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Recent stories
Sep 17 2025	Flatwater Free Press: Changing media landscape leaves some without reliable local news Jessica Fargen Walsh, assistant professor of journalism, was featured in a Sept. 17 Flatwater Free Press article on the changing media landscape in Nebraska. Walsh moderated a panel discussion Sept. 17 during the third annual Flatwater Festival in Omaha. “There’s nine counties in Nebraska that have no local news organizations,” she said. “There’s 43,000 Nebraskans who live somewhere where there is no local journalist at all.”
Sep 17 2025	Silicon Prairie News: UNL's accelerator grows with demand Silicon Prairie News published a Sept. 17 article on the Nebraska Entrepreneurship Accelerator, which gives Husker students a chance to grow their businesses while still in college. Lindsay Thomsen, the program director; Alex and Ben Swidler, student entrepreneurs who founded The DFS Dojo with help from the program; and Madison Kreifels, a 2025 graduate who founded InfoFilm with the same, were interviewed for the story.
Sep 17 2025	Greater Dakota News Service: Some trees aren't good for S.D.'s grasslands Dirac Twidwell, professor of agronomy and horticulture, was interviewed for a Sept. 17 Greater Dakota News Service story on eastern red cedar trees taking over grasslands in the central United States. Twidwell said the trees’ seeds can find their way across a large area in impressive fashion, overwhelming the landscape as they grow. “We’re seeing the equivalent of deforestation, but it’s trees driving the displacement of our grasslands,” he said.
Sep 17 2025	KLKN: Candlelight vigil honoring Kirk held outside Nebraska Union A candlelight vigil for slain political activist Charlie Kirk took place Sept. 17 on the Nebraska Union plaza. The vigil was hosted by the university’s chapter of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization founded by Kirk. Stories on the vigil have appeared in KLKN and the Lincoln Journal Star.
Sep 16 2025	Farms.com: Waechter-Mead named director of Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance Dr. Lindsay Waechter-Mead has been named director of the Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance Program. The nationally coordinated, state-implemented program provides beef producers with science-based practices for raising cattle under optimal management and care. Stories on the appointment have appeared in the North Platte Post, North Platte Telegraph, Rural Radio Network, Farms.com and Tri-State Livestock News.
Sep 16 2025	The New York Times: He left the prejudice of America, but his music came home The Glenn Korff School of Music is hosting a festival and symposium Sept. 17-19 in honor of the 100th birthday of composer Robert Owens, who died in 2017. The New York Times highlighted the events in a Sept. 16 article on Owens’ legacy. (This article requires a subscription.)
Sep 16 2025	Omaha World-Herald: UNL commercial features mom's grateful voicemail as soundtrack The Omaha World-Herald published a Sept. 16 article on the university’s new TV commercial, “No Place Like It.” Husker sisters Lauren and Madison Haring and their parents, Ken and Andrea, were featured in the story. A recent voicemail message by Andrea expressing gratitude to the university is the soundtrack to the TV spot, which features clips of the sisters. Aaron Nix, director of visual media in the Office of University Communication and Marketing who helped produce the spot, was also interviewed for the article.
Sep 16 2025	KLKN: UNL gets pushback on budget reduction proposal KLKN and KOLN/KGIN aired Sept. 16 stories on the university’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, which is included in a list of proposed budget reductions at the university. Sherilyn Fritz and Adam Houston, both professors of Earth and atmospheric sciences, were interviewed for the KOLN/KGIN story. Houston and Robert Szot, graduate student in the department, were interviewed for the KLKN story.
Sep 15 2025	KOLN/KGIN: Researchers find uptick in homelessness after decade-long decline Jeff Chambers, senior project director for the university’s Center on Children, Families and the Law, was interviewed for a Sept. 15 KOLN/KGIN story on homelessness increasing in Lincoln over the past two years following a decade-long decline. “We’re seeing levels above 100% utilization in our family and single women’s shelters …, he said. “That’s not a good sign, because we typically don’t see that level of utilization until the late fall or winter.”
Sep 14 2025	KMALand: Nebraska researchers focus on early childhood educator shortage Nebraska Extension, Communities for Kids, the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have partnered to launch the Knowledge Network for Early Childhood Education Workforce, a workforce development program focused on recruiting and retaining early childhood educators across the state — particularly in rural communities, where the shortage is most severe. KMALand published a Sept. 14 story on the program.
Sep 13 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Fall armyworms return to Nebraska in droves Kait Chapman, an urban entomologist with Nebraska Extension, was interviewed for a Sept. 13 Lincoln Journal Star article on fall armyworms damaging lawns and crops in southeast Nebraska. Chapman said 2021 was an unprecedented year for the caterpillars, but Nebraska hasn’t had too much trouble with them since then — until now. “Our concern is that we’re going to have an outbreak similar to 2021,” she said. “We just want people to get ahead of it because in previous years, they’ve been known to decimate some areas.”
Sep 12 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL proposes eliminating 6 academic programs, consolidating others The university has announced a $27.5 million budget reduction proposal to address a structural deficit and prepare for anticipated fiscal challenges in 2026. Stories on the proposal have appeared in KETV, KHGI, KLIN, KLKN, KMTV, KOLN/KGIN, KPTM, the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Examiner, Nebraska Public Media, News Channel Nebraska, Omaha World-Herald and Higher Ed Dive.