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May 19 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: New Venture Competition is evolving for a new era The Lincoln Journal Star published a May 19 article on the winners of the 2026 New Venture Competition, hosted by the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship. Sam Nelson, the center’s director, and Husker students Adam Knapp (Knapp Custom Opps, LLC), Karter Otte (Pickup Lines Striping), Talon Krebs (Premium Acres) and Brock Anderson (Premier Umpires, LLC) were interviewed for the article.
May 19 2026	Bloomberg Law: AI legal education pushes skills, clinics and healthy skepticism Richard E. Moberly, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law, co-wrote a May 19 Bloomberg Law op-ed with Danielle M. Conway, dean of law at Penn State University, and Kellye Testy, executive director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools, on how law schools are adapting to artificial intelligence. “(Adaptation) looks less like a single ‘AI class’ and more like a set of fast, pragmatic changes across the curricular spectrum — doctrine, skills, simulations, clinics — paired with a healthy skepticism about hype.”
May 19 2026	RFD-TV: Nebraska LEAD Program opens applications for next cohort Kurtis Harms, director of the Nebraska LEAD Program, was interviewed for a May 19 RFD-TV segment. He discussed the longtime agricultural leadership development initiative, which is currently accepting applications for the next cohort.
May 17 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Mueller's biographies shed light on forgotten founders The Lincoln Journal Star published a May 17 article on Max Perry Mueller, associate professor of classics and religious studies, and his new biography, “Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West.” The book, published last November, casts the Ute chief as a primary figure in the country’s westward expansion. It was recently named a finalist for the Plutarch Award, presented annually by the Biographers International Organization.
May 16 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL graduate wins Hearst award for investigative reporting Livia Ziskey, who earned a Bachelor of Journalism in May and now covers K-12 education for the Lincoln Journal Star, recently won first place for investigative reporting in the 2025-26 Hearst Journalism Awards Program for her article “Youth, others: Use of juvenile confinement breaks law.” As part of the award, she also qualified for the National Writing Championship in June. The Lincoln Journal Star published a May 16 article on her accomplishment.
May 15 2026	Flatwater Free Press: Starting fires helped contain a Nebraska wildfire — and ignited another Dirac Twidwell was interviewed for a May 15 Flatwater Free Press article on the benefits and risks of prescribed burns. Nebraska’s Loess Canyons area has one of the most advanced prescribed fire cultures in the country, he said. It has reduced the risk of catastrophic fire and made the land more suitable for grazing, which has boosted landowners’ profits, he said.
May 15 2026	Midwest Messenger: USDA relocation takes ag research, employees out of D.C. Scott Hutchins, chief scientist and undersecretary for research, education and economics with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, told the audience at the April 28 Heuermann Lecture that two Agricultural Research Service positions are moving to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The employees will help facilitate research conducted at the forthcoming ARS National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture on Nebraska Innovation Campus. The points from the lecture were highlighted in a May 15 Midwest Messenger article.
May 15 2026	The New York Times: Omaha bar changes name amid lawsuit The College of Law’s First Amendment Clinic is providing free legal services to DiGiacomos’ Social Holdings, LLC, in a legal dispute over an Omaha bar’s barber-themed name and décor. The clinic was mentioned in recent articles on the case in Nebraska Examiner and The New York Times.
May 15 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Retired UNL professor's play on Elizabeth I coming to Lincoln The Lincoln Journal Star published a May 15 article on Carole Levin’s one-woman, one-act play “Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words,” coming to the Westbrook Music Building on May 20. Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History Emerita at Nebraska. The performance coincides with the exhibition “Crown and Stage: The Monarchy and Shakespeare in Quilts,” on view through May 30 at the International Quilt Museum.
May 15 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Bailiff goes to law school, returns to courtroom as prosecutor The Lincoln Journal Star published a May 15 article on Laura Bolton, who started as a Lancaster County Court bailiff, returned to law school and now works as an attorney in the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office. Bolton earned her bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctor from Nebraska.
May 13 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Petersen could face legal boundaries, UNL expert says Brandon Johnson, assistant professor of law, was interviewed for a May 13 Nebraska Public Media article on Republican Secretary of State nominee Scott Petersen. Johnson, who specializes in election law, shed light on legal boundaries Petersen will face if he’s elected, particularly around his more restrictive voting proposals.
May 13 2026	The North Platte Telegraph: Rathjen receives Army commission Luke Rathjen of North Platte, Nebraska, was among 29 members of the university’s Reserve Officer Training Corps who received military commissions May 8-10, The North Platte Telegraph reported May 13. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army on May 8.