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Jul 8 2026	Farms.com: Nebraska Ranch Practicum spreads research, resources to region's producers The Nebraska Ranch Practicum, run by Nebraska Extension, is bringing the newest agricultural research and hands-on education to ranching professionals, bolstering one of the region’s major industries in the process. The practicum is held in eight sessions over an entire growing season and production cycle, from June through January, at the West Central Research, Extension and Education Center in North Platte and its Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory. The North Platte Telegraph and Farms.com have run articles on the practicum.
Jul 7 2026	KOLN/KGIN: Highway paleontologist visits Valparaiso Public Library Shane Tucker, highway paleontologist with the University of Nebraska State Museum, visited the Valparaiso Public Library on July 7 as part of the national “Unearth a Story” summer reading program. KOLN/KGIN aired a July 7 story on the visit.
Jul 7 2026	KNOP: TAPS program pits North Platte area farmers against one another KNOP aired a story on the Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) field day, held July 7 in North Platte. The competition gives ag producers a low-risk environment to test strategies and new technologies before applying them on their own operations. Chris Proctor, Nebraska Extension educator, was interviewed for the story.
Jul 7 2026	The Jerusalem Post: Genocide recognition not enough, Der Matossian says Bedross Der Matossian, professor of history and Hymen Rosenberg Professor of Judaic Studies, wrote a July 7 guest column for The Jerusalem Post on the Israeli government’s recent recognition of the Armenian genocide. Der Matossian argued that the recognition doesn’t go far enough because it doesn’t protect Armenians. “Recognition, if it is to have genuine moral significance, must be accompanied by concrete action to prevent persecution, protect vulnerable populations and uphold international law,” he wrote.
Jul 6 2026	Straight Arrow News: Why an eradicated parasite is back in the American Southwest Georgina Bingham, associate professor of entomology, was interviewed for a July 6 Straight Arrow News article on the re-emergence of the New World screwworm in the United States. “Insects are highly responsive to temperature, moisture and season length,” she said. “And in certain regions, we’re seeing more drought, which brings more animals together, because they all drink from the same watering hole.”
Jul 6 2026	Slate: How Shohei Ohtani helped me grieve my wife's death Max Perry Mueller, associate professor of classics and religious studies, wrote a July 6 essay for Slate on how Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s great season is helping him cope with the death of his wife, Anna. “Shohei Ohtani is not healing me,” Mueller wrote. “But in my nightly witness of his history-breaking greatness, he helps give my grief a new form.”
Jul 4 2026	The Spruce: Does peppermint oil actually keep bugs out? Kait Chapman, an urban entomologist with Nebraska Extension, was interviewed for a July 4 article in The Spruce on using peppermint oil as a natural option to repel bugs. She said it might work well as part of an integrated pest management strategy, but not as a standalone tactic. “It’s important to take into consideration many things that influence its effectiveness, including the formulation, concentration, how it’s applied and what specific insects or arthropods you’re hoping it repels,” she said.
Jul 2 2026	FactCheck.org: Reasons for screwworm's re-emergence are complicated David Taylor, emeritus adjunct professor of entomology, was interviewed for a July 2 FactCheck.org post on the re-emergence of the New World screwworm in the United States. Taylor said neither the Biden nor Trump administrations were to blame. Taylor and other scientists said one possibility for the re-emergence is that the sterile flies being used to maintain the border in Panama became less effective or stopped working. “The fault lies, in my opinion, very possibly with strain deterioration,” Taylor said, although he cautioned that it was only a suspicion at this point.
Jul 2 2026	CNN: The 20 best landscaping tools, according to experts John Fech, Nebraska Extension educator, was interviewed for a July 2 CNN Underscored article on the “20 best landscaping tools,” according to experts. He recommended the Root Slayer Perennial Garden Shovel, Root Slayer Serrated Edger and Saker Mini Chainsaw.
Jul 1 2026	Inside Higher Ed: Cancer took my parents — and showed me how to teach Dane Kiambi, associate professor of advertising and public relations, wrote a July 1 op-ed for Inside Higher Ed on how the frustration and grief of losing his parents to cancer transformed how he teaches. For the past several years, he has structured his capstone courses in public relations around partnerships with cancer-fighting nonprofit organizations.
Jul 1 2026	The Guardian: Right-wing Gen Z women are celebrating Supreme Court's anti-trans ruling Kelsy Burke, professor of sociology at Nebraska, and Katie Gaddini, associate professor of sociology at University College London, co-wrote a July 1 op-ed for The Guardian on Gen Z conservative women celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold state restrictions on transgender students participating in sports. “In stark contrast with the image that the Republican movement is led by stuffy, old, white men, these young women make the broader MAGA movement seem trendy, modern and even, well, feminist,” they wrote.
Jul 1 2026	Central City Republican-Nonpareil: Wayne students use All Things Nebraska Students in Barb Hochstein's classroom at St. Mary's Catholic School in Wayne found the All Things Nebraska website, created by Nebraska Extension, to be a valuable resource for their Nebraska studies unit. The Central City Republican-Nonpareil ran a July 1 article on the school’s use of the website.