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Recent stories
Apr 30 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Runza, Food Processing Center partnering for new ice cream flavor Runza Restaurants has teamed up with the university’s Food Processing Center to create a Runza-flavored ice cream. The unusual flavor will debut May 1 at 14 Runza locations in Lincoln and Waverly. Stories on the sweet treat have appeared in KETV, KOLN/KGIN and the Lincoln Journal Star.
Apr 30 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Jazz in June lineup revealed for 35th year The university’s Jazz in June concert series recently announced the lineup for its 35th season, the Lincoln Journal Star reported April 30. The season features five multitalented acts — Terell Stafford, Tammy McCann, Jackie Allen and Hans Sturm, Josh Hoyer and The Colossal 4, and Downtown Collection. The free public concerts begin at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in June in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden.
Apr 30 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Parts of western Nebraska now in 'exceptional' drought 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 cited in an April 30 Nebraska Public Media article on drought conditions in Nebraska. According to the monitor, a small portion of the Panhandle is now experiencing exceptional drought.
Apr 29 2026	Silicon Prairie News: UNL student-led startups share progress Silicon Prairie News published an April 29 article on the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management’s Design Studio Showcase, held April 24 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Jake Koperski, assistant director of the Raikes School’s Startup Studio, and Raikes students Dante Dyches-Chandler, Jake Rance and Carrie Wong of the startup Reach were interviewed for the article. The studio’s other startups — Creevo, DineU and FindU — were also highlighted in the article.
Apr 28 2026	KHGI: UNL professors learn AI tools for early childhood education An April 28 summit led by Yingying Wang, associate professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, focused on how faculty can use AI tools to improve early childhood education. KHGI aired a story on the summit.
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, Omaha World-Herald, Farms.com, Feedstuffs, High Plains Journal, The Microbiologist, The Poultry Site, RFD-TV and York News-Times.
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 KIOS, 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 tallgrass 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.