http://news.unl.edu/ Archive of stories about the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from media around the world. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:48:10 +0000Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:48:10 +0000http://www.unl.edu/https://www.thesentinel.com/communities/online-harassment-of-women-athletes-often-targets-gender-erodes-confidence/article_795621d5-f158-4e28-a20b-c702304cfb9d.htmlBrian 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.”http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13085Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://flatwaterfreepress.org/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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13086Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:25:00 +0000 https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-college-students-worry-ai-impact-jobs/74057994Adrian 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.” http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13087Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:20:00 +0000 https://www.rfdtv.com/nebraska-digital-ag-hub-looks-to-advance-farm-technologyGuillermo 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13088Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000 https://www.yankton.net/life/article_4d4f84ad-de7c-4cad-be20-c0438fb72f38.htmlDylan 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13089Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:10:00 +0000 https://journalstar.com/news/local/article_c080d417-27fd-4d67-81f1-a8b7aef02b17.htmlLegendary 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.http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13083Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/whats-really-robbing-your-soybean-yieldsResearchers 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13084Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://journalstar.com/news/local/article_d9aabf05-31ee-4a8e-a800-fa26f04e5f8d.htmlThe 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13065Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://journalstar.com/news/state-regional/nebraska/article_ea20fec8-582e-4e07-b3a9-cb0388e9b6f8.htmlThe 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13067Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://journalstar.com/news/state-regional/article_1d407866-a733-40c3-b9fa-a337a2559bab.htmlThe 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13071Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:10:00 +0000 https://journalstar.com/news/local/article_5fa455e7-4631-4791-94c0-f5a32b004670.htmlThe 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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13066Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:10:00 +0000 https://ruralradio.com/khyy/news/poll-trail-systems-important-to-rural-nebraskans/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. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13068Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/neligh-student-earns-obama-chesky-voyager-scholarship-for-public-service/article_be558c29-e597-4e95-a727-2ecd626d5483.htmlLeonardo Luna-Duran, a first-generation college student from Neligh, Nebraska, has been selected as a 2026-28 recipient of the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. He is a junior political science and management major at Nebraska working toward a certificate in public policy analysis. The Norfolk Daily News ran an Oct. 1 article on Luna-Duran’s achievement.http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13069Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.kbrx.com/2026/09/30/karter-otte-selected-as-university-of-nebraska-lincoln-homecoming-royalty-finalist/Karter Otte of O’Neill has been selected as a homecoming royalty finalist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, KBRX reported Sept. 30. Otte is a senior agribusiness major.http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13074Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000 https://siliconprairienews.com/2026/09/ben-williamson-makes-the-case-that-agtech-is-a-blueprint-for-innovation-across-nebraska/The Combine, an agtech incubator and accelerator between Invest Nebraska and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, was highlighted in a Sept. 30 Silicon Prairie News article on agtech in Nebraska.http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13072Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://nptelegraph.com/life-entertainment/article_b025e63b-95c1-42c5-b289-7f388d539be9.htmlThe Ruth Staples Child Development Lab School, housed in the College of Education and Human Sciences, is helping childcare providers across Nebraska incorporate the outdoors and nature-based learning environments into education through the Learning Environments for All to Flourish (LEAF) Initiative. The North Platte Telegraph ran a Sept. 30 article on the initiative. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13073Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thefacts.com/living/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-sophomore-finds-her-rhythm/article_0eb51b61-9988-49e5-aa79-771f07308cad.htmlThe Facts (Brazoria County, Texas) published a Sept. 29 article on Natalie Nietes-Geren, a sophomore microbiology major who plays alto saxophone in the Cornhusker Marching Band. Nietes-Green said she chose the university for its microbiology program and because she had family connections to Nebraska. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13070Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:10:00 +0000 https://flatwaterfreepress.org/the-game-has-changed-new-reality-is-altering-nebraskas-prairies/Nine-Mile Prairie, owned by the University of Nebraska Foundation and managed by the university’s Center for Grassland Studies, was featured in a Sept. 29 Flatwater Free Press article on the threat of woody encroachment to Nebraska’s remaining prairie. David Wedin, professor emeritus in the School of Natural Resources who formerly oversaw the prairie, was interviewed for the article. http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13063Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-to-campaign-in-nebraska-as-gop-faces-close-senate-race-in-red-state-12502967 Kevin Smith, Olson Professor of political science, was interviewed for a Sept. 29 Newsweek article on President Donald Trump’s upcoming campaign visit to Grand Island, Nebraska. The fact that Trump is campaigning in the state for incumbent Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts is “perhaps a sign of a tough electoral environment for Republicans,” Smith said. He was interviewed for a similar article in The Hill on Oct. 4.http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13064Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.1011now.com/2026/09/28/university-nebraska-lincoln-receives-5m-grant-expand-college-access-programs/The university has been awarded a $5 million TRIO grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand college access services for low-income and first-generation students across five Nebraska communities: Grand Island, Hastings, Lexington, Lincoln and Winnebago. Stories on the grant have appeared in KOLN/KGIN, the Lincoln Journal Star and McCook Gazette.http://newsroom.unl.edu/inthenews13049Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0000