Eric Weaver, director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, was quoted in an April 11 fact check debunking the myth that mRNA vaccines used on animals can cause the involuntary vaccination of humans who eat their meat. “There are no commercial veterinary mRNA vaccines,” he said. “There are some in research stages, but, for almost all cases, mRNA is not a cost-effective animal vaccine platform. … Every living thing that we eat contains mRNA. The mRNA is either destroyed during processing/cooking or during digestion and is not expressed.”
Chigozie Obioma, English, was featured in a recent Q&A for The Week. He discussed serving as a Booker Prize judge, his love for reading and writing, his writing approach and the similarities between Indian and Nigerian writing.
The Atlantic published an April 10 review of Kelsy Burke’s new book, “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.” Burke is an associate professor of sociology at Nebraska. (This article requires a subscription.)
Burke was quoted in an April 16 New York Times article on how a campaign against transgender rights has mobilized conservatives in the United States. “For many religious and political conservatives, the same-sex marriage issue has been largely decided — and for the American public, absolutely,” she said. “That’s not true when it comes to these transgender issues. Americans are much more divided, and this is an issue that can gain a lot more traction.” Burke was also quoted in an April 19 article in The Week.
A 2022 study out of the university’s Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab was featured in an April 25 Woman’s World article. The study found that subjects who interacted with a dog improved their positive affect (positive emotions and expression of emotions) and decreased their negative affect, stress and anxiety compared to people who did not interact with a dog. The story was picked up by 20-plus media outlets.
