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Aug 5 2026	Midwest Newsroom: Timpe discusses affordable childcare shortage, legislation Brenden Timpe, assistant professor of economics, was interviewed for an Aug. 5 Midwest Newsroom article on the Childcare Modernization Act of 2025, introduced by Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer, which aims to address the shortage of affordable childcare in the United States. Timpe said he thought the bill would help improve access to childcare but stressed that increased wages and worker retention would be key to maintaining a level of heightened supply. “There are people who want to work in this sector, but they simply can’t make it work as providers (because of low pay),” he said.
Aug 5 2026	KFXL: Nebraska Grazing Conference draws ranchers to Kearney Nearly 200 ranchers and farmers from Nebraska and beyond gathered in Kearney Aug. 4-5 for the 26th annual Nebraska Grazing Conference, KFXL reported Aug. 5. Mitch Stephenson, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture and associate director of the Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center; and Leah Christen, a junior agricultural leadership, education and communication major at Nebraska, were interviewed for the story.
Aug 4 2026	Interesting Engineering: Wireless power beaming may keep military drones flying longer Reach Power and the university’s NIMBUS Lab have secured a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I contract through AFWERX to study wireless power for perched drones, Interesting Engineering reported Aug. 4. The project will examine whether remotely delivered energy can keep drones operating as persistent communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes during military missions.
Aug 4 2026	Nebraska Public Media: UNL faculty hires now require chancellor approval The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will change some of its hiring approval processes this year after Gov. Jim Pillen announced in July that state-funded agencies and entities will lose some of their monthly budget allocations, Nebraska Public Media reported Aug. 4. All regular faculty positions, including both new and existing ones, will require Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson’s sign-off before recruitment begins.
Aug 4 2026	Dengarden: Why you should be scouting for lawn pests in peak summer Amanda Folck, assistant extension educator in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, was interviewed for an Aug. 4 Dengarden article on the importance of scouting one’s lawn for pests during peak summer. She recommended checking for pests daily. “There can be gradual or immediate changes that can happen in the lawn,” she said. “This way, if you do catch a pest, you can spot it in the early stages rather than in later stages.”
Aug 3 2026	The Pioneer Woman: How to get rid of gnats with simple pantry staples Kait Chapman, an urban entomologist with Nebraska Extension, was interviewed for an Aug. 3 article in The Pioneer Woman on how to get rid of gnats. Overwatering houseplants is the top cause of fungus gnats, she said, so changing one’s watering routine will naturally diminish the population. “Fungus gnats are controlled by letting the soil of houseplants dry completely before watering,” she said.
Aug 3 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Husker team selected for Department of Energy AI integration push Mehmet Can Vuran, Dale M. Jensen Chair and Professor of computing, is leading a team contributing to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, an ambitious effort to build the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform. Vuran’s team was selected for a Phase I award, part of a category aimed at identifying promising pathways toward transformative scientific capabilities and establishing a foundation for future investment and scale. KHGI and Nebraska Public Media have published stories on the project.
Aug 3 2026	Rural Radio Network: UNL research aims to develop more nutritious, better-tasting popcorn David Holding, professor and associate department head of agronomy and horticulture, is applying decades of research to develop popcorn with improved nutrition, enhanced flavor and the popping characteristics consumers expect. The new varieties contain higher levels of the amino acids lysine and tryptophan — nutrients that are naturally limited in conventional popcorn. Rural Radio Network published an Aug. 3 article on the research.
Aug 3 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL summer commencement set for Aug. 15 The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will confer about 600 degrees during a combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Aug. 15 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Articles on the ceremony have appeared in the Beatrice Daily Sun, Fremont Tribune, Lincoln Journal Star and Scottsbluff Star-Herald.
Aug 2 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Otherworldly insect art coming to Great Plains Art Museum The exhibition “Jennifer Angus: Like a Moth to the Flame” will be on view from Aug. 7 through Dec. 19 at the university’s Great Plains Art Museum. The Lincoln Journal Star’s Susie Bovaird interviewed Angus and Ashley Wilkinson, museum director and curator, for an Aug. 2 article on the exhibition.
Aug 1 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: 'Platte Passages' to open Aug. 7 at WallSpace-LNK The exhibition “Platte Passages: Shared Stories from Our Home Watershed” — featuring the work of five photographers from the Platte Basin Timelapse project — opens Aug. 7 at Lincoln’s WallSpace-LNK. The Lincoln Journal Star ran an Aug. 1 brief on the exhibition. The timelapse project was founded in 2011 by Michael Forsberg, a conservation photographer and research assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, and Michael Farrell, a veteran producer with Nebraska Public Media.
Aug 1 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Final Discovery Days event of year is Aug. 8 The final East Campus Discovery Days and Farmers Market event of the year is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 8 on the East Campus Loop. The Lincoln Journal Star published an Aug. 1 brief on the event.