When New Yorker writer Alex Ross took a walk in Willa Cather’s prairie in an article posted online Sept. 28, he mentioned Cather scholars Melissa Homestead, English, who is working on a book about Cather and her relationship with her long-time partner Edith Lewis; and Andrew Jewell,University Libraries, who co-edited a 2013 volume of “The Selected Letters of Willa Cather.” The article also noted that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Willa Cather Archive will begin to publish Cather's complete correspondence online beginning in January, when her letters enter the public domain. The article appeared in the Oct. 2 print edition of the magazine.
Patrick Dussault, chemistry, explained why chemicals caught fire at the Arkema Inc. plant near Houston after Hurricane Harvey. The Sept. 1 story, by AP writer Seth Borenstein, appeared in 90 outlets across the country, including ABC News and U.S. News & World Report.
After an international group of physicists published research Sept. 22 showing that high-energy cosmic rays emerge from outside Milky Way galaxy, Nebraska physicist Gregory Snow discussed the results with several science news sites from around the world, including Wired.com in the U.K., The Verge, and Space.com.
Big Ten Network and the Associated Press carried stories after homecoming king Shayne Arriola, marketing student, proposed to homecoming queen Laura Springer, communication studies, history and political science, during halftime of the Nebraska-Rutgers game. She said "yes."
Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, discussed the exploding popularity of streaming, bingeing and niche channels – and what it means for the future of traditional TV – for a story that appeared Sept. 13 in the Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com. In a Sept. 7 report, Dixon discussed how “It” – an R-rated adaptation of Stephen King’s scary clown story – would revive theater box office revenues after an abysmal summer. The “It” story originated in the Omaha World-Herald and was picked up by other outlets outside Nebraska.
The Atlantic published an interview Sept. 18 with Max Perry Mueller,classics and religious studies, about his new book, “Race and the Making of the Mormon People.”
The Gray D.C. News Bureau, which serves news outlets affiliated with the Gray Television broadcasting company, reported Sept. 13 on a Capitol Hill appearance by Kay Walter, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. Walter received a phone call from “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda invited her to participate in the National Endowment for the Humanities-related event.
