University to House Nebraska’s First Self-Driving Shuttle
by Scott Schrage | University Communication Nebraska Innovation Campus is living up to its name. The university’s epicenter of forward-thinking initiatives will temporarily house the state’s first self-driving shuttle, which was announced June 20 at Nebraska Innovation Studio. The City of Lincoln, which won a $100,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to…
UNO Professor Among Tribute to Women Honorees
Photo: UNO Published: May 14th, 2018 The WCA’s Tribute to Women Awards recognizes local women’s impact on the community. A UNO professor will be recognized at the Women’s Center for Advancement(WCA’s) 31st annual Tribute to Women. The luncheon will take place Tuesday, June 12, 2018. The WCA’s list of 10 distinguished…
Combatting Bias and Steering Girls Towards Careers in STEM
Photo: LinkedIn By: Laura Barrowman, CTO at Credit Suisse Ever since primary school, I have loved mathematics. There’s something about mental arithmetic and the satisfaction of finding a solution to a problem that captured — and has kept — my interest for decades. Augment that early passion with the good…
Omaha STEM Ecosystem and UNO Mathematics Dept’s “Math Series”, Provides K-12 Teacher Support
The latest issue of the University of Nebraska Foundation’s “Pride of Place” magazine features the story of Preska Hinapa Wi Poor Bear and her experience with the UNO/Zoo STEM Initiative. You can see math, she says, in all the circles of the Earth. In the sun, stars and moon ……
Aviation STEM Fair
The event aims to get young people interested in aviation. OMAHA, Neb. — When you combine pancakes and airplanes, it’s easy to capture a a kid’s attention. “We get them into a plane, show them how it works, get them up in the air. If they feel comfortable we let them…
$92 million military contract extension is NU’s biggest research grant yet
By Mike Ruggles The University of Nebraska system has won its biggest research grant in history, a $92 million, five-year contract with the military. The new contract is an extension of the previous biggest grant, an $84 million military contract that NU won in 2012. NU officials and faculty members…
Research event lets undergrads, grad students network
By Misty Pocwierz-Gaines, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center On April 28, in conjunction with the Nebraska Science Festival, the UNMC Office of Recruitment and Student Engagement hosted the first undergraduate and graduate research poster presentation in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Thirty-eight undergraduates attended the event from…
Omaha World Herald: UNMC program readies teens for health jobs and rewards those who ‘try their hardest’
By Michael Kelly / World-Herald Columnist Once suspended from her high school for fighting, a 17-year-old girl talked eagerly about the future Thursday at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. As the student speaker on recognition day for UNMC’s High School Alliance — a distinctive program to encourage health-care careers…
May 2018 Newsletter
Building Omaha’s Future Leaders May 2018 Celebrating STEM in Omaha A STEM Professional You Should Know! Andrew Prystai, Omaha Chamber Young Professional Council Member Andrew Prystai is passionate about the STEM ecosystem as a former startup founder and seeing the importance of entrepreneurship for the future of Omaha. He earned…
WATCH: Videos From the 2018 STEM Solutions Workforce of Tomorrow Conference
Missed the conference? Catch up with the videos of the opening keynote speeches. BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT leaders, scientists, technology experts, nonprofit executives and educators convened in Washington, D.C., April 4-6 to discuss the challenges of retaining and retraining workers and preparing students for the so-called new collar economy. Most of that…
