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Recent stories
Apr 28 2026	Nebraska Public Media: UNL researchers develop vaccine for bird flu Husker researchers led by Eric Weaver, professor of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, have developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu, demonstrating strong efficacy in both mice and cattle. Stories on the research have appeared in KETV, the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Public Media, The Cattle Site, The Dairy Site, Farms.com, Feedstuffs and The Microbiologist.
Apr 28 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL will close Gender and Sexuality Center, shift services The university will close its Gender and Sexuality Center in May and move the services offered there to other offices across campus. Stories on the changes have appeared in KOLN/KGIN, the Lincoln Journal Star and WOWT.
Apr 27 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Experts say future wildfire preparation is key Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, and Dirac Twidwell, professor of agronomy and horticulture, were interviewed for an April 27 Harvest Public Media article on wildfires in the Great Plains. Fire has long been a natural feature of the plains, Twidwell noted. “Historically, from southern Canada to the Texas-Mexico border was tall grass prairie,” he said. “A third of that would have burned on average every year.”
Apr 27 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL set to confer 3,800-plus degrees in May The University of Nebraska–Lincoln expects to confer a record 3,800-plus degrees during commencement exercises May 8-9. The Lincoln Journal Star ran an April 27 article on the commencement details.
Apr 26 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: A Q&A with UNL's Karrie Weber, who named a microbe A Husker research team has named a novel microbe — a methanogen collected from a salty, higher-pH wetland in Lincoln — after the Cornhusker State, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 26. Methanobacterium nebraskense is the first organism in the domain Archaea to be named after Nebraska. The microbe was discovered by Karrie Weber, professor of biological sciences and Earth and atmospheric sciences, and Nicole Fiore, a recent doctoral graduate in biological sciences who is now a postdoctoral researcher at Dartmouth College.
Apr 26 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Omaha suffragist Doris Stevens helped inspire 'Suffs' The Broadway musical “Suffs” is coming to the Lied Center for Performing Arts for a May 5-10 run. The Lincoln Journal Star interviewed Candy Fellers, whose great-aunt was Omaha suffragist Doris Stevens, for an April 26 article. Stevens is a central character in the musical.
Apr 26 2026	Omaha World-Herald: Extension, Habitat for Humanity team up to start gardens Nebraska Extension is partnering with Habitat for Humanity Omaha to install 20 raised vegetable garden beds for new homeowners in Bluestem Prairie, a development near 51st Street and Sorensen Parkway in Omaha. The project was highlighted in an April 26 gardening column in the Omaha World-Herald. Dana Freeman, urban agriculture educator with Nebraska Extension, was interviewed for the column.
Apr 25 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL student art sales are May 1-2 The School of Art, Art History and Design is hosting art sales in ceramics, printmaking and photography May 1-2 in Richards Hall, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 25. Admission is free and open to the public.
Apr 25 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Jimenez to present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture Artist Sara Jimenez will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture at 5:30 p.m. April 30 in Sheldon Museum of Art’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 25. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Apr 24 2026	Silicon Prairie News: Meet the winners of the 2026 Entrepreneur Awards The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship hosted its annual Entrepreneur Awards April 14 at the Hudl headquarters in Lincoln. Tom Field, director of the university’s Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program, and Joy Eakin, assistant director of entrepreneurship and operations at NUtech Ventures, received awards. The winners of the 39th annual New Venture Competition were also announced during the event. Silicon Prairie News published an April 24 article on the award ceremony.
Apr 24 2026	Nebraska Public Media: International student numbers drop across Nebraska universities Nebraska Public Media published an April 24 article on Nebraska universities seeing a decline in the number of international students. Monique Snowden, interim associate vice chancellor of enrollment management, was interviewed for the article.
Apr 23 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Nebraska grappling with warmest, driest drought on record Eric Hunt, assistant extension educator of agricultural meteorology and climate resilience, was interviewed for an April 23 Nebraska Public Media article on drought conditions in Nebraska. The U.S. Drought Monitor — produced jointly by the university’s National Drought Mitigation Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture — was also cited in the story.