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Jan 5 2026	Silicon Prairie News: Prairie Portraits — Ankit Chandra Silicon Prairie News featured Ankit Chandra, director and lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and founder of the department’s Spur Ventures initiative, in its Prairie Portraits series on Jan. 5. Spur Ventures seeks to foster industry and startup collaborations with university faculty and students through entrepreneurship education and research-and-development opportunities.
Jan 5 2026	KETV: UNL Chancellor Rodney Bennett announces decision to resign Rodney D. Bennett will step down as chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on Jan. 12. Kathy Ankerson will serve as interim chancellor. Stories on the transition have appeared in KETV, KFAB, KFOR, KHGI, KLIN, KMTV, KNOP, KOLN/KGIN, KSNB, the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Examiner, Nebraska Public Media, News Channel Nebraska, Rural Radio Network, WOWT, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the Women in Academia Report and additional outlets.
Jan 3 2026	Nebraska Examiner: UNL report outlines Nebraska financial hit from Tyson plant exit A Dec. 22 study by the university’s Center for Agricultural Profitability was cited in a Jan. 3 Nebraska Examiner article on the pending closure of Tyson Foods’ meatpacking plant in Lexington, Nebraska. The statewide economic loss, including both direct and ripple effects, is estimated at $3.28 billion a year, according to the analysis by economists Dennis Elliott and Eric Thompson. Similar stories have appeared in KHGI, The North Platte Telegraph and Successful Farming.
Dec 30 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: Community leaders, athletes and icons Lincoln lost in 2025 Keith Heuermann was included in a Dec. 30 Lincoln Journal Star roundup of notable Nebraskans who died in 2025. The agricultural pioneer, philanthropist and longtime supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln died March 29 in Grand Island. He was 99.
Dec 29 2025	Public News Service: Student-led campaign pilots lymphoma awareness program Students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications have created a pilot program for the Lymphoma Research Foundation they hope will raise awareness of the disease among young adults, Public News Service reported Dec. 29. Dane Kiambi, associate professor of advertising and public relations and the program’s director, was interviewed for the article.
Dec 28 2025	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL to honor trailblazer Louise Pound in bronze Former Husker cheerleader and alumna Deb White is leading an effort to bring a bronze statue of athletic pioneer and longtime Husker faculty member Louise Pound to City Campus. Dave Biehl, a native of rural Lexington who worked as a veterinarian in Hastings for 40 years, crafted the sculpture, which will be installed outside Louise Pound Hall. The Lincoln Journal Star published a Dec. 28 article on the project.
Dec 27 2025	Omaha World-Herald: Internship abroad helped G.I. Northwest grad find birth family Emily Krupicka of Grand Island, who graduated from the university in December, met her birth family in South Korea this year during a break in the Senshu Matsudo Internship program in Japan. The Omaha World-Herald ran a Dec. 27 article on Krupicka, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with high distinction from the College of Business.
Dec 23 2025	The North Platte Telegraph: Sustainable Beef will add 100 jobs as Tyson closes in Lexington A Dec. 22 study by the university’s Center for Agricultural Profitability was cited in a Dec. 23 North Platte Telegraph article. The study estimates that just more than 7,000 Nebraskans will lose their jobs due to the pending closure of Tyson Foods’ meatpacking plant in Lexington, Nebraska. That includes the 3,212 jobs Tyson will eliminate and “additional jobs that support those workers in other sectors,” according to economists Dennis Elliott and Eric Thompson. Similar stories have appeared in KHGI, Nebraska Examiner and Successful Farming.
Dec 20 2025	CNN: Why some people ran toward danger at Bondi Beach Ari Kohen, Schlesinger Professor of Social Justice and director of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies, was interviewed for a Dec. 20 CNN story on some people running toward danger during the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia. Such acts of heroism are uncommon, Kohen said, with most people remaining bystanders. “Most people don’t do this,” he said. “It’s risky. It’s dangerous.” (This article requires a subscription.)
Dec 20 2025	The North Platte Telegraph: UNL announces December graduates The University of Nebraska–Lincoln conferred 1,197 degrees during commencement exercises Dec. 19 and 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Hastings Tribune, Lexington Clipper-Herald, Norfolk Daily News and North Platte Telegraph have run articles on their area graduates.
Dec 19 2025	Flatwater Free Press: Domingus overcomes addiction, shame to earn degree Flatwater Free Press published a Dec. 19 article on Tessa Domingus, who will receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration during the university’s undergraduate commencement ceremony Dec. 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. A recovering addict who spent 10 months in prison, she is now director of operations for the Mental Health Association of Nebraska, a Lincoln-based nonprofit that uses peer support to help people with addiction and mental health issues in Nebraska.
Dec 19 2025	Scientific American: The 10 biggest math breakthroughs of 2025 Mark Brittenham and Susan Hermiller, both professors of mathematics, recently solved a decades-old problem in knot theory. The researchers found that larger and seemingly more complex knots created by joining two simpler ones together can sometimes be easier to undo than simple ones — the opposite of what was expected. The finding was featured in Scientific American’s “10 biggest math breakthroughs of 2025” on Dec. 19.