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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. The Beatrice Daily Sun and Lincoln Journal Star have run articles on the ceremony.
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.
Jul 31 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Husker researchers seek to build materials at atomic level The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center after earning a highly competitive six-year, $18 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The Atomically Engineered Materials Center will explore fundamental questions in quantum materials, advancing scientific understanding of ultra-thin materials that are key to faster computers, more energy-efficient artificial intelligence and brain-inspired computing. The Lincoln Journal Star and Tech Times have published articles on the new center.
Jul 31 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Unique squirrels are subject of new UNL research grant The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been awarded a grant from Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom to support habitat assessments and nest box installations for southern flying squirrels on East Campus, Nebraska Public Media reported July 31. Lord Ameyaw, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources; John Carroll, professor emeritus in the school; and Cameron Lyons, a recent Husker alumnus and non-degree-seeking graduate student working on the project, were interviewed for the article.
Jul 31 2026	KLKN: Husker engineer creates device to track changes in walking Harnessing the power of gait as a biomarker is the concept behind Grasshopper Health, a startup launched by Fadi Alsaleem, James and Virginia Blackman Associate Professor of architectural engineering, to commercialize a low-cost medical device that continuously delivers gait data to a patient’s smartphone and a provider’s chart. KLKN aired a July 31 story on the project. The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Sara Myers, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Iraklis Pipinos and Nebraska Engineering’s Eric Markvicka are also part of the project.
Jul 31 2026	Rural Radio Network: Contest gives future agronomists hands-on experience A University of Nebraska–Lincoln team recently participated in the North Central Weed Science Society Student Weed Contest in Gothenburg, Nebraska, Rural Radio Network reported July 31. Ankit Yadav, a doctoral student in weed science and team member, was interviewed for the story.
Jul 30 2026	Omaha World-Herald: Husker study unlocks secrets of Andean mice In a new study published in Science, Jay Storz, Willa Cather Professor of biological sciences, and a team of international collaborators illuminate the biological secrets that allow Phyllotis vaccarum, also known as the Andean leaf-eared mouse, to thrive at the highest elevations of any known mammal. Articles on the research have appeared in the Omaha World-Herald, Earth.com, Live Science, Science, Science News and Smithsonian magazine.
Jul 30 2026	The Conversation: Wildlife manager shares goose control methods that work Mark Vrtiska, professor of practice in wildlife management, wrote a July 30 piece for The Conversation on methods for managing Canada goose populations in Colorado’s cities. Vrtiska wrote that common tactics include hazing and scaring, as well as habitat modifications, such as turning off water fountains during the winter or making islands accessible to humans so geese don’t get too comfortable. An extreme method is culling — which is effective but controversial — while Nebraska has an egg-oiling program to prevent goose eggs from hatching.
Jul 30 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Assistance approved for 86 Nebraska counties facing drought The U.S. Drought Monitor — produced jointly by the university’s National Drought Mitigation Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture — was cited in a July 30 Lincoln Journal Star article on the USDA approving emergency loan assistance to 86 Nebraska counties facing drought. More than 76% of the state faces at least “moderate” drought conditions, according to the monitor.