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Nov 12 2025	Omaha World-Herald: Sun storm led to fantastic Northern Lights over Nebraska Evan Rich, assistant professor of practice in physics and astronomy, was interviewed for a Nov. 12 Omaha World-Herald article on the Northern Lights being visible in the central United States on Nov. 11. Rich took 10 astronomy students to the Branched Oak Observatory north of Lincoln on Nov. 11 for their once-a-semester stargazing trip, which coincidentally lined up with the aurora display.
Nov 11 2025	Norfolkneradio.com: NCEE helps launch seven in-school savings programs A partnership between Norfolk Public Schools and Elkhorn Valley Bank and Trust has brought in-school savings programs to all seven elementary schools in the district, norfolkneradio.com reported Nov. 11. The Nebraska Council on Economic Education, part of the College of Business, oversees the programs. Jennifer Davidson, NCEE president, was interviewed for the story.
Nov 11 2025	Public News Service: Nebraska scientists use human tissue in AI development With a new grant from the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with Princeton University, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, associate professor in the School of Computing, aims to discover how natural structures in bacterial gene networks could be leveraged for artificial intelligence applications. Public News Service published an article on the research.
Nov 11 2025	Nebraska Public Media: UNL team returns after anthropological mission to France A Husker team led by Bill Belcher, associate professor in the School of Global Integrative Studies, recently spent six weeks in France, searching for soldiers who went missing during World War II. Nebraska Public Media aired a Nov. 11 story on the trip.
Nov 11 2025	Nebraska Public Media: UNL launches AI chatbot 'Cornelius' Nebraska Public Media aired a Nov. 11 story on Cornelius, the new artificial intelligence chatbot created by the Office of Student Life. Amy Goodburn, senior associate vice chancellor and dean of undergraduate education, and Lydia Coulson, communications specialist in Undergraduate Education and Student Success, were interviewed for the story.
Nov 10 2025	KHGI: Thompson Forum explores belonging with Orly Israel The university’s E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, now in its 37th season, continues with “Belonging is a Practice, Not a Place,” featuring communication strategist and The Listening Table founder Orly Israel. The free public event is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Nebraska Union’s Swanson Auditorium. KHGI and the Lincoln Journal Star have run articles on the event.
Nov 10 2025	Norfolk Daily News: Norfolkan wins awards in On-Location Creative Competition Grace Koch of Norfolk, a junior majoring in broadcasting, and advertising and public relations at Nebraska, recently earned a national audio award in the Broadcast Education Association and College Broadcasters’ On-Location Creative Competition, the Norfolk Daily News reported Nov. 10. Koch earned first place in the Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program category for “Paranormal Inactivity-Log 3: The Case of the Entrapped Alien” and second place in the Best Podcast category for “Paranormal Inactivity-Log 2: The Phantom of the Bell Tower.”
Nov 10 2025	Norfolk Daily News: West Point student in business leadership program at Nebraska Addison Toelle of West Point, a finance major at Nebraska, is among 34 first-year students selected to join the award-winning Integrity in Business Leadership program in the College of Business, the Norfolk Daily News reported Nov. 10. Toelle has received a $3,000 scholarship and the opportunity to develop as a principled and community-minded leader through mentoring, coursework and hands-on business experiences.
Nov 10 2025	KHGI: Husker Pantry launches winter drive to aid students in need The Husker Pantry aims to collect 3,500 items during its Winter Food Drive, Nov. 5-12, KHGI reported Nov. 10. Kenji Madison, the pantry’s director, was interviewed for the story.
Nov 9 2025	China Daily: Tariff-troubled U.S. fears not-so-happy holidays Lia Nogueira, associate professor of agricultural economics, was interviewed for a Nov. 9 China Daily article on how tariffs might affect holiday shopping in the United States. She stressed that the amount of corn and soybeans produced in the U.S. cannot just be consumed in the U.S. “So, if we want to keep the production at the volume that we have right now or even increase, we have to sell it in other countries,” she said.
Nov 7 2025	Nebraska Public Media: UNL experts say tick-borne disease is becoming more common Researchers with the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources are finding more cases of the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in Nebraska’s cattle, Nebraska Public Media reported Nov. 7. Matt Hille, assistant professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was interviewed for the story.
Nov 6 2025	KHGI: University of Nebraska–Lincoln awards $400,000 in health grants The university has awarded $400,000 in We Give Blood grants to seven faculty and staff-led projects aimed at improving student and community health and well-being across the Cornhusker State, KHGI and Rural Radio Network have reported. The awards are funded through the $1 million We Give Blood prize, which the university earned through an inaugural 2024 blood drive competition sponsored by Abbott and the Big Ten Conference.