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Oct 7 2026	Montgomery County Sentinel: Petrotta discusses online harassment of women athletes Brian Petrotta, assistant professor of sports media and communications, was interviewed for an Oct. 7 Montgomery County (Maryland) Sentinel article on female athletes facing online harassment. He attributed part of the problem to the media’s normalization of sports betting. “What’s really interesting is how quickly it happened,” he said. “We went from decades of something that, at least in mainstream journalism, we don’t talk about … and now it’s pretty well integrated into every aspect.”
Oct 6 2026	Flatwater Free Press: Nebraska kids sent out of state when they need serious mental health care Keith Cruise, director of the university’s Center on Children, Families and the Law, was interviewed for an Oct. 6 Flatwater Free Press article on Nebraska sending more than half of children in its child welfare and juvenile justice systems out of state for serious mental health care. Communication between home-state employees and an out-of-state provider can be difficult, Cruise said. Building more psychiatric treatment facilities in Nebraska could help, he said, but it could also be a Band-Aid.
Oct 6 2026	KETV: Nebraska college students worry about AI's impact on jobs Adrian Wisnicki, professor of English and co-director of the University of Nebraska’s AI Institute, and Husker students Melanie Palomo and Anita Saakyan, were interviewed for an Oct. 6 KETV story on many college students worrying about the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market. Wisnicki said he wants to help all students feel like they are empowered when it comes to AI, “that they’re getting the kind of knowledge that they need and that they’re developing the kind of critical tools that they’ll need going forward.”
Oct 6 2026	RFD-TV: Nebraska Digital Ag Hub looks to advance farm technology Guillermo Balboa, research assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture and interim director of the new Nebraska Digital Agriculture Hub, was interviewed about the hub for an Oct. 6 segment on RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report.” The hub is bringing researchers, extension specialists and producers together to develop and test digital tools for agriculture.
Oct 6 2026	Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan: Lukken, Baumann selected for sales excellence program Dylan Lukken, a sophomore finance major from Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, and Annie Baumann, a junior nutrition and health sciences major from Yankton, South Dakota, are among 50 Husker students who have been selected for the Undergraduate Certificate in Sales Excellence Program in the College of Business, the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reported Oct. 6. With the credential offered by the Center for Sales Excellence, students sharpen communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills sought by employers.
Oct 6 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Wynton Marsalis to join Cornhusker Marching Band during final tour Legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will participate in a Lincoln residency Oct. 8-10, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Oct. 6. The residency will include a concert at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Oct. 9 and a performance with the Cornhusker Marching Band during halftime of the Nebraska-Indiana football game on Oct. 10.
Oct 6 2026	Farm Journal's Ag Web: What's really robbing your soybean yields? Researchers with the university’s Soybean Pathology Lab are taking their work beyond small research plots and into farmers’ fields, examining how diseases, varieties, seed treatments and environment conditions interact on a field-scale level. Farm Journal’s Ag Web published an Oct. 6 article on the lab’s work. Dylan Mangel, extension soybean pathologist; Bhanu Dangi, field research technologist with the lab; and Olivia Dooley, a master’s student in the lab, were interviewed for the article.
Oct 4 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Bone Yard reshapes student tailgating on game days The Lincoln Journal Star published an Oct. 4 article on the university-sanctioned student tailgate, dubbed the Bone Yard, which is in its sixth season. Josh Overocker, associate vice chancellor of student life; Brandon Meier, deputy athletic director for external affairs; and Husker students Ethan Bond, Keegan Joel, Adrian Leal and Ryan Siemek were interviewed for the article.
Oct 2 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Regents will consider changes to Elephant Hall renovation The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will be asked to change how a renovation of Elephant Hall in the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall will proceed, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Oct. 2. The regents will vote on a move from a design-build method to a construction-manager-at-risk model, which would create greater flexibility and transparency during the renovation.
Oct 1 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL to celebrate new Westbrook with dedication The university will hold a dedication for its Westbrook Music Building on Oct. 1, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Sept. 30. The new Westbrook is an $81 million, 103,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that replaces the former Westbrook, which opened in 1967. It is home to the Glenn Korff School of Music.
Oct 1 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Award-winning designers bring handmade craft to Lincoln The Lincoln Journal Star published an Oct. 1 article on Gabriel and Brooke Anderson, the husband-and-wife duo who co-founded Dean and Dahl design studio in Lincoln. Gabriel is an assistant professor of interior design at Nebraska. One of their designs, the JoJo Chaise in Richards Hall, was also highlighted in the article.
Oct 1 2026	Rural Radio Network: Trail systems important to rural Nebraskans, poll shows Many rural Nebraskans use trails around their communities and receive different benefits from their use, according to the latest batch of results from the 2026 Nebraska Rural Poll. Rural Radio Network ran an Oct. 1 article on the results.