhusker Marching Band makes its 2025 football season debut Sept. 6 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances during Nebraska's home opener against Akron. The Norfolk Daily News ran a Sept. 3 article on the marching band members from the Norfolk area.
Sep 2 2025	KETV: UNL professors work on project to make autonomous cars safer With support from the National Science Foundation, Qiang Liu, assistant professor in Nebraska’s School of Computing, will collaborate with Weisong Shi, professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, on a new project that will transform how autonomous vehicles operate by connecting them to broader networks. Stories on the project have appeared in KETV, KHGI and KLKN.
Sep 2 2025	Sandhills Express: 'The Nebraska Sandhills' wins Nebraska Book Award “The Nebraska Sandhills,” a richly illustrated collection of essays celebrating the history, geography, ecology and culture of Nebraska’s Sandhills, has been named the winner of the 2025 Nebraska Book Award in the Nonfiction: Nebraska as Place category. Sandhills Express and Tri-State Livestock News have run articles on the award.
Sep 2 2025	Scientific American: Knot theory discovery overturns long-held mathematical assumption Mark Brittenham and Susan Hermiller, both professors of mathematics, recently solved a decades-old problem in knot theory. The researchers found that larger and seemingly more complex knots created by joining two simpler ones together can sometimes be easier to undo than simple ones — the opposite of what was expected. The finding has been featured in New Scientist and Scientific American.
Sep 2 2025	KETV: What's new at Memorial Stadium for 2025 A no re-entry policy and the introduction of alcohol sales are among the biggest changes coming to Memorial Stadium this football season. Stories on the changes at the stadium have appeared in KETV, KHGI, KLIN, the Lincoln Journal Star, Rural Radio Network and Sports Illustrated.
Sep 2 2025	Beatrice Daily Sun: Saber-Vogele joins Carson Center program Olive Sabey-Vogele of Wymore is among 44 students selected to join the latest cohort of the university’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported Sept. 2. This is the seventh and second-largest cohort for the program, which began in fall 2019.
Sep 1 2025	The Washington Post: Labneh may help lower your risk of heart disease Robert Hutkins, professor emeritus of food science and technology, was interviewed for a Sept. 1 Washington Post article on the health benefits of labneh. “It’s not going too far out on a limb to suggest that the benefits of labneh would be similar to those of yogurt,” he said. In addition to labneh’s healthy probiotics, it has protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus and B vitamins, he said.
Aug 31 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Cost of losing international students at UNL more than budgetary The Lincoln Journal Star published an Aug. 31 editorial titled “Cost of losing international students at UNL more than budgetary.” “The drop has been particularly painful here — not only its impact on UNL’s budget, but as important, for the students, domestic and international, and the Lincoln community that has benefited from the contributions of international students for decades,” the editorial read.
Aug 30 2025	Lexington Clipper-Herald: Keri Smith is Cornhusker Marching Band member Keri Smith of Lexington is part of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 300-member Cornhusker Marching Band, which will make its 2025 football season debut Sept. 6 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances during Nebraska’s home opener against Akron. Smith, a senior majoring in veterinary science, plays clarinet. The Lexington Clipper-Herald ran an Aug. 30 article on Smith.