Sunrise over Memorial Stadium
Saturday, August 21, 2021 Ronnie Green and Trev Alberts issue statement on conference alliance

We've all been waiting for when the other conferences might react to the change of Oklahoma and Texas moving to the SEC at some point in the future. Would there be another round of expansion? Would the Big 12 continue to get raided? Who makes the next move?

Then silence. A lot of silence.

The Athletic reported recently that the heads of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 were beginning to find footing in a mutual agreement to line up their votes and potential for non-conference scheduling behind each other to aggressively protect their interests in college athletics.

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Chancellor Ronnie Green and others break ground on new Kiewit Hall
Monday, June 28, 2021 UNL breaks ground on new, privately-funded College of Engineering

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln broke ground Monday on Kiewit Hall, a new home for the College of Engineering on the University's flagship campus.

Kiewit Corporation pledged $20 million to the $97 million project to be built east of Memorial Stadium at 17th and Vine Streets.
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The rest of the financing for the project will come from fundraising.

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Aerial photo of University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus
Sunday, August 30, 2020 UNL, World-Herald join to examine racism in Nebraska

The Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, amplifies our national soul-searching set off by the killing of George Floyd in May under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. Many Nebraskans are pondering what it means to be racist, how systemic racism uniquely shows itself in Nebraska — and what they must do to create change.

These are questions also being asked at the state’s flagship public university and its oldest and largest newspaper. As leaders of those institutions, we must acknowledge they have their own histories of exclusion, discrimination and misguided assumptions. Our institutions, however, have both the resources and the obligation to open this important dialogue and guide it toward lasting change for our state and the people who live, learn and work here.

Between them, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (founded in 1869) and the Omaha World-Herald (founded in 1885) have 285 years of experience informing and educating Nebraskans and fostering dialogue about the critical issues facing our state and our nation.

Read more at the Omaha World-Herald

Chancellor Ronnie Green and engineering dean Lance Perez at grant announcement
Monday, September 16, 2019 University of Nebraska announces $85M Kiewit Hall

Construction starts next month on phase one of a massive renovation and rebuilding project for the University's College of Engineering.

On Monday, Nebraska announced phase two, which includes a new $85 million engineering facility on the Lincoln campus.

The new building will be named Kiewit Hall, as the university partners with Peter Kiewit and Sons.

It comes as College of Engineering enrollment in the next decade is expected to reach about 5,000 students.

Read more at 10/11 News

Chancellor Ronnie Green speaks at N|150 State of the University address
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Ronnie Green nods to UNL's 150-year history, looks to future

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green’s speech Tuesday covered 200 years, going back to 1869 and looking ahead to 2069. It lasted 68 minutes and consumed 45 pages of copy.

Speculation is inaccurate, however, that Green’s new beard came in entirely during his State of the University address, which won him a standing ovation from the 637-person crowd in attendance at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Many in the audience also went onto the stage afterward to try out the Dairy Store’s new Nifty 150 flavor of ice cream. The popular UNL Dairy Store set up a temporary soda fountain shop onstage, complete with servers in uniform. The ice cream flavor and the speech celebrated the 150 years of university progress since it was founded as a land-grant college in 1869.

Read more at the Omaha World-Herald

UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green (right) checks out the STEM Wing of the new Columbus High School with Superintendent Troy Loeffelholz - photo by Nicole Neri
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Barnstorming the state, UNL takes a positive message on the road

It’s not the barnstorming flying circuses of a century ago, nor a barnstorming baseball exhibition.

But if you live inside what the University of Nebraska calls its 400-mile-wide campus, chances are the university will make a tour stop at a gathering place near you.

With school a few weeks away, Chancellor Ronnie Green and others representing UNL have criss-crossed the state to discuss Nebraska's largest public university campus in coffee shops, hotel ballrooms and high school cafeterias.

Read more at the Lincoln Journal-Star

Chancellor Ronnie Green (front) and NU President Hank Bounds (back) observe refueling operations from the Stratotanker cockpit during the civic leader flight.
Friday, June 1, 2018 Chancellor Green, university leaders join National Guard flight

Chancellor Ronnie Green and other university officials were among civic leaders who participated in a Nebraska National Guard refueling flight on May 24. The flight allowed participants to see firsthand how members of the Nebraska National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing accomplish the task of adding fuel to fighter jets soaring at 35,000 feet.

Read more on Nebraska Today

Chancellor Ronnie Green, governor Pete Ricketts, and other members of Trade Council
Thursday, July 13, 2017 Green Joins Nebraska Council to Promote Global Trade

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts launched a new international trade council to identify business and research opportunities overseas. The council's membership includes leaders from 20 different groups, including Nebraska Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Barry Kennedy, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green.

Read more at US News & World Report

Ronnie Green at State of the University Address
Friday, June 16, 2017 Chancellor Green to be awarded national association's highest honor

When the American Society of Animal Science presents awards at its July 9 annual meeting in Baltimore, those in attendance can expect to hear the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s name announced frequently. Five Nebraska faculty and administrators have earned national awards from the society — including Chancellor Ronnie Green, who has been selected to receive the national association’s most prestigious honor.

Read more about this award in Nebraska Today

Teresa Paulsen (left) and Ronnie Green
Monday, April 10, 2017 Green, Paulsen named National 4-H Luminaries

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green and Chief Communication and Marketing Officer Teresa Paulsen were named 4-H Luminaries by the National 4-H Council March 21 in Washington, D.C. Luminaries are an exclusive group of accomplished and influential 4-H alumni who will help raise awareness of 4-H’s life-changing impact and generate support for bringing 4-H to more youth. Green and Paulsen are part of the 40-member inaugural class.

Read more about this honor in the High Plains and Midwest Ag Journal