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Jan 20 2025	KETV: Nebraska, Iowa ties surround inauguration The university’s combined choirs, under the direction of Peter Eklund, performed during the 60th presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. The choirs were invited to take part in the ceremonies by Sen. Deb Fischer. Stories on the performance appeared in KETV, KFAB, KFOR, KFXL, KHGI, KOLN/KGIN, the Lincoln Journal Star, News Channel Nebraska, Norfolk Daily News, Omaha World-Herald, Rural Radio Network, WOWT, CBS News, Deadline, MSN, NBC News, PBS News, USA Today, Voice of America, Yahoo! News and dozens of other media outlets.
Jan 20 2025	PBS News: UNL choir performs musical prelude at inauguration The university’s combined choirs, under the direction of Peter Eklund, performed during the 60th presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. The choirs were invited to take part in the ceremonies by Sen. Deb Fischer. Stories on the performance appeared in KETV, KFAB, KFOR, KFXL, KHGI, KOLN/KGIN, the Lincoln Journal Star, News Channel Nebraska, Norfolk Daily News, Omaha World-Herald, Rural Radio Network, WOWT, CBS News, Deadline, MSN, NBC News, PBS News, USA Today, Voice of America, Yahoo! News and dozens of other media outlets.
Jan 19 2025	KOLN/KGIN: MLK Youth Rally celebrates 30 years of empowering local kids The university hosted the 30th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally on Jan. 19 in the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Room. Stories on the event appeared in KLIN, KLKN and KOLN/KGIN.
Jan 18 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Neta receives presidential award as Biden's term ends Maital Neta, Carl A. Happold Professor of Psychology, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. The honor was announced Jan. 14 by President Biden. KETV and the Lincoln Journal Star have published stories on Neta’s award.
Jan 18 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Thurgood Marshall College Fund CEO to visit UNL The university will honor the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 28 with a series of events featuring Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The Lincoln Journal Star published a Jan. 18 article on Williams’ visit to campus.
Jan 17 2025	KETV: UNL's Waite discusses TikTok ban Matt Waite, professor of practice in journalism, was interviewed for a Jan. 17 KETV story on the TikTok ban taking effect in the United States. “If there is a government interest in preventing this, where are the laws that would prevent all of these other ways of a foreign adversary to get ahold of our personal data?” he said. “Because literally nothing is stopping them buying it directly from Facebook or buying it directly from Google.”
Jan 17 2025	KOLN/KGIN: Most rural Nebraskans are positive about their communities, poll shows The latest results from the 2024 Nebraska Rural Poll show that, overall, rural Nebraskans are positive about their communities. Respondents rate their communities as friendly, trusting and supportive, and say it would be difficult to leave. Stories on the latest results have appeared in KNOP, KOLN/KGIN, Rural Radio Network, Farms.com and The Fence Post.
Jan 17 2025	KOLN/KGIN: Nebraskans react to news of Israel-Hamas ceasefire Ari Kohen, Schlesinger Professor of social justice and director of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies at Nebraska, was interviewed for a Jan. 17 KOLN/KGIN story on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. “I think everybody has a kind of cautious optimism at this point,” he said.
Jan 17 2025	New Atlas: Startup develops milk-based targeted drug-delivery technology Husker researchers Janos Zempleni, Willa Cather Professor of nutrition and health sciences, and Jiantao Guo, professor of chemistry, have launched the startup Minovacca, which aims to commercialize the use of universal milk exosomes — natural nanoparticles contained in milk — to transport cargo to human cells. New Atlas published a Jan. 17 article on the startup.
Jan 17 2025	Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska has nuclear reasons to pay attention to talk of buying Greenland Tyler White, professor of practice in political science, was interviewed for a Jan. 17 Omaha World-Herald article on the importance of Greenland to U.S. national security. White said he believes decades-long relationships in Greenland have given the U.S. the power to check Russian and Chinese influence there without barging in like a conqueror. “Why buy it, or threaten to take it? Greenland has been a pretty good partner,” he said. “Through the normal course of business, we can dramatically increase our presence.”
Jan 16 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Last year was hot in Nebraska, ranking No. 2 all time Eric Hunt, a climatologist with Nebraska Extension, was interviewed for a Jan. 16 Lincoln Journal Star article on 2024 being Nebraska’s second-hottest year on record. He said the year likely would have set the record if not for a near-record cold snap in January. Nebraska’s weather was consistently warm most of the time, with only short periods where temperatures were cooler than the long-term average, he said. Hunt was also featured in a Jan. 16 Omaha World-Herald article on the topic.
Jan 16 2025	KOLN/KGIN: UNL choir seeks to strike harmonious chord at inauguration The university’s combined choirs, under the direction of Peter Eklund, will perform during the 60th presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. The choirs were invited to take part in the ceremonies by Sen. Deb Fischer. Stories on the performance have appeared in KFXL, KHGI, KOLN/KGIN and the Norfolk Daily News.