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Sep 25 2023	Nebraska Examiner: Growing pessimism found in latest Nebraska Rural Poll Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about their current and future well-being, according to the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll. Stories on the poll results have appeared in KETV, Nebraska Examiner and the Rural Radio Network.
Sep 25 2023	KOLN/KGIN: Growing pessimism seen in latest annual poll of rural Nebraskans Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about their current and future well-being, according to the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll. Stories on the poll results have appeared in KETV, KOLN/KGIN, Nebraska Examiner and the Rural Radio Network.
Sep 24 2023	Omaha World-Herald: $10M grant will help green up Nebraska communities The University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Nebraska Statewide Arboretum have received $10 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement a program in Nebraska’s disadvantaged communities that will help plant more trees, remove dead ones and improve tree industry workforce development, the Omaha World-Herald reported Sept. 24. Hanna Pinneo, the NSA’s executive director, and John Erixson, Nebraska state forester, were quoted in the story.
Sep 24 2023	Lincoln Journal Star: NU reviewing budget to look for efficiencies, invest in priorities The University of Nebraska has begun taking stock of employees, programs and the effectiveness of several non-academic offices as part of a budget review announced earlier this year, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Sept. 24. A Sept. 21 message to the university system by President Ted Carter was cited in the story.
Sep 24 2023	Lincoln Journal Star: Budget model long in the works at UNL put on hold A new model for managing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s budget is now on hold, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Sept. 24. The hybrid “responsibility center management” model would involve the majority of every tuition dollar paid following students to the academic college in which they are enrolled. Mike Zeleny, vice chancellor for business and finance, was cited in the story.
Sep 23 2023	KOLN/KGIN: Vanderfords perform as Blues Brothers with Cornhusker Marching Band Jacob Vanderford, a junior sports media and communication, and advertising and public relations major, and his father, John, a TV personality for KOLN/KGIN, performed as the Blues Brothers during the Cornhusker Marching Band’s halftime performance Sept. 23 at Memorial Stadium. KOLN/KGIN aired a story on the performance.
Sep 22 2023	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL Wind Ensemble's 'Lawn Games' concert is Sept. 28 The university’s Wind Ensemble will present an outdoor concert titled “Lawn Games” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Sheldon Museum of Art’s sculpture garden, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Sept. 22. The concert is free and open to the public.
Sep 22 2023	Lincoln Journal Star: Grammy-winning Emanuel Ax to debut new Steinway at the Lied Renowned pianist Emanuel Ax traveled to the Steinway factory in New York City to help the Lied Center for Performing Arts select a new concert grand piano, the Lincoln Journal Star and Broadway World have reported. Ax will give the first performance on the instrument when he plays at the Lied Center on Sept. 24. Ax was joined at the Steinway factory by Bill Stephan, the Lied’s executive director; Paul Barnes, Marguerite Scribante Professor of Music; then-Chancellor Ronnie Green; and Keith Heckman, Piano Circle member.
Sep 22 2023	WOWT: Nebraska's leading economic indicator declines in August Nebraska’s leading economic indicator fell 0.93% in August, according to the most recent report from the university’s Bureau of Business Research. The Rural Radio Network and WOWT have run articles on the report.
Sep 22 2023	Lincoln Journal Star: Hopper-inspired exhibition gives context to Sheldon's most iconic painting The Lincoln Journal Star’s L. Kent Wolgamott wrote a Sept. 22 article on the exhibition “Edward Hopper and His Contemporaries,” which runs through Dec. 21 at Sheldon Museum of Art.
Sep 22 2023	Lincoln Journal Star: Q&A with an inspiring woman — Rhonda Revelle Rhonda Revelle, head softball coach at Nebraska, was featured in the Lincoln Journal Star’s Q&A with an Inspiring Woman series on Sept. 22.
Sep 21 2023	KOLN/KGIN: Oversight or overreach? The role of inspectors general in Nebraska Anthony Schutz, associate dean for faculty and Marvin and Virginia Schmid Foundation Professor of Agricultural Law, was interviewed for a Sept. 21 KOLN/KGIN story on state agencies limiting inspectors general’s access to information and facilities following an opinion by Attorney General Mike Hilgers. He said the Nebraska Supreme Court would need to take up the issue for state law to change. “Until that happens, the attorney general’s opinion is just an opinion by one officer, state government about the constitutionality of the provisions,” he said.