In the national news, October 2017

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The Huffington Post cited the late Mark Awakuni-Swetland, anthropology, for his work to preserve the Umonhon native language in an Oct. 13 article about the Omaha's efforts to teach children their tribal language.

Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, discussed whether movie producer Bob Weinstein could survive the sexual misconduct scandal that engulfed his brother Harvey in the Oct. 18 Los Angeles Times. Dixon also was quoted by WCCO TV in Minneapolis for a story about movie previews and why they are called “trailers.”

In an Oct. 30 article, The New York Times mentioned that the Stanford Literary Lab was co-founded by Matthew Jockers, English.

Rupal Mehta, political science, explained the Iranian nuclear deal – and why it isn’t so great for Iran – in an Oct. 13 op-ed that appeared in Monkey Cage, the Washington Post’s political science blog.

The New York Times interviewed Max Perry Mueller, classics and religious studies for an Oct. 26 article about U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s speech announcing he would not seek re-election. Mueller, who studies American religion, said the Arizona lawmaker’s speech included many Mormon overtones.

BTN LiveBig featured the work of Heather Richards-Rissettoanthropology, in an Oct. 14 piece. Richards-Rissetto is leading a team that is creating an immersive 3-D rendering of an ancient Mayan city, to give visitors a virtual reality sense of what the city was once like.

In an Oct. 10 National Public Radio report carried by dozens of outlets nationally, Mario Scalora, psychology, discussed why it’s important to find a motive for the man who took the lives of 58 people in the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Scalora also was interviewed on the Las Vegas shooting for an Oct. 3 Lincoln Journal Star story that received national distribution through the Associated Press.

Bethany Wiles, a junior computer science major, was among 10 females in science, technology, engineering and math featured in an Oct. 10 Huffington Post article on “GirlBoss women” and their advice for women in technology.