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Oct 15 2025	Science News Explores: Connections at school could limit bullying's harm Amanda Barrett, a graduate student in educational psychology at Nebraska, was interviewed for an Oct. 15 Science News Explores article on a new study suggesting that stronger connections at school can help limit some of the harm from bullying. Barrett, who was not involved in the research, said she likes how the study emphasizes the social context of schools. “You can’t look at bullying as a finding in isolation,” she said.
Oct 15 2025	The Regulatory Review: A new approach to understanding content moderation A recent article by Kyle Landvardt, associate professor of law at Nebraska, and Alan Rozenshtein, associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota, was featured in an Oct. 15 article in The Regulatory Review on online content moderation in the wake of Moody v. NetChoice (2024). The two argue that the “editorial discretion” doctrine under the First Amendment distorts discussions of whether and how policymakers can regulate online platforms and propose a new analytical framework.
Oct 15 2025	KETV: Nebraska beekeepers fight to save America's bees Judy Wu-Smart, an associate professor of entomology who leads the UNL Bee Lab, was interviewed for an Oct. 15 KETV story on bee colony collapse in the United States. She said one of the biggest threats to bees is the Varroa mite. Other threats include pesticide exposure and a lack of forage, she said.
Oct 15 2025	Brownfield Ag News: Applications being accepted for Nebraska Elite 11 Veterinarian Program The university is accepting applications for the Nebraska Elite 11 Veterinarian Program, a competitive scholarship designed to increase the number of veterinarians serving livestock producers in rural Nebraska. Applications are due Feb. 2. Articles on the application announcement have appeared in KHGI, Brownfield Ag News and Tri-State Livestock News.
Oct 14 2025	KOLN/KGIN: UNL students battle like ancient Greeks Students in Jared Benton’s War in the Classical World course recently re-enacted the Battle of Sphacteria (425 B.C.E.) on the Love Library lawn. KOLN/KGIN aired an Oct. 14 story on the re-enactment.
Oct 14 2025	Earth.com: Study warns about interaction of nitrate, uranium in U.S. drinking water New research led by Karrie Weber, professor of biological sciences, warns of the dangers of nitrate and uranium interacting in groundwater, the source of much U.S. drinking water. The research was featured in an Oct. 14 Earth.com article.
Oct 14 2025	KOLN/KGIN: Pollinator-friendly plants boosting monarch sightings Through the Nebraska Pollinator Habitat Certification program, Nebraska Extension helps educate individuals, businesses and other entities on how to make their green spaces friendlier to pollinators such as the monarch butterfly, and encourages the planting of milkweed, a superfood for the butterfly. KOLN/KGIN ran an Oct. 14 story on the program.
Oct 14 2025	CBS News: Fall foliage colors muted in several regions due to drought The U.S. Drought Monitor — produced jointly by the university’s National Drought Mitigation Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture — was cited in an Oct. 14 CBS News story on fall foliage colors being muted due to drought. More than 40% of the United States was considered to be in drought in early October, according to the monitor.
Oct 13 2025	KETV: Omaha Jewish community reflects on hostage, prisoner releases Ari Kohen, Schlesinger Professor of Social Justice and director of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies, was interviewed for an Oct. 13 KETV story on Omaha’s Jewish community celebrating the release of Israeli hostages following a ceasefire in Gaza. Kohen said he is cautiously optimistic about what comes next. “We’re not across that finish line,” he said. “How we get to that stage of the process where the Palestinian people might be able to be governed by some group that has their best interests at heart, that’s going to be a really big challenge.”
Oct 13 2025	KMTV: Indigenous students celebrate heritage at powwow The University of Nebraska Intertribal Exchange (UNITE) hosted an Oct. 13 powwow in the Nebraska Union in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. KMTV and KOLN/KGIN aired stories on the event.
Oct 13 2025	The Washington Post: You can do one simple thing to avoid microplastics A 2023 study by Kazi Albab Hussain, then a doctoral student at Nebraska, and colleagues found that microplastics are released in huge quantities from plastic containers when they’re microwaved. Hussain, now a postdoctoral research associate in civil and environmental engineering, was interviewed about the study for an Oct. 13 Washington Post article.
Oct 13 2025	KHGI: Nebraska physicist studying disordered materials for microelectronics Robert Streubel, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has been awarded a five-year, $849,399 grant from the National Science Foundation’s CAREER program to study how disordered, noncrystalline materials could power the next generation of microelectronics, including computing systems that mimic the human brain. KHGI ran an Oct. 13 article on the research.