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Aug 12 2026	Nebraska Public Media: Higher ed looks to human-centric approach to integrate AI Santosh Pitla and Adrian Wisnicki, co-directors of the University of Nebraska’s AI Institute, were interviewed for an Aug. 12 Nebraska Public Media story on how higher education is integrating artificial intelligence. “In a classroom, if students are using just AI and not using their critical thinking skills, that’s a big problem,” Pitla said. “We are having a lot of discussions around that, especially from how to responsibly and ethically use AI in a classroom.”
Aug 12 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: UNL to welcome back thousands of students beginning Aug. 16 The Lincoln Journal Star published an Aug. 12 article on the university’s move-in days Aug. 16-19. Matt Nelson, director of residence life, was quoted in the article.
Aug 12 2026	KLIN: El Niño could bring warmer, wetter and icier winter Ken Dewey, professor emeritus of applied climatology, was interviewed for an Aug. 12 KLIN story on what Nebraskans can expect with the developing El Niño climate pattern. He said he expects the warmer pattern to be interrupted by shorter Arctic outbreaks. “So, warmer, wetter, maybe some rain in the middle of winter, and some snows that’ll be slushy and can freeze with an Arctic outbreak as the cold air plunges down here for a couple days, and then the warm air takes over again,” he said.
Aug 11 2026	RFD-TV: Global trade plays key role in Nebraska agriculture, UNL expert says Jayson Beckman, associate professor of agricultural economics and Michael Yanney Chair in International Trade and Finance, was interviewed for an Aug. 11 segment on RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report.” He discussed the importance of global exports to domestic agriculture and how the university’s Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance is preparing future ag leaders.
Aug 11 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Regents to consider eliminating two degree programs at UNL The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will consider eliminating two majors at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln — ethnic studies and insect science — during its Aug. 13 meeting, the Lincoln Journal Star and Nebraska Public Media have reported. Both majors have seen low enrollment in recent years.
Aug 10 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Lincoln school leaders balance benefits, pitfalls of AI Guy Trainin, professor of education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, was interviewed for an Aug. 10 Lincoln Journal Star article on the growing use of artificial intelligence in schools. He said he has seen a cautious but open-minded approach to AI implementation in multiple K-12 school districts. “You need a flexible framework that will allow people to move with time, and that’s why I think a lot of K-12 schools are moving rather carefully because they don’t want to set things in stone that they would have to undo,” he said.
Aug 10 2026	Rural Radio Network: Is Nebraska more humid because of all that corn? Eric Hunt, assistant extension educator in agricultural meteorology and climate resilience, was interviewed for an Aug. 10 Rural Radio Network on how much cornfields affect humidity in Nebraska. Hunt said evapotranspiration can push dew points higher but that the atmosphere is also warmer and capable of holding more moisture than it was decades ago. “Another factor that we have to really consider: The oceans are warmer than they were 40 years ago,” he said. “Planet’s warming.”
Aug 10 2026	Nebraska Examiner: Marvin says he never planned to leave Senate race Dona-Gene Barton, associate professor of political science, was interviewed for an Aug. 10 Nebraska Examiner article on Legal Marijuana NOW U.S. Senate candidate Mike Marvin. She said the party’s presence in the race is “unlikely to be enough to make a difference in the final election result, as has been the case in past statewide elections.”
Aug 7 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: University of Nebraska tuition discounts grow The University of Nebraska system plans to offer nearly $66 million in tuition discounts this year to high-performing students and those from median-income households, as well as to children of veterans and first responders. The Lincoln Journal Star published an Aug. 7 article on the tuition remissions. Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the NU system, was featured in the article.
Aug 7 2026	The Jerusalem Post: Jerusalem's Armenians are under attack, and world is looking away Bedross Der Matossian, professor of history and Hymen Rosenberg Professor of Judaic Studies, wrote an Aug. 7 op-ed for The Jerusalem Post on the city’s Armenian community facing increased harassment, intimidation and discrimination from extremist haredi and nationalist Jewish youths. He called for existing laws to be consistently and vigorously enforced; stronger legal sanctions to be considered; human rights organizations to investigate recurring incidents; and global media to call more attention to the incidents.
Aug 6 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: NU to ask state lawmakers for increase in aid based on inflation University of Nebraska administrators are asking the Board of Regents to approve a plan requesting a 4.25% increase in state appropriations for both the 2027-28 and 2028-29 fiscal years, meant to keep pace with inflation. The proposed increase, if approved by regents Aug. 13, will go to the Legislature ahead of a 90-day session scheduled to convene in January. Stories on the proposal have appeared in KOLN/KGIN, the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Examiner, Nebraska Public Media, News Channel Nebraska and Rural Radio Network.
Aug 6 2026	KMTV: Drought has returned to Omaha area, but is it here to stay? 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 an Aug. 6 KMTV story on drought conditions in the Omaha area. The latest monitor showed Douglas County in moderate drought, with severe drought from Blair to Florence.