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Feb 17 2025
KOLN/KGIN: Husker journalism professor launches Nebraska News Map

To better understand where local news is thriving and where it is dying, Jessica Walsh, assistant professor of journalism, and her team have created the Nebraska News Map — the first-ever Nebraska local news interactive map and ecosystem report. KOLN/KGIN ran a Feb. 17 article on the project.

Feb 17 2025
The Fence Post: Nebraska 4-H Month recognizes program's impact on youths

The impacts of Nebraska 4-H are being celebrated in February following a proclamation by Gov. Jim Pillen. Surrounded by 4-H members and Nebraska Extension professionals, Pillen declared February as Nebraska 4-H Month in a Feb. 4 ceremony at the State Capitol. During the proclamation signing, Pillen recognized the program’s positive influence on youth development, leadership and community engagement statewide. The Fence Post ran a Feb. 17 article on the proclamation.

Feb 14 2025
KOLN/KGIN: Homeless experts offer differing solutions to Lincoln's lack of shelter space

Jeff Chambers, senior project director for the university’s Center on Children, Families and the Law, was interviewed for a Feb. 14 KOLN/KGIN story on Lincoln’s lack of homeless shelter space. He said while some additional space is needed, addressing homelessness requires more long-term solutions to reduce the need for large shelters. “We need to have more efforts (devoted) to prevention and diversion of persons experiencing homelessness,” he said, rather than just expanding shelter capacity to meet the need on cold nights.

Feb 14 2025
Farms.com: Micro-irrigation work boosts Nebraska economic development, food security

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $260,000 grant to the university’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering to work with Nebraska’s small-scale irrigators to research the best options to improve the efficiency of their low-volume, low-pressure water application structures, such as drip emitters, spaghetti tubes and mini sprinklers. Farms.com ran a Feb. 14 article on the project.

Feb 13 2025
Nebraska Public Media's 'Nebraska Stories': Mizer's Ruin micro-dwelling nears completion

Mizer’s Ruin, a student-designed, carbon-negative micro-dwelling being built at the university’s Cedar Point Biological Station near Ogallala, was featured in the Feb. 13 episode of Nebraska Public Media’s “Nebraska Stories.” Jason Griffiths, associate professor of architecture; Doug Rief, architecture graduate student; and Jon Garbisch, associate director of the biological station, were interviewed for the story.

Feb 13 2025
KOLN/KGIN: Herbie's Market brings checkout-free shopping to Nebraska Union

KOLN/KGIN ran a Feb. 13 story on the new Herbie’s Market in the Nebraska Union. The convenience store, set to open Feb. 21, features Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to scan a payment method upon entry, pick up items and leave without traditional checkout lines. Lucas Novotny, executive director of housing and dining services, was quoted in the story.

Feb 12 2025
Golf Course Management: Revisiting a groundbreaking putting green study

A decade-long study on putting greens by Roch Gaussoin, now professor emeritus of agronomy and horticulture, was featured in a February 2025 Golf Course Management article. The study revealed valuable information on the greens’ changing physical properties.

Feb 12 2025
Norfolk Daily News: Oral history project captures Niobrara's resilience

As part of a grant from the National Science Foundation and EPSCoR, educators from Rural Prosperity Nebraska; the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; and the School of Natural Resources have teamed up with researchers from Oklahoma State and Louisiana State universities to study community resilience amid natural disasters. In Nebraska, researchers spent last summer capturing first-hand accounts from Niobrara residents who shared how they survived disasters and why they remain in the area. The Norfolk Daily News ran a Feb. 12 article on the project.

Feb 12 2025
Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan: Niobrara, UNL partner on Rural Confluence project

The university is partnering with the village of Niobrara, Nebraska, on a special project that focuses on climate resiliency in rural communities. Rural Confluence, a National Science Foundation-supported initiative, explores how rural communities can build resilience to climate change by leveraging local knowledge and collaboration. The Yankton (South Dakota) Daily Press and Dakotan published a Feb. 12 article on the project.

Feb 12 2025
KGFW: UNL study shows success of business innovation programs

A new study by the university’s Bureau of Business Research confirms the strong return on investment from Nebraska’s Business Innovation Act programs. According to the report, BIA funds have generated $11.52 of private capital investment for every $1 awarded, and businesses participating in BIA programs have generated $15.90 of revenue for every $1 awarded. KGFW ran a Feb. 12 article on the study.

Feb 12 2025
Smithsonian Magazine: Birds-of-paradise glow to attract mates, study finds

A new study led by Rene Martin, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, shows that 37 of 45 species of birds-of-paradise are capable of biofluorescence. Stories on the research have appeared in Earth.com, Forbes, The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine and 30-plus other media outlets.

Feb 11 2025
Lincoln Journal Star: UNL had $3.1 billion impact last year, report shows

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln contributes $3.1 billion annually to Nebraska’s economy ($1 billion in direct and $2.1 billion in indirect and induced impacts), according to the latest economic development report from national consulting firm Tripp Umbach. This marks a $200 million increase since 2021, reinforcing the university’s critical role in the state’s economic success. Stories on the report, and a corresponding Feb. 11 news conference, have appeared in KLKN, KOLN/KGIN, the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Examiner, Nebraska Public Media and Rural Radio Network.