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Oct 23 2025	KHGI: Rural Poll reveals rising optimism despite economic uncertainty Fifty-three percent of respondents to the 2025 Nebraska Rural Poll believe they are better off than they were five years ago, up from 36% last year. Similarly, 46% of respondents believe they will be better off 10 years from now, up from 34% last year. Stories on the latest batch of poll results have appeared in KFXL, KHGI, the Nebraska City News-Press and Tri-State Livestock News.
Oct 23 2025	Norfolk Daily News: 47 Huskers begin sales excellence program Forty-seven Husker students have been selected for the Undergraduate Certificate in Sales Excellence Program in the College of Business. With the credential offered by the Center for Sales Excellence, students sharpen communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills sought by employers. The Norfolk Daily News ran an Oct. 23 article on participating students from the Norfolk area.
Oct 23 2025	Norfolk Daily News: Norfolkan part of 2025-26 engineering academy cohort Forty first-year students in the College of Engineering have been chosen to the 2025-26 cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy. The Elkhorn Exchange and Norfolk Daily News have run articles on cohort members from their areas.
Oct 22 2025	KSNB: Grand Island man among Nebraska Business Hall of Fame inductees The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the College of Business have announced the 2026 inductees into the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame: DJ Eihusen, chairman and CEO of Chief Industries in Grand Island; Rodrigo López, founder and chairman of AmeriSphere Companies; and John E. Olsson, founder of Olsson Associates in Lincoln. Stories on the honorees have appeared in Central Nebraska Today, KSNB and the Rural Radio Network.
Oct 21 2025	Hastings Tribune: Grants support trauma training, child care center licensing toolkit A $147,909 grant from Women Investing in Nebraska will allow the university’s Trauma-Capable Schools training program to expand into rural districts, broadening access to trauma-informed education across the state. A second $147,909 grant was awarded to the Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative to launch the state’s first comprehensive Child Care Center Licensing Toolkit. The Hastings Tribune ran an Oct. 21 article on the grants.
Oct 21 2025	Norfolk Daily News: Neligh student selected as Clifton Builder at Nebraska Leonardo Luna-Duran of Neligh, Nebraska, is among 31 students selected for the 10th cohort of the Clifton Builders Program in the university’s Clifton Strengths Institute, the Norfolk Daily News reported Oct. 21. Recognized as someone with high leadership and entrepreneurial potential, Luna-Duran is a sophomore Clifton Builders management major at the university.
Oct 21 2025	Nebraska Public Media: Added funding allows Nebraska to expand system of weather stations The University of Nebraska–Lincoln added 21 weather stations to the Nebraska Mesonet network this year through $1.48 million in funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency and Lower Loup and Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources Districts. Stories on the expansion have appeared in KSNB, the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Public Media, Rural Radio Network and Tri-State Livestock News.
Oct 21 2025	RFD-TV: Husker scientists combat woody encroachment in Great Plains Dirac Twidwell, professor of agronomy and horticulture, was interviewed for an Oct. 21 segment on RFD-TV. He discussed the university’s efforts to combat woody encroachment in the Great Plains.
Oct 20 2025	KMTV: A first look at the Louise Pound sculpture KMTV aired an Oct. 20 story on the Louise Pound sculpture expected to be added to City Campus next year. The sculpture of the American folklorist, linguist, college professor and athlete would be the university’s first to feature a woman. The group Lift Up Louis raised the money for the sculpture.
Oct 20 2025	KLKN: UNL makes second well-being investment with Abbott prize money More than 40 recognized student organizations at the university are receiving a share of $150,000 in Abbott-funded grants, KLKN reported Oct. 20. The funding comes from the university’s $1 million prize for winning the inaugural Abbott/Big Ten Conference We Give Blood Drive last year.
Oct 20 2025	Silicon Prairie News: Prairie Portraits — Fadi Alsaleem Fadi Alsaleem, interim chief technology officer for Grasshopper Health and associate professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, was interviewed for Silicon Prairie News’ “Prairie Portraits” feature on Oct. 20. Grasshopper Health is a medical technology startup originating from collaborative work across the University of Nebraska system.
Oct 20 2025	Tri-State Livestock News: Trump mentions possible Argentinian beef deal Matt Stockton, professor of agricultural economics, was interviewed for an Oct. 20 Tri-State Livestock News article on President Donald Trump mentioning a possible Argentinian beef deal to try to bring down prices in the United States. Stockton said such a deal could bring cattle and beef prices down, but how much is only speculation at this point. “It depends on how much beef we get and how fast it gets here,” he said.