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Recent stories
Apr 17 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: High Plains Regional Climate Center shuttered amid Trump cuts The university’s High Plains Regional Climate Center shut down April 17 as part of the White House’s push to eliminate federally funded climate research, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. Derek McLean, dean of the Agricultural Research Division, and Ken Dewey, professor emeritus of applied climatology, were interviewed for the article. Nebraska Public Media published a similar article April 17.
Apr 17 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL unveils plans for $1M prize from Big Ten blood drive The university hosted leaders from Abbott and the Big Ten Conference April 17 for a celebration of Husker Nation’s first-place finish in the inaugural “We Give Blood Drive” competition. KOLN/KGIN and the Lincoln Journal Star published April 17 stories on the celebration and the plan to spend the money.
Apr 17 2025	Silicon Prairie News: Center for Entrepreneurship recognizes contributions to startup ecosystem The university’s Center for Entrepreneurship recognized nine people for their outstanding contributions to the Nebraska entrepreneurial community at the 2025 Entrepreneur Awards, April 15 at the Rococo Theatre. Silicon Prairie News published an April 17 article on the awards.
Apr 17 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL faculty call for 'mutual academic defense compact' Faculty leaders at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have joined other institutions in calling for an alliance to protect higher education against what they describe as attacks from the Trump administration on academic freedom and the research enterprise, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 17. Similar stories have appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Guardian.
Apr 16 2025	NPR: Mourning the loss of federal funds for aspiring rural teachers Project RAICES — a collaborative project between the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Kansas State University aimed at increasing the teacher workforce in Nebraska and Kansas — was featured in an April 16 NPR story. The project lost its federal funding in February. Ted Hamann, professor of teaching, learning and teacher education at Nebraska and a project co-leader, and Ali Waly, a freshman secondary education major who lost his scholarship, were interviewed for the story.
Apr 16 2025	The Washington Post: NEH cuts $1.5 million from grants to research Indian boarding schools Margaret Jacobs, Charles Mach Professor of history and director of the Center for Great Plains Studies, was interviewed for an April 16 Washington Post article on the National Endowment for the Humanities recently terminating about $1.5 million in grants to research Indian boarding schools. Jacobs and her team were just two months shy of finishing a four-year project to digitize about 10,000 pages of records from the Genoa Indian Industrial School in Nebraska when their $450,000 grant was pulled. (This article requires a subscription.)
Apr 16 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL, UNMC will seek joint accreditation, Gold says For the first time in more than 50 years, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and University of Nebraska Medical Center are seeking joint accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 16. Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the University of Nebraska system, was interviewed for the article.
Apr 15 2025	KOLN/KGIN: Nebraska nurse shares harrowing details of time in Gaza Willy Massay, an Omaha nurse who has helped provide emergency medical care in Gaza, spoke at the university April 15. KOLN/KGIN aired a story on the event.
Apr 15 2025	Kansas Public Radio: Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken' Byron D. Chaves, associate professor of food science and technology, was interviewed for an April 15 Kansas Public Radio story on Europeans disparaging U.S. poultry as “chlorinated chicken” due to the use of chlorine in American poultry processing plants. Chaves said European standards aren’t necessarily more stringent or safer. “I would be very cautious about pushing that narrative,” he said. The story was picked up by dozens of NPR affiliates.
Apr 14 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Nebraska program will pay to draw large animal vets The university’s Elite 11 Veterinarian Program was highlighted in a Lincoln Journal Star article on another new program, the Nebraska Rural Veterinary Grant Program, announced by Gov. Jim Pillen on April 14. Tiffany Heng-Moss, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, was featured in the article. Similar stories have appeared in KETV, KGFW, KLKN, KOLN/KGIN, the Rural Radio Network and National Hog Farmer.
Apr 14 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Husker student finds success with pickleball business The Lincoln Journal Star published an April 14 article on Andreas Katsaounis, a sophomore business administration major at Nebraska, and his business, Alpha Omega Pickleball. Nearly two years into his business, Katsaounis has designed three high-quality, affordable paddles, along with a training paddle, to support players at all levels. He credits the university’s Entrepreneurship Catalysts program with helping him build connections and learn more about starting a business. KOLN/KGIN aired a similar story April 15.
Apr 14 2025	Harvest Public Media: Methane reduction initiative awards $2.3 million to UNL The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is joining a new $27.4 million global initiative to reduce methane emissions from livestock by harnessing natural variation in how animals digest food. Backed by the Bezos Earth Fund and the Global Methane Hub, the effort will support research and breeding programs to identify and scale climate-efficient livestock across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Oceania. Stories on the initiative have appeared in KFXL, Beef magazine, Feedstuffs and Harvest Public Media.