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Apr 21 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL adding barbecue, Indian restaurants to Nebraska Union The Nebraska Union dining area is adding two new restaurants — Sossy, which will serve slow-cooked barbecue, and Choolaah, the union’s first Indian-inspired concept — as part of a redesign. The updated space, set to open early in the fall semester, will also include campus staples Husker Heroes, Imperial Palace and Valentino’s. Stories on the renovation have appeared in KLIN, KLKN, KOLN/KGIN and the Lincoln Journal Star.
Apr 20 2026	KUNR Public Radio: As U.S. turns 250, Nevadans reflect on what there is to celebrate Tim Borstelmann, Elwood N. and Katherine Thompson Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Modern World History, was interviewed for an April 20 KUNR Public Radio story on the United States’ 250th anniversary. He noted that the Bicentennial came during a period of deep national strain. “You might think about the context of 1976,” he said. “The civil rights movement, women’s rights and the counterculture created a kind of social crisis.”
Apr 20 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Archie, Elephant Hall eyed for restoration project The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall is planning a $15.9 million renovation of Elephant Hall and adjacent galleries, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 20. Susan Weller, the museum’s director, was interviewed for the article.
Apr 19 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: A Q&A with UNL's Jordan Stump A translation of Marie Ndiaye’s novel “The Witch” by Jordan Stump, professor of modern languages and literatures, has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026. The Lincoln Journal Star’s Chris Dunker interviewed Stump for an April 19 article.
Apr 19 2026	Omaha World-Herald: PlantNebraska events offer wide variety of plants PlantNebraska, a nonprofit based at the university, will host more than a dozen plant sales across the state this spring. Native and well-adapted perennials for sun and shade, plus grasses, herbs, trees and shrubs will be available. The sales were highlighted in an April 19 Omaha World-Herald gardening column.
Apr 18 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Forsberg to present 'Cranes, Plains and a Watershed' Michael Forsberg, conservation photographer and research assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, will present “Cranes, Plains and a Watershed: A Photographer’s Journey in Flyover Country” at 7:30 p.m. April 25 at Lincoln’s First Presbyterian Church. He will share his photos and stories from a lifetime of photographing wildlife, rangelands and other landscapes in Nebraska and other parts of the Great Plains. The Lincoln Journal Star ran an April 18 article on the event.
Apr 18 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Spring Affair plant sale is April 23-25 PlantNebraska will hold its annual Spring Affair plant sale April 23-25 in the Currency Pavilion at the Sandhills Global Event Center, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 18. Spring Affair is the largest plant sale in the Great Plains and PlantNebraska’s main fundraiser of the year.
Apr 18 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Clinton to give final faculty recital April 21 Mark Clinton, professor of piano, will perform his final faculty recital, “Fire and Whispers: Two Versions of Passion,” at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in Kimball Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed. Clinton is retiring from the university after 31 years of service. The Lincoln Journal Star ran an April 18 article on the concert.
Apr 18 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Nebraska state climatologist to speak April 19 Deb Bathke, Nebraska state climatologist, will talk about extreme weather, the state’s economy and more from 11:15 a.m. to noon April 19 at Lincoln’s Westminster Presbyterian Church. The Lincoln Journal Star ran an April 18 brief on the event.
Apr 17 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Huskers scream out stress for library event Nebraska Public Media aired an April 17 story on students, faculty and staff participating in the “Primal Scream” event on the Love Library South lawn. The scream, meant to provide a cathartic release of academic stress, took place at the conclusion of the University Libraries’ Lovefest on the Lawn celebration April 17. Joan Barnes, community engagement librarian, and scream participants Halima Moore and Elizabeth Pernicek, both master’s students in architecture, were interviewed for the story.
Apr 17 2026	KLKN: UNL students get beneficial experience at Masters Tournament KLKN aired an April 17 story on the group of Husker students who recently returned from Augusta, Georgia, where they helped provide hospitality services at Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters Tournament. Ajai Ammachathram, director of the university’s Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management program, and students Calleigh Joslin and Hannah Lienemann were featured in the story.
Apr 17 2026	Flatwater Free Press: Nebraska no longer leading in creating jobs, economic growth Eric Thompson, K.H. Nelson Professor of economics and director of the university’s Bureau of Business Research, was quoted in an April 17 Flatwater Free Press article on Nebraska losing its edge in competing for jobs and economic growth. “I just don’t think we’ve really had a commitment to growth in the state,” he said. “I just think we’ve been focused on other priorities — and that’s OK. But this is one of the things that happens.”