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Mar 12 2025	KETV: UNL lab, Nebraska officials on 'high alert' for bird flu Dustin Loy, director of the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center, was interviewed for a March 12 KETV story on the threat of bird flu from migratory birds. “This time of year is always, always critical, and so we’re kind of on high alert,” he said. The center tests about 250,000 samples a year, he said.
Mar 12 2025	KOLN/KGIN: U.K.-based app comes to Lincoln to help students find housing The app myhousr has partnered with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Lincoln Chamber of Commerce to make finding off-campus housing easier for students, KOLN/KGIN reported March 12. Lincoln is the first U.S. city the England-based company is working in, with an office at Nebraska Innovation Campus.
Mar 11 2025	KOLN/KGIN: UNL students design app to help others find the right college Kenny Morales and Wilson Overfield, second-year students in the university’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, are developing an app called FindU that aims to match high school students with their best-fit college. KOLN/KGIN aired a March 11 story on the app.
Mar 11 2025	KLKN: Nebraska's climate helped investigators ID body quickly, expert says William Belcher, an associate professor in the School of Global Integrative Studies, was interviewed for a March 11 KLKN story on the body of missing Lincoln man Tyler Goodrich recently being found and identified. Belcher, a board-certified forensic anthropologist, said the identification of a body can provide a sense of resolution for loved ones.
Mar 11 2025	Farms.com: Nebraska ethanol industry remains key economic driver, study shows The Nebraska ethanol and co-products industry remains a significant and stable force that contributes billions of dollars to the state’s economy, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The study analyzes the industry’s economic impact from 2021-2023 and was conducted by the university’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Bureau of Business Research, in partnership with the Nebraska Ethanol Board. Stories on the study have appeared in KNOP, the Rural Radio Network, Ethanol Producer Magazine and Farms.com.
Mar 11 2025	News Channel Nebraska: Fairbury leaders engage with UNL students More than a dozen students in a Rural Community Economics course at the university visited Fairbury, Nebraska, on March 10 to hear local leaders discuss the city’s strengths and weaknesses, News Channel Nebraska reported. The course is taught by Daniela Mattos, assistant professor of practice in agricultural economics.
Mar 11 2025	KNOP: Lied Center bringing musical trio Take3 to Greater Nebraska The musical trio Take3 will perform in Gothenburg, McCook and North Platte in mid-April as part of the Lied Center for Performing Arts’ “Arts Across Nebraska” program. KNOP published a March 11 article on the tour.
Mar 11 2025	RFD-TV: Nebraska Extension provides science-backed strategies to producers Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension educator, was interviewed for a March 11 segment on RFD-TV. He discussed how the university is supporting ag producers, especially amid challenges posed by drought.
Mar 10 2025	Nebraska Examiner: Some Nebraska lawmakers join quest to infuse more religion into schools Max Perry Mueller, assistant professor of classics and religious studies, was interviewed for a March 10 Nebraska Examiner article on three bills in the Nebraska Legislature that aim to infuse more religion into public schools. Mueller said the culture war fight over displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms is a “very American fight” and isn’t new, but that the “super Catholic majority” on the U.S. Supreme Court makes some on the religious right eager to face lawsuits because they feel the court is now on their side.
Mar 10 2025	News Channel Nebraska: Scientists study Nebraska's growing elk population The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has partnered with John Benson, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, to conduct Nebraska’s first statewide elk study. News Channel Nebraska published a March 10 article on the effort.
Mar 10 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Tactile exhibition at Lincoln museum makes art more accessible The university’s Great Plains Art Museum, in collaboration with the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Tactile Images, is hosting the tactile exhibition “The Journey: Documented Items/Undocumented Souls” through Aug. 23. The exhibition, the first of its kind at the museum, chronicles the immigrant journey from Latin America to the United States through a series of photographs by John Moore, senior special correspondent with Getty Images. The Lincoln Journal Star published a March 10 article on the exhibition.
Mar 10 2025	The Fence Post: Pioneering animal scientist Grandin to attend documentary screening Temple Grandin, a world-renowned expert in animal welfare who transformed the academic understanding of animal behavior, will visit the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on March 13 for a screening of “An Open Door,” a new documentary about her life and legacy, in the Hardin Hall auditorium. The Fence Post ran a March 10 article on her visit.