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Jun 8 2026	Lincoln Journal Star: Center's student housing named for Don and Gloria Clanton The new student housing at the university’s West Central Research, Extension and Education Center in North Platte has been named for Don and Gloria Clanton, the Lincoln Journal Star and North Platte Post have reported. Don Clanton, a professor emeritus of animal science who died in December 2025, had a significant impact on beef research in western Nebraska and beyond.
Jun 8 2026	KOLN/KGIN: Mid-America Transportation Center hosting STEM Academy The university’s Mid-America Transportation Center is hosting 35 high school students from across the state for its annual STEM Academy June 7-11. Stories on the academy have appeared in KHGI, KOLN/KGIN and WOWT.
Jun 6 2026	KETV: Ziskey, Lewis earn top honors at Hearst National Journalism Championships Two Husker student journalists — Livia Ziskey and Grace Lewis — earned top honors at the recent Hearst National Journalism Championships in San Francisco, KETV reported June 6. Ziskey won first place in the National Writing Championship and received a $10,000 scholarship, while Lewis placed third and earned a $5,000 scholarship.
Jun 6 2026	The Fence Post: Husker-developed wheat, triticale varieties support Nebraska producers The warm winter, prolonged drought and spring freezes have combined to make this a punishing year for western Nebraska wheat growers. The challenges are steep, but new wheat and triticale varieties developed by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with producer input provide hope for future seasons. The Fence Post ran a June 6 article on the new varieties.
Jun 5 2026	Scottsbluff Star-Herald: Husker professor works to preserve Japanese American history Donna D. Anderson, Mellon Research Assistant Professor of history, recently visited the Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering, Nebraska, to digitize its archives and record the history of Japanese Americans in the area. Her goal is to build a digital archive of Asian Americans in the Great Plains that is free and open to the public. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald published a June 5 article on the project.
Jun 4 2026	Slate: ''90s moms' want you to throw in a VHS and call it a day Ciera Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of advertising and public relations, was quoted in a June 4 Slate article on the growing trend of low-tech, ’90s-style parenting. She noted that many staples of a ’90s childhood simply don’t compute with today’s parenting and safety concerns. “There are a lot of parents who are not going to tell their kids to explore the neighborhood with their friends or let their kids sleep over at a friend’s house when they don’t know much about that family,” she said. “There are certain elements of the world that are just different …”
Jun 4 2026	KOLN/KGIN: UNL's Tractor Restoration Club partnering with Discovery Days Blake Hansen, a senior agricultural economics and agronomy major and president of the university’s Tractor Restoration Club, was interviewed for a June 4 segment on KOLN/KGIN about the East Campus Discovery Days and Farmers Market. The club will be featured at the June 13 event.
Jun 4 2026	The North Platte Telegraph: Scorching March drove near-record spring temperatures Records from the university’s High Plains Regional Climate Center showed the March-May period was the second-warmest in North Platte and Scottsbluff and fifth-warmest in Valentine since weather records have been kept in all three cities, The North Platte Telegraph reported June 4. 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 also cited in the article.
Jun 3 2026	The North Platte Telegraph: Tophoj receives stipend for summer research project at Nebraska The university has awarded stipends to 129 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. The Norfolk Daily News and North Platte Telegraph have run articles on summer UCARE participants from their areas.
Jun 3 2026	KOLN/KGIN: UNL's efforts bolster Nebraska's community tree canopy The Nebraska Forest Service, PlantNebraska and the School of Natural Resources are leading efforts to combat tree canopy loss in Nebraska. KOLN/KGIN and Rural Radio Network have run articles on those efforts.
Jun 2 2026	KHGI: UNL selects 21 students for Nebraska Elite 11 Veterinarian Program Twenty-one students from across the Cornhusker State have been selected for the newest cohort of the Nebraska Elite 11 Veterinarian Program, a highly competitive University of Nebraska–Lincoln initiative designed to address the state’s shortage of food animal veterinarians. KHGI and The Fence Post have run stories on the new cohort.
Jun 2 2026	RFD-TV: Nebraska wheat variety earns 2026 Miller's Choice Award The national Wheat Quality Council has selected the hard red winter wheat line NE20620, developed through the university’s Small Grains Breeding and Genetics Program, for its Miller’s Choice Award 2026. The regional award points to the variety’s exceptional quality for milling, mixing and baking. Katherine Frels, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture and director of the small-grains breeding program, was interviewed about the variety for a June 2 segment on RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report.”