PROGRAMS and DEPARTMENTS

National Geographic in January had a feature on scarab beetles. Its web site included a link to the State Museum.

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's trading cards for kids, featuring Sheldon art, were featured in the Jan. 23 USA Today.

Investor's Business Daily and Nebraska Associated Press reported Oct. 19 on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's (shown at right) visit to the law college.

Black Issues in Higher Education, December, reported on the Advanced Internet Satellite Extension Project through the American Distance Education Consortium, headed at UNL by Janet Poley. The Washington Times June 25 reported on distance education and quoted Poley.

Patricia Freeman of the State Museum was featured on CBS Sunday Morning in February. She went on a Nebraska winter nature walk with correspondent Roger Welsch.

The New York Times Feb. 15 ran a full-page feature with color photos on high school online students, featuring a student of class.com, prominently featuring class.com and UNL Independent Study High School.

USA Today reported Aug. 13 on independent study for high-schoolers and quoted ISHS dean Jim Sherwood. Time magazine Aug. 27 featured home-schooling and mentioned independent study classes at UNL.

The release of the Great Plains Prairie U.S. postage stamp pane was featured May 27 in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, which has a stamp columnist. National Wildlife magazine June 1 featured the stamps. NU faculty were consulted on the design and it was first issued from the State Museum.

Bob Weinsten's column June 10 in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle quoted Gallup Research Center's Allan McCutcheon.

The International Thespian Festival, hosted by UNL, was highlighted in the Washington Post June 13; Roanoke Times and World News; and the Florida Times-Union, The Houston Chronicle, Chicago Daily Herald and Dallas Morning News.

US News and World Report July 23 featured the International Mathematical Olympiad and quoted Steve Dunbar. "Michael Jordans of Math" was a one-page feature with a photo.

Scripps Howard News Service July 5 did a story on unique collections at universities, including the miniature furniture, quilts and scarab beetle collections at UNL. This was in the Sunday Boston Herald Aug. 12.

In the October issue of Dance Magazine, the collaboration on Charles Weidman works by the UNL Dance Ensemble was featured.

Extension Nebguides were cited widely by the press, including The Washington Post and Houston Chronicle, on insects; The Oregonian on mice; Newsday on pest control; The Philadelphia Inquirer on gardening; and The Toronto Sun on food safety. The Toronto Sun Jan. 3 focused on New Years' dietary changes and cited the cooperative extension newsletter.

Gannett News Service, The Des Moines Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer featured a farm bill proposal story and mentioned the Nebraska Rural Poll.

The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3 featured the Arthur County school/grocery store project, assisted by the EDGE program. National Public Radio's Morning Edition July 30 carried a lengthy feature report on the Center for Applied Rural Innovation, John Allen, and its assistance to Broken Bow, through the EDGE program.

QUILTS

The Chronicle of Higher Education Feb. 23 featured an "End Paper" on the Robert and Helen Cargo Collection quilt exhibition at Sheldon. It included three full-color images of quilts, and captions by Dr. Cargo.

The Associated Press feature story on the International Quilt Study Center that went national in December 2000 continued to show up in January at papers such as the South Bend Tribune. This story ran widely around the holidays, reported in Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times and numerous others.

The New York Times May 6 listed the quilt exhibit "Fanciful Flowers: Botany and the American Quilt" from the International Quilt Study Center. The exhibit was at the Textile Museum in Washington. Quilt magazine featured the botanical quilt exhibit; so did Antiques and Auction News, Washington Post, International Textiles, Washington Flyer magazine, artnet.com, The Washingtonian, Where Washington, The Intowner, HomeandDesign.com, Home & Design, and Antiques and the Arts Weekly.

Home and Garden Television featured several International Quilt Study Center stories in October on the program "Simply Quilts."

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Dan Bernstein, psychology, and Richard Edwards, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, co-authored a Point of View in the Jan. 5 Chronicle of Higher Education. Their topic was peer review of teaching. Bernstein was also quoted in an article on peer review of teaching in Change magazine.

The Christian Science Monitor Jan. 8 reported on Hollywood and the economics of film-making, including quotes from Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies. Dixon was also quoted in The Dallas Morning News June 15 on women action heroes.

The New Yorker Jan. 8 reported on the "fugitive science of criminal justice" and quoted Steven Penrod, psychology and law. Penrod was quoted in The Boston Globe on March 13, commenting on a local murder trial.

Robert Reid, special education, was cited in James Dobson's column on Attention Deficit Disorder. It appeared in The Washington Times Jan. 23.

Tim Gay talked about physics of football on ABC.com in late January for its pre-Super Bowl coverage. Scientific American Explorations, winter magazine, featured Gay and his "Physics of Football."

Maureen Honey, English and women's studies, spoke at the National D-Day Museum Feb. 2 for a panel on the African-American Experience of World War II. The subject and Honey were featured in the New Orleans Times Picayune. The story also circulated on Newhouse News Service.

Science World magazine Feb. 12, in a story on animal parasites, quoted Scott Gardner, parasitologist.

Chemistry professor Mark Griep and the Color Red course were featured in the Feb. 14 Arizona Republic, in a feature on "red."

The announcement of the Omega Egg-Hyvee partnership prompted several features on Omega Eggs, poultry scientist Sheila Scheideler and nutrition scientist Nancy Lewis, including Nebraska Associated Press March 2, U.S. News and World Report and Health magazine, July/August.

Educational psychologist Susan Swearer's research on bullying was cited in the March 7 San Jose Mercury News. Young Miss magazine in May featured Swearer's comments and analysis on bullying on a web site Q/A, referenced in the magazine. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times July 9 did a feature on bullying, featuring Swearer.

The Des Moines Register March 16 quoted Miguel Carranza, sociology and ethnic studies, on the surge in Hispanic population in Nebraska.

The Deseret News March 21 featured a "strange but true" column and a weather answer by Ken Dewey, climatologist, on rain.

The Bismarck Tribune March 31 explored the farming industry and quoted Roy Frederick, ag economics. This story was picked up by Associated Press, appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Frederick was quoted in a story on farm subsidies Aug. 26 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Lynn White, sociology, was quoted in a Gannett News Service story April 2 on marrying later in life. She was also quoted in the June 17 Tulsa World on remarriage, the The Washington Times Sept. 4 on "Empty nests and empty marriages" and in Newhouse News Service on multigenerational households Sept. 10.

Svata Louda, plant ecologist, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story April 9 on insects. The story also appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Africa News May 3 reported on communications studies professor Cecil Blake's appointment as information minister for Sierra Leone.

Robert Sittig, political science, was quoted in a May 29 Associated Press story from Minneapolis, featured first in the Minneapolis Star Tribune May 28. The topic was special legislative sessions.

USA Today May 30 noted that psychologist Gustavo Carlo won fourth place in the John Marks Templeton psychology competition.

The July 5 raid on the privy discovered at the site of the Van Brunt Visitors Center/Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater prompted interviews and headlines for archeologist Peter Bleed. Among them: National Public Radio Morning Edition interview with Bob Edwards July 17, a story in The New York Times July 28, and state and national Associated Press. Bleed was a guest on National Public Radio's 30-minute Todd Mundt show, which is in 58 major markets including Chicago, Dallas and New York.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune July 9 ran a story on teaching children financial responsibility, quoting family economist Kathy Prochaska Cue. The Aug. 26 Cleveland Plain Dealer quoted Prochaska Cue in a story on the financial burden of back-to-school supplies.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer in August quoted Arlis Burney of the food processing center in a story on marketing kitchen creations.

Journalism and Mass Communications Dean Will Norton Jr. was mentioned in the Aug. 13 Houston Chronicle for presenting an award to a Texas journalism teacher at the AEJMC convention in Washington, D.C.

The Arizona Republic Aug. 29 featured family meals and quoted family life specialist John DeFrain.

Terry Klopfenstein, animal science, was quoted in the Sept. 2 issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on fighting beef contamination in stockyards.

The New York Times Sept. 9 reported on the Farm Bill and farm subsidies, quoted John Allen and cited UNL poll on subsidies. The story was further carried on the New York Times News Service, appearing in the Deseret News.

US Newswire reported Ross Thompson, psychology, was a principal presenter at a National Governors Association Meeting in Washington, D.C., on policies for infant and toddler caregiving. The Kansas City Star Sept. 12 quoted Thompson on recovering emotionally after the terrorist attacks.

IANR plant pathologist Anne Vidaver was quoted by UPI Sept. 28 on ag bioterrorism, and in the Dec. 6 Duluth News-Tribune on plant care.

Lester Digman, management, was quoted in Entrepreneur magazine in October, and his book, "Change Management," was cited.

The State Journal-Register Oct. 4 quoted Larry Schulze, extension pesticide coordinator, on pesticide security issues.

Eddie Dominguez and his ceramic art were featured in the Oct. 5 Santa Fe New Mexican.

James LeSeuer, history, was quoted Oct. 28 in The Philadelphia Inquirer on terrorist tactics.

Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, political science, was quoted Oct. 28 in the San Diego Union Tribune on civility in public debate; this was also carried by Copley News Service.

Debra Hope, psychology, was quoted in the Oct. 31 San Francisco Chronicle on anxiety about terrorism. She was also quoted Nov. 5 in West Virginia Associated Press.

The New York Times Nov. 18 quoted Merlin Lawson, graduate dean/international affairs, on the value of international students.

Alan Steinweis, history, spoke at Columbus College of Art and Design on art in the Nazi and contemporary eras. This was previewed in the Dec. 3 Columbus Dispatch, and his talk was featured in a follow-up story Dec. 6.

The Economist, Dec. 15, reported on the farm bill, quoting John Allen.

Jordan Stump, French, was featured in the Dec. 21 Chronicle of Higher Education on new translations of classic science fiction. Stump has earned acclaim for translations of 20th century French fiction, including Jules Verne.

Eric Arnould, marketing, was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor Dec. 24 on consumer spending.

Political scientist John Hibbing made national news as an expert source on Congressional issues throughout 2001. Among the outlets was National Public Radio Morning Edition Dec. 20 on a proposal to tighten security on Capitol Hill. He was quoted in The Hill, Newhouse News Service, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Louisville Courier-Journal, Gannett News Service, The Boston Globe, Philadelphia Daily News, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and The Christian Science Monitor.

Associated Press California reported on ethanol research by Jennifer Brand, chemical engineering.

The Associated Press's national farm writer quoted Konstantinos Giannakas, ag economist, on genetically engineered products. The story resulted in additional placements in The Sunday Advocate of Baton Rouge, The Sunday Bismarck Tribune and USA Today.

Robert Shearman, agronomy and horticulture, was quoted by Associated Press Minnesota (St. Paul).

Associated Press national from Chicago featured comments from Suzanne Weeder Einspahr, food science, and Mark Hutchison, on the new market for prepared meat dishes.

RESEARCH and DISCOVERIES

David Cochran, industrial engineering, was quoted in the Jan. 22 Christian Science Monitor on ergonomics. The Christian Science Monitor March 8 reported on the fall of the work-safety rules and research at UNL, quoted Michael Riley, industrial engineer. Cochran wrote an op-ed on ergonomics legislation for The New York Times March 11. That op-ed was picked up and distributed widely, including the Providence Journal, the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Ventura County Star, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, among others.

Geoscientists David Loope and Clint Rowe were featured in the July 19 Salt Lake Tribune after Nature's cover story on their research on Navajo sandstone.

UPI Sept. 12 reported on the UNL and Herman Batelaan publication of the Kapitza-Dirac effect in the Sept. 13 edition of Nature. A science brief was also in The Boston Globe Sept. 25 and in Laser Focus World Nov. 1.

The plastic magnet discovery by Andrzej Rajca was included in the Nov. 22 United Kingdom The Guardian, first reported in Science. It was also reported in the Electronic Engineering Times in their popular "What's Hot" listing, and The Boston Globe.

The Hindu Sept. 20 reported on the 4-D ice discovered by a UNL team including Xiao Cheng Zeng, first published in Nature.

The Los Angeles Times featured a science brief on UNL's research on the Bartak Depression, the crater in western Nebraska that Conservation and Survey Division research proved was produced by wind.

UNL IANR research was featured many times in National Hog Farmer, Soybean Digest and Soybean Digest.com, Pest Control, Grounds Maintenance, Beef, Feedstuffs, Futures, BioCycle magazines and Farm Industry News.

Nancy Betts, nutritional science, reviewed a book in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Betts' research and report on one bad habit leading to another was covered in a national Associated Press story Jan. 2. Betts' research on copper and chocolate was in the Feb. 3 Arizona Republic.

Successful Farming magazine Feb. 1 reported on the potential impacts from Bt corn on monarch butterflies including research by IANR.

The Spokane Spokesman-Review featured lawn care tips and gardening and mentioned Legacy buffalo grass, developed by turf scientists at IANR.

The Hindu, May 17, reported on IANR research on transgene-induced yield drag in soybeans.

The Irish Times June 22 reported on an IANR discovery of a new acute phase protein MAA, a marker of bovine mastitis.

The September edition of National Geographic briefly featured research on the Salt Creek tiger beetle, quoting Stephen Spomer, entomology. A tiger beetle photo was by alumnus Joel Sartore.

USS Arizona

The U.S.S. Arizona research by engineers Bill Weins, John Makinson and Don Johnson was featured first in 2001 in The Dallas Morning News on May 8. It also showed up May 27 in the New Jersey Record, USA Today and Gannett News Service. The research was also mentioned in a feature in the June National Geographic. Appearances of the U.S.S. Arizona research story again were featured in June in the Seattle Times, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel, Agence France-Presse, The Detroit News, The Dallas Morning News, and in the Kansas City Star the weekend of Dec. 7. Knight Ridder picked up the piece, and it also was featured in the Detroit Free Press. The research was part of a Pearl Harbor Day feature on The History Channel.

DROUGHT

2001 remained a dry year, with drought plaguing many areas of the country. This brought UNL's National Drought Mitigation Center and drought specialists Don Wilhite, Mark Svoboda and Mike Hayes into many national news stories. Among the biggest were: The Tampa Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Topeka Capital Journal, Associated Press, The Tampa Tribune, Memphis Commercial Appeal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, South Bend Tribune, Bismarck Tribune, US News and World Report, St. Petersburg Times, Lakeland, Fla. Ledger, Newsday, The New York Times, UPI and The Straits Times.

Earnhardt crash

Following Dale Earnhardt's fatal accident, several outlets reported on the so-called soft-wall racecar research going on at UNL. The Orlando Sentinel reported it Feb. 11, as did the Dallas Morning News and Chicago Tribune, among others. Dean Sicking and the Midwest Roadside Safety Research Facility was part of a NASCAR news conference in August, announcing crash research results. The story was on ABC World News Tonight Aug. 21; USA Today, with photo and graphics; The New York Times; Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, Charlotte Observer; Associated Press Worldstream, Auto Week magazine and the Orlando Sentinel. The evolution of roadside barricades was featured in the Nov. 8 Los Angeles Times, including quotes by Sicking.

FOOD SCIENCE

Food science continues to generate national and international media coverage for UNL and IANR. Genetically modified crops, food ingredients and allergies and the expertise of food scientist Steve Taylor were among the food science topics that generated coverage.

The June 10 New York Times featured a prominent magazine story on "The Allergy Prison" and included an interview with food scientist Susan Hefle. Hefle was on NPR's All Things Considered June 14 speaking on food allergies. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on biotech corn and allergies June 14 and quoted Hefle.
The American Medical Association national conference included a news briefing on food biotechnology, and a video interview with food scientist Steve Taylor was released. This was run by at least 79 local markets, including New York. In addition, Taylor was quoted in Food Chemical News Oct. 8 and Biotechnology Newswatch Oct. 15, Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News. Other mentions: Colorado Springs Gazette, The Madison Capital Times, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Ventura County Star, Scientific American and the Nutrition Action Health letter.

Washington Post columnist Lawrence Lindner March 13 cited an NU story on nutritious family meals.

IANR research by meat scientist Chris Calkins and colleagues that led to development of the flat iron steak and other new beef cuts received extensive coverage through the fall and early winter, including national Associated Press Nov. 7. ABC requested video footage for a national report, and segments were reported in more than a dozen regional television markets. It was also featured in the Nov. 14 National Post (Canada).

LITERARY TOPICS

Publishers Weekly Jan. 22 reviewed "The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln" by Kenneth Winkle, history.

The New York Review of Books, one of the most prominent and influential literary publications, Feb. 8 featured "The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," edited by history professor Gary Moulton and published by University of Nebraska Press. Moulton was quoted in an Aug. 5 story in The Kansas City Star on Lewis and Clark.

CSPAN's 2001 series on American writers featured programs on both Willa Cather and Black Elk. The Willa Cather program aired July 2 and 6, and the program on Black Elk was July 9 and 13. Sue Rosowski and others were interviewed on and off-campus for the Cather program.

Peter Maslowski, history, reviewed the book "The Wild Blue" in the Aug. 19 Washington Post.

Joyce Carol Oates' comments from the b 75th anniversary conference appeared in a variety of large publications after being picked up Oct. 15 by Associated Press and its People in the News. It was clipped from the Charleston Daily Mail, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Orange County Register, The Deseret News, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

University of Nebraska Press

Reviews and stories on University of Nebraska Press publications and new releases bring publicity for UNL. Among the highlights were reviews in the Orange County Register, The Tennessean, The Sunday Oklahoman, Dallas Morning News, The New Republic, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times, Indianapolis Star, Denver Post, The Village Voice, Salt Lake Tribune, The Charleston Post and Courier, The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kirkus Reviews, USA Today, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Kansas City Star, The Washington Post, Harper's Magazine, Lingua Franca, American History, Women's Review of Books, The Washington Times, The Indianapolis Star, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Albuquerque Journal, The Oregonian, Dayton Daily News, Boston Globe, Bismarck Tribune, Canberra (Australia) Times, San Antonio Express-News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Raleigh News and Observer, Publishers Weekly, Civil War History, Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, Anchorage Daily News, Bangor Daily News, The Seattle Times, The Chicago Tribune, New York Review of Books, The Orlando Sentinel, Foreign Affairs, San Diego Union-Tribune and C-SPAN.

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

In the Feb. 16 edition, math chair Jim Lewis was quoted on the department's success in recruiting women, who now are almost half of the math graduate students. He credited NU's supportive atmosphere for women and minorities.

A March issue featured Chancellor Perlman and his cat, Coco, along with a color photo in the entry feature "short subjects." The chancellor was one of three campus leaders profiled with their pets.

Biologist Paul Johnsgard was featured in a full-page feature and two color photos April 6.

The May 18 edition in a story on women's athletics featured comments from Chancellor Perlman.

In the Feb. 16 issue, in a story "Affirmative Action and New Demographic Realities," political scientist John Gruhl was a source from a survey on admissions in medical and law school.

EDUCATION ISSUES

Black Issues in Higher Education Feb. 1 reported on the Association of American Colleges and Universities' selection of UNL as one of 16 visionary and innovative campuses in undergraduate education.

The Chronicle of Higher Education June 1 did a cover story on distance education and farming, featuring a master's degree student from Boone County, Jeremy Groeteke; quoting Robert Caldwell, agronomy and horticulture, and other distance-ed and "farming-by-satellite" mentions.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch Oct. 14 reported on Standards of Learning requirements in Virginia and alternative diploma options including Independent Study High School; Barbara Plake of the Buros Center was quoted in Virginia Associated Press Oct. 18. Psychiatry magazine in August carried an article on data collection techniques and cited Buros Center. Associated Press's national education writer Arlene Levinson wrote a story on teaching exams and the National Evaluation Systems, featuring Plake and the Buros Center.

ALUMNI AND STUDENTS

Alumnus Shane Osborn captured international headlines in April during his ordeal in China. This earned UNL mentions in various national and international outlets: Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Denver Post, Chattanooga Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, CBS News, ABC News and People magazine.

Alumnus Cliff Hillegass's death prompted several media mentions, including in the San Antonio Express-News, the Lawrence Journal World, the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post and others. Publishers Weekly Sept. 10 included a brief tribute to Hillegass, inventor of Cliff's Notes.

The AMA binge-drinking/parental attitudes survey was on national Associated Press, and a UNL student appeared on ABC News' Good Morning America.

US News and World Report had a story Oct. 1 on students learning while working. They quoted an August graduate who was manager of Dinosaurs Etc. at the State Museum.