The national media placement program began in 1997 to expand University Communications' media relations to encompass a broader, national and international focus. By specifically targeting national media, university communicators are able to strategize and focus on media outlets that communicate to vast and special audiences.

The Chronicle of Higher Education continues to be an important outlet for news and features on UNL research, faculty and programs because of the importance of the higher education decision-makers audience. Through cooperative efforts with UNL faculty and staff, UNL stories and sources are now featured more often in the Chronicle because of the national media program. Other important national media continue to be publications like USA Today, with 2.2 million readers, The Wall Street Journal, with 1.8 million, and The New York Times, with 1.6 million. UNL was rewarded with two prominent front-page features in The Wall Street Journal in 2002, several prominent arts features in The New York Times, and several news stories in USA Today. Together with some terrific stories in Time magazine, on NBC Nightly News and on National Public Radio, the results of these efforts are evident - enhanced exposure for the university and an improved image among alumni, potential donors, students, higher education peers, and the public at large.

As has become the custom each spring, a compilation of national news in the preceding year appears in The Scarlet as a congratulatory record for the effort made by faculty and staff in promoting UNL and working with the media to tell the good news of the university, and as a reminder of the significance and vastness of the wealth of expertise, international-caliber research and good will that is produced by the UNL community. This listing, though not exhaustive, is representative of most of the significant national news for 2002. We continue to appreciate the faithfulness and thoughtfulness of the university community in working with university communicators in getting out the good news and remembering the importance of our national media strategy.

As always, ideas or suggestions about national news opportunities should be brought to the attention of a department dean or program director and forwarded to a communications team member. Call Dan Moser, IANR, at 472-3030, e-mail dmoser1@unl.edu; or Kelly Bartling, national news editor at University Communications, 472-2059 or kbartling2@unl.edu.

The top national UNL stories of the year

Attending the Dec. 1 Thompson Forum in addition to Bono were, from left, Lance Armstrong and Ashley Judd. UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman is at right.

U2 star and activist Bono visited campus in December for an AIDS awareness event, hosted by the E.N. Thompson Forum. There was widespread media speculation about this until the official announcement late in November. Briefs showed up wherever Associated Press is carried and on entertainment web sites such as MTV, Yahoonews and others. The Dec. 1 program prompted a multitude of national clips including national and international AP, a lengthy feature on the Today show featuring UNL, USA Today, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Chicago Sun-Times, Des Moines Register, The Chicago Tribune, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Bergen County (N.J.) Record, Raleigh News and Observer, Myrtle Beach Sun-News, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Calgary Herald, Canada Broadcast News, San Antonio Express-News, and other web sites and magazines.

The New York Times Jan. 13 featured quilt enthusiasts and International Quilt Study Center benefactors Robert and Ardis James and their new contribution, "The Reconciliation Quilt."

Time magazine's July 8 cover story was on the Lewis and Clark expedition bicentennial, with history professor and University of Nebraska Press author/editor Gary Moulton providing the first academic quote in a 34-page feature. Moulton was photographed and appeared further on Time.com. Moulton's expertise was utilized often in 2002 by publications like the Sunday Oregonian, Newhouse News Service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Indianapolis Star, The Seattle Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer. A White House bicentennial event July 4 was featured by several news organizations, including CSPAN. The Ventura County (Calif.) Star March 21 featured the Lewis and Clark expedition history, citing the journals.

On Oct. 15, a front-page Wall Street Journal article featured anthropologist Mary Willis' work with the Sudanese refugees' teeth replacement research and project.

USA Today focused on French professor Jordan Stump and his translation of Jules Verne in the Jan. 3 edition.

Political science professor John Hibbing was quoted in the Times-Picayune Jan. 21 on campaign finance and Enron. The story was also in the Seattle Times Jan. 25. Hibbing was also quoted often during the election year in publications such as The Kansas City Star, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Des Moines Register, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The Bulletin's Frontrunner, Chicago Tribune, Congressional Quarterly Weekly and Florida Today.

National Associated Press education writer Arlene Levinson reported on college parents' coping with their kids' leaving the nest, and featured UNL's New Student Enrollment skit. This story was picked up nationwide. Among the clips were the Chattanooga Times/Free Press Aug. 18, The Deseret News, the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, the UK Guardian and CBSNews.com and ABCnews.com.

The Economist (U.S. edition) July 6 featured UNL research on teen runaways in the Midwest, quoting sociology professor Les Whitbeck. The Wichita Eagle July 4 reported on the runaway study, which is also taking place in Wichita. The Washington Post Aug. 27 featured the research on homeless adolescents, quoting Whitbeck. CNN featured homeless teens and interviewed Whitbeck in a news piece Oct. 2. Robert Pierre's Washington Post story on the Nebraska runaway project ran in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Sept. 1.

Drought and the National Drought Mitigation Center continued to heat up the presses and the broadcast airwaves. Among the mentions in 2002: Director and climatologist Don Wilhite was on National Public Radio March 29, climatologist Mark Svoboda was featured by phone on CNN, and Mike Hayes was interviewed by NBC Nightly News. Other features were on UPI, The Christian Science Monitor, The Topeka Capital Journal, Denver Post, New York Post, Buffalo News, South Bend Tribune, USA Today, Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit Free Press, Deseret News, San Francisco Chronicle, Portland Press Herald, The Kansas City Star, Washington Post, Charlotte Observer, Houston Chronicle, Hamilton Spectator, Ventura County Star, Battle Creek Enquirer, Baton Rouge Saturday State-Times/Morning Advocate, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Indianapolis Star, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Dayton Daily News, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Scripps Howard, Rocky Mountain News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Aberdeen American News, Kiplinger Business Forecasts, Wall Street Journal, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution and The Pennsylvania Morning Call.

"To close or not to close: Snow Job," was a short subject in the April 12 Chronicle of Higher Education, reporting on Chancellor Harvey Perlman's tongue-in-cheek e-mail job posting seeking "special assistant to the chancellor for snow closings."

The testing car for the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility is shown with a SAFER wall, which was used in the 2002 Indianapolis 500. The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility rolled out a new "soft" racetrack wall barrier, called SAFER, at Indianapolis Speedway for the Indianapolis 500. The research development was prompted by the motor sports industry, and the development prompted millions of dollars worth of editorial coverage for UNL. The late April news conference in Indianapolis featuring the new barriers was covered by virtually every national news outlet, including USA Today and The New York Times. In April and May 2002, 443 national and international newspaper/magazine articles mentioned UNL, Indy and the SAFER wall. The Indianapolis 500 Memorial Day weekend broadcast then prompted news reports on FOX and ABC, and a feature on NBC Nightly News and NPR Weekend Edition. Among those reporting in May were: Popular Mechanics, De Ingenieur Magazine (Netherlands), the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, BBC, Los Angeles Times, Agence France Presse, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Associated Press, Detroit Free Press, UPI, Indianapolis Star, Roanoke Times and World News, St. Petersburg Times, Orlando Sentinel, Charlotte Observer, Miami Herald, Contra Costa (Calif.) Times, Raleigh News and Observer, the Canadian Press, Reuters, Wichita Eagle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Charleston Gazette, Louisville Courier-Journal, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Seattle Times, Bergen County Record, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, San Diego Union-Tribune, Columbus Dispatch, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Deseret News, AP Online, Tulsa World, The Tennessean, Ft. Wayne News Sentinel, ESPN and ESPN.com, CNNSI and other regional television broadcast markets like Indianapolis, Washington, TechLive TV, Jackson, Miss., Atlanta, Omaha and others. The race itself reached 325 million households worldwide, including 32.4 million who accessed the IRL webcast and 239 million who accessed the IRL website during May. The softwall research was a prominent feature on all these outlets. Additional stories appeared throughout the year on other track installations, including stories in St. Petersburg Times, Associated Press, USA Today and Car and Driver magazine. Popular Science in November listed the SAFER wall as its "Best of What's New."

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Karl Reinhard was profiled in the October Discover magazine in a Q&A on "scatology." It also featured a photo. A web version of the article was longer and more detailed. The July/August issue of Dig, a cool little topical science magazine for kids, featured "The Scoop on Poop" and had a photo and featurette written by Reinhard on a prehistoric pinworm in a sample of fossilized feces. U.K. Independent Nov. 4 reported on "A worm's eye view of the Incas," and featured Reinhard's collaboration on anthropology and pathoecology of the Andes peoples.

Psychology professor Ross Thompson was quoted in the August issue of Parenting magazine on "The Truth about Bonding." Thompson was quoted in a UPI story on children's social growth and learning. It appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal Sept. 25, The Kansas City Star, Charleston Gazette and others. Thompson was quoted in the Jan. 31 Washington Post on generational stereotypes and today's teenagers. The Topeka Capital Journal Feb. 19 reported on youths and risk behaviors, quoting Thompson.

The Chronicle of Higher Education May 3 reported on website link rot research done by John Markwell and David Brooks. New Scientist April 13 reported "The Weakest Link," on the research. Change magazine July 1 also reported on "URL Decay Rates."

Tim Gay, physics, was a front-page Wall Street Journal profile on Nov. 9 in a personality profile based on his HuskerVision "Physics of Football" fame. Gay was also featured in the Dec. 5 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a physics of football feature.

CBS News' 48 Hours on April 17 reported on high-risk young adult drinking and spring break. It interviewed NU Directions co-chair and Lincoln Police chief Tom Casady, citing the Florida tourism ad insert from the Daily Nebraskan.

Financial Times Aug. 1 included a brief on the invention by UNL engineers of a tiny neutron detector. The discovery also earned notice in the NASA Tech Briefs. Nuclear News' September issue reported on the UNL neutron detector, as did Design News on Oct. 7.

The Dallas Morning News Sept. 7 reported on the media's treatment of the Sept. 11 anniversary, quoting Journalism and Mass Communications Dean Will Norton in a front-page article.

On March 14, The New York Times reported on Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's exhibition on "Comics, Heroes and American Visual Culture" in a full-page feature with numerous quotes by curator Dan Siedell. The story was picked up on the Times' news service, appearing March 28 in Centre Daily News (Pa.). Two traveling exhibitions from Sheldon, "Robert Henri and his Influence" and "The Human Factor," earned headlines in The Charleston Gazette, the Fort Wayne News Sentinel, the Macon Telegraph and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Christian Science Monitor Dec. 6 reported on quilts as art, and traveling exhibits, including "Wild by Design," scheduled at the Sheldon. The Sheldon also twice received notice in the art magazine Artforum.

University of Nebraska Press

The profile of Richard Eckersley from Print magazine.

A profile of University of Nebraska Press Senior Designer Richard Eckersley appeared in the May issue of Print: America's Graphic Design Magazine. The eight-page, full-color piece, "Far from Academic," included images and discussions of a number of Eckersley's book designs and explored his style, background and accomplishments.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Jan. 25 featured "Rachilde and French Women's Authorship: From Decadence to Modernism" by Melanie Hawthorne.

The Sept. 27 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education included an excerpt of the new Nebraska Press book, The Nature of Home, by Lisa Knopp.

The Chicago Tribune March 17 looked at the state of university presses, mentioning UNP as doing well, and its commitment to Nebraska author Willa Cather. The "Hot Type" section of the Oct. 4 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education included a piece about UNP's new Willa Cather's Scholarly Edition of The Professor's House.

UNL biology professor emeritus Paul Johnsgard's book The Nature of Nebraska was featured in the Dec. 30 Bismarck Tribune.

The Chronicle of Higher Education June 28 reported on "the rise of 'narratology,'" citing the Dictionary of Narratology by Gerald Prince, NU Press, 1987.

The Bismarck Tribune Oct. 13 reviewed visiting English professor Ted Kooser's Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps.

USA Today Feb. 27 called UNP the "premier publishing house for Native American studies" and previewed the release of The Way of the Warrior: Stories from Along the Elk River by Phenocia Bauerle.

Other features and reviews featuring Press publications were seen worldwide in Sunday Oregonian, The State (S.C.), The Spokesman-Review, Associated Press, The Columbus Dispatch, The Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, The New Republic, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Women's Review of Books, New Jersey Monthly, The Scotsman, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Choice, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, USA Today, Baseball Weekly, the USA Today online "2002 Spring Baseball Books Directory," Sacramento Bee, The Seattle Times, The Duluth News Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Chattanooga Times/Free Press, The New York Times, Albuquerque Journal, Tulsa World, Washington Post, National Geographic, The Nation, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Scripps Howard News Service, The New York Times Book Review, National Public Radio, Civil War History and The Jerusalem Post.

UNL people and programs in the news

Grasso Ebako works on the West Nile Virus in the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.

Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, was interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor April 26 on the new "Cleanflicks" video stores. The Manchester Guardian Weekly (U.K.) June 26 also quoted Dixon on "CleanFlicks," and the Hamilton Spectator quoted him Oct. 15 on Hollywood scandals.

An Associated Press story on the Nebraska Veterinarian Diagnostic Lab testing for West Nile Virus went national, and a photo moved on the international wire. It featured poultry veterinarian Grasso Ebako. One pick-up of the photo was in the Windsor Star in Canada, and the story and photo ran in the Halifax Daily News.

The Indianapolis Star May 2 reported on excessive school truancy and tardiness, quoting Ron Nelson of the Center for At-Risk Children's Services.

b May 31 moved a story on U.S. aid to post-Soviet Georgia, quoting Craig MacPhee, economics, who has lived and worked with the Georgians and is an expert on the government and economy. The story was in the June 1 Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

Keith Jacobshagen, art professor, was quoted in the Nov. 7 Denver Post on movies about artists, based on the release of several films in the last few years like Frida and Pollock. The Denver Post also profiled Jacobshagen in a Dec. 13 feature.

Leslie Lane, biology, was quoted in the Nov. 29 Chronicle of Higher Education in a story on "words, science and the state of evolution."

Joseph Kraus, music theory, was quoted in a Dec. 8 story in The New York Times on Tchaikovsky.

Gannett News Service reported Aug. 30 on OSHA ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes, quoting David Cochran, industrial engineering and ergonomics expert.

Paul Barnes, piano, was featured as solo vocalist at the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in November. The concert was featured Nov. 1 in The Indianapolis Star.

Features on Mikhail Gorbachev's remarks at the E.N. Thompson Forum were on Associated Press Worldstream March 13 and 14.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune Nov. 3 travel section reported on the crane migration, recommending two books by Paul Johnsgard, professor emeritus.

The Nov. 28 National Post quoted Roger Pabian, geology, on gemstones.

Ann Vidaver, plant pathology, was quoted in a Sept. 9 New York Times article on the threat of bioterrorism.

The magazine Art Nexus, Vol. 4, mentioned Santiago Cal, art and art history, and included a photograph of his artwork.

The Arlington Heights Daily Herald Nov. 24 reported on a National Science Foundation grant to Northern Illinois to continue drilling in the Antarctic (ANDRILL). UNL is sharing the award. The story was also in the Chicago Daily Herald.

The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate reported May 26 on psychology professor John Flowers' work to represent weather data patterns musically, which could have uses for the visually impaired or in teaching.

Maureen Honey, (shown at left) English, was interviewed by PBS and BBC in summer 2002. She was interviewed by PBS in Washington, D.C., for a documentary on women government workers in World War II, and by BBC radio for a series called "Into Africa," broadcast in August. She was also a consultant for CSPAN for its Labor Day program. The PBS documentary is scheduled to run in summer 2003.

National Wildlife Magazine reported on rural mail carriers participating in wildlife study, quoting Kathleen Keeler, biology.

The Baltimore Sun Aug. 25 reported on the severity of the Sandhills drought, datelined Valentine. Geoscientist Jim Swinehart, extension educator Bud Stoltzenberg, and geologist Jim Goeke were interviewed. The story also ran in The Houston Chronicle and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Business Week magazine Dec. 23 included a brief on treasury funds awarded to states for corporate malfeasance, noting that with its share, Nebraska created an ethics professorship at the university.

Christian Science Monitor Sept. 13 wrote on Web-based personality tests and quoted Deb Hope, psychology.

Ancestry magazine for May/June featured graduate student Melissa Woodson's research on the Friendship Quilt at the International Quilt Study Center.

Charlyne Berens' Freedom Forum award for journalism teaching was reported widely, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, Georgia Associated Press, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Augusta Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

The Chicago Tribune featured Sue Rosowski's work on Willa Cather several times in August. Chicago read My Antonia in its "One Book, One Chicago" program. The Chronicle of Higher Education did a brief review of The Professor's House for the Oct. 4 edition, quoting Rosowski, editor of the series at the University of Nebraska Press. Rosowski and Nebraska were prominent fixtures in a CSPAN book feature on Cather, which was re-aired in August.

In the May 10 Chronicle of Higher Education, in a story on favorite professors' use of distance education tools and methods, John Janovy, biology, was interviewed and quoted.

UNL sociologist Mary Jo Deegan was mentioned in the March 29 Chronicle of Higher Education in a story on Jane Addams.

Chemistry and Industry magazine Dec. 3 featured plastic magnets and Andrzej Rajca, chemistry. So did Machine Design, Design Engineering, The Futurist and High Performance Plastics magazine. Industry Week for December listed Rajca as an "R&D Star to Watch."

The National Review April 25 reported on a Department of Health and Human Services study on the success of sexual abstinence programs for teens, quoting Brian Wilcox, Center for Children Families and the Law.

The Central Maine Morning Sentinel May 31 quoted political science professor Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, who spoke at a Maine Town Meeting program on democracy.

The New York Times July 28 featured alternative dance projects through the National College Choreography Initiative, featuring UNL's project on Charles Weideman.

The Belfast (Northern Ireland) Telegraph Aug. 29 previewed the appearance of the opera "The Bohemian Girl," put on by the School of Music. So did The Munster Express (Ireland).

The Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 6 reported on Internet 2, quoting Dale Finkelson, information services.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 27 interviewed Rosalie Torres Stone, sociology, on the "rules of discourse" in women's studies classrooms.

Fred Luthans, management, was quoted in the Oct. 16 New Straits Times on workers' cliques at the office.

The Associated Press from Pittsburgh reported on African Americans and jury selection, quoting law professor David A. Harris.

Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies Prem Paul (shown at right) was quoted in the Oct. 20 Denver Post on post-Sept.-11 lab and tech security. His comments were on his career and educational path as an international student, as well as experiences of other international students.

Law Professor Brian Lepard's new book, Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention, was featured in One Country in September.

Linda Schwartzkopf, greek affairs, was quoted in an Oct. 6 Des Moines Register story on students pledging to greek systems.

The New York Times Nov. 5 reported on the relationship and changing nature of "grand-mothering," quoting Patricia Draper, anthropology. The story was also featured in the Nov. 8 Toronto Star, the Nov. 9 Montreal Gazette, the Nov. 17 Times Colonist of Victoria, Canada, and others.

Samy Elias, engineering, was quoted in an Oct. 28 story in the Charleston Daily Mail on West Virginia University's Personal Rapid Transit system.

The Associated Press' daily national roundup on Dec. 23 reported on the $2.8 million grant for the State Museum to produce exhibits on evolution.

UPI Feb. 14 reported on the AAAS national meeting, with the headline event being on bird intelligence and research by biologists Al Kamil and Alan Bond. This was in the Feb. 15 London Times, the Glasgow Herald, the London Financial Times, the UK Guardian and the London Daily Telegraph.

Larry Routh, career services, was quoted in a story on college placement by Internet Wire Feb. 26.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal Feb. 15 previewed an art exhibition in Memphis by art professor Karen Kunc.

John Bender, journalism and mass communications, was quoted March 8 in the Memphis Commercial Appeal in a story on the trend of subpoenaing journalists. This also was on Associated Press.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Feb. 15 quoted Janet Poley, president of the American Distance Education Consortium. The story was on Internet 2 technology evaluation.

Janice Lawrence, accounting, was quoted March 16 in the Chattanooga Times/Free Press on how the Enron fiasco is being used as a teaching topic in classes. The story was also picked up by national b and printed in the March 17 Chicago Tribune and Deseret News.

News-editorial professor George Tuck was featured in the Fort Worth Star Telegram Jan. 13. His photography exhibition was at the Panhandle-Plains Museum.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan. 23 reported on teacher testing and quoted Barbara Plake, Buros Center. It was carried in the Pennsylvania Associated Press. The Richmond Times-Dispatch quoted Plake on standards of learning.

Thomas Laging, urban design, was part of a team studying downtown Springfield, Ill., as reported Jan. 24 in the State Journal-Register.

Mark Clinton, piano, was featured in the Jan. 24 Annapolis Capital. He was performing with the Salisbury Orchestra as a soloist.

The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22 reported on moles and quoted Patricia Freeman, state museum.

The Oregon Statesman Journal Nov. 3 reported on coating bees with sugar to rid them of pests, quoting entomologist Marion Ellis.  Ellis, with a beard of bees shown at right.

Newhouse News Service Feb. 7 reported on marriage and remarriage, quoting sociology professor Lynn White. It was in the Biloxi Sun Herald and Seattle Times.

The Morning Call (Pa.) reported on farm-business courses Jan. 2 and cited the quality program at UNL. So did a story in the Jan. 5 Bangor Daily News in a story about farm-business planning in Maine.

National Associated Press reported on lamb production and quoted extension educator Steve Gramlich. One placement was in the Bismarck Tribune Feb. 3.

The milewide dent in the earth near Merna was reported by AP; soil scientist Mark Kuzila was quoted. The story was in the New York Star-Gazette and Miami Herald July 22. The story was also on CNN.com.

The Florida Press Journal Feb. 3 featured tips for family meals and cited Cooperative Extension's "Food Reflections" newsletter, edited by extension educator Alice Henneman. "Food Reflections" also was used as a source for a holiday meal story in the Dec. 19 Charleston Gazette. National AP from New York, in a food story, "Is it Done?" cited an Extension NebGuide. Copley News Service wrote about food safety in office refrigerators and used suggestions from Henneman. The Washington Post Jan. 3 included a food story on recipes, citing an extension Web site and quoting Henneman.

David Aiken, ag law specialist, was quoted in the Grand Forks Herald Feb. 11 on rural zoning laws.

Nancy Betts, nutritional science and dietetics, was quoted in the Feb. 12 Vancouver Columbian on chocolate and copper.

The Grand Forks Herald reported on IANR water research by grad student Marippan Sadayappan on stock waste lagoons and groundwater. Also quoted was Roy Spalding, agronomy and horticulture.

AP farm writer Philip Brasher reported on the move to isolate and remove some of the most dangerous allergy-inducing proteins from peanuts, quoting food allergy expert Steve Taylor. That story showed up in many newspapers through the AP national feed, including the Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate April 28, the Bismarck Tribune, the Halifax Daily News and The Montreal Gazette.

Ag economist Roy Frederick May 14 was quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for an analysis on the 2002 farm bill.

Meat scientist Chris Calkins talked about grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef on National Public Radio Morning Edition on July 4. The UNL beef profiling research that provided the foundation for the flat-iron steak continued to grab headlines in 2002, including mentions in the Ventura County Star Feb. 20, a Feb. 6 Associated Press story out of Colorado and a feature in the August issue of Beef magazine featuring Calkins.

The Denver Post July 29 reported on swine production and new viruses, citing IANR research on swine viruses.

The Columbus Dispatch reported July 15 on sun-protective clothing and skin cancer risk, quoting textiles scientist Pat Crews.

The New Jersey Record July 18 reported on the grasshoppers plaguing the drought-struck regions, quoting extension educator Ron Seymour. This was a Nebraska AP story that moved on the national wire. It was seen also in the Aberdeen American News and the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald Sept. 1 reported on beginning farmers, citing the Nebraska Rural Poll, headed by rural sociologist John Allen. The annual poll received wide coverage including the Associated Press and USA Today on July 3.

Roger Mandigo, animal science, was quoted in the Oct. 10 story in the Deseret News on "Bacon makin' a comeback." The story was originally in The Wall Street Journal.

The Augusta Chronicle Sept. 4 reported on toadstools, quoting John Watkins, extension plant pathologist.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Sept. 6 reported on purple majesty millet, bred at UNL. The decorative plant earned the All-America Selections' Gold Medal. Other mentions were Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Portland Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sacramento Bee and many horticulture websites.

Grand Forks Herald Nov. 3 reported on chronic wasting disease, listing the UNL Vet Diagnostic Center as a resource. Contra Costa Times Dec. 14 reported on testing for chronic wasting disease and quoted David Steffen, Veterinary Diagnostic Center.

In November, Meat and Poultry magazine ranked UNL among the leading universities serving the meat and poultry industry. UNL moved up to fourth in 2002 from sixth a year earlier. The magazine cited the Food Processing Center and the animal science and food science and technology departments as well as the IANR reputation for research in red-meat quality, value-added innovations, pathogen identification and control, and farm-to-table food safety.

The Oct. 30 Washington Post reported on America's obsession with controlling germs and bacteria and mentioned a safe and simple antibacterial treatment developed by UNL food scientists.

Scripps Howard quoted food microbiologist Andy Benson in a Feb. 20 story about foodborne illness.

Other agriculture and trade magazines prominently featured IANR sources and topics throughout the year. Among the features in 2002 were items in Food Ingredient News, Waste Treatment Technology News, Waste News, Crop Science, Microbial Update International, Farm Industry News, Drovers, National Hog Farmer, Beef, Soybean Digest, Feedstuffs, Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News, Grounds Maintenance, National Hog Farmer, Food Processing and Successful Farming magazine.