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Omaha is Home.

Whether we're helping young students develop a love for science or connecting diverse cultures within our community, the College of Arts and Sciences is committed to Omaha. We have a number of camps, programs and centers that offer our students, faculty, staff and Omaha neighbors a chance to work together, play together and foster a sense of place in our shared home.


College Centers

Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy

The Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy promotes and facilitates the scholarly study of the Holocaust and other genocides and provides students, faculty, and community members the tools to assist in the prevention of crimes against humanity.

The Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights

The Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights is a faculty-led unit in the College of Arts and Sciences designed to facilitate and catalyze increased human rights-related academic offerings, research, as well as local and international community outreach, partnerships, and programming.

OLLAS | Office of Latino/Latin American Studies

Whether you are a UNO student, community member, organization leader, or policymaker, OLLAS offers educational programming and resources to advance your understanding of Chicano/Latino/Latin American peoples and the critical issues affecting these populations.

The Natan and Hannah Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies

The Natan and Hannah Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish studies creates, coordinates, and promotes interdisciplinary programming focused on teaching and scholarship in Israel Studies, Jewish Studies, and the history, politics, cultures, and societies of the Middle East.

Conferences and Forums

Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership

The first Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership, featuring former Vice President Joe Biden, was held in February 2019 at UNO's Strauss Performing Arts Center. Working closely with former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, the forum was organized by a team of administrators, faculty, and staff from the Political Science Department and the College of Arts and Sciences.

European Studies Conference

The Annual European Studies Conference brings together individuals diverse in disciplines but united in their interest in the area between the Atlantic and the Urals. Interdisciplinary panels, workshops, plenaries, and performances bring perspectives and insights that have earned the conference a reputation for high academic quality.

Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance Conference and Workshop

The Annual Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance Conference and Workshop is hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and supported by U.S. Strategic Command.

MALT Colloquium on Language Teaching

The annual MALT Colloquium on Language Teaching is organized by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature and the Master of Arts in Language Teaching Program (MALT). This conference seeks to create a community of local area language teachers and learners, promote interdisciplinary collaboration, and encourage research in the field of language education.

Nature Preserves

Glacier Creek Preserve

Glacier Creek Preserve is a 172 ha (424 acre) preserve situated northwest of Omaha in the rolling hills of eastern Nebraska. Embedded within the Preserve is the 57 ha (140 acres) Allwine Prairie Tract, a restored tallgrass prairie created in 1970.
Large enough to sustain a diversity of functioning plant and animal communities, Glacier Creek Preserve incorporates an entire sub-watershed. This feature protects the preserve against effects of surrounding land use thus reinforcing its sustainability into the foreseeable future as a unique metropolitan area preserve available for education, research, and appreciation of our natural heritage.

T. L. Davis Preserve

The objective of T.L. Davis Preserve is to maintain an ecologically sustainable wildlife preserve comprised of a gradient of ecosystems, extending from Loess Hill ridge top Mixed-Grass Prairie and Bur Oak Savanna to Eastern Deciduous Forest lower slopes, which together support environmental education and research in a remnant of Nebraska’s historic natural landscape.

TRAC (Transforming, Renewing, Achieving, and Connecting), a Higher Education in Prison Program

The UNO TRAC program provides for-credit general education and Inside-Out classes to incarcerated students at the Omaha Correctional Center; a student organization for formerly incarcerated students on campus; and community symposia highlighting trends and problems connected to higher education in prison, mass incarceration, and reentry.


Professional Services

Center for Applied Psychological Services (CAPS)

CAPS responds to requests for job analyses, personnel selection (development and validation of tests and other procedures), promotional exams, needs analysis and training, employee surveys, development of performance appraisal systems, and a variety of other specialized projects related to the capabilities and interests of our Industrial/Organizational Psychology faculty.
Developmental, School and Social Psychology faculty also provide consulting activities for their students under the CAPS umbrella.

Teacher Training

The Oxbow Writing Program

Participants in the Oxbow Writing Project join a passionate cohort of teachers empowered to improve their teaching of writing and the use of writing at all grade levels and across all content areas. Their desire to expand their personal writing life as well as their skills as a teacher of writing are supported through an intensive summer institute, monthly writing workshops, retreats, and conferences.

Youth Programs

Aim for the Stars Math & Science Camp

The University of Nebraska at Omaha Physics Department welcomes you to Aim for the Stars Science and Math Camp! There is a 1:8 adult to camper ratio at Aim for the Stars.

Chuck Hagel Symposium in Public Service

The Hagel Symposium brings high school students from the greater Omaha metropolitan area to UNO to engage with experts in a variety of fields, including international affairs, law, medicine, public policy, education, and many others — all sharing their perspectives on public service.

Mallory Kountze Planetarium

The Mallory Kountze Planetarium is an exciting place to go for star shows, lectures, and possible rooftop observing. Located in Durham Science Center on UNO's campus.

NE STEM 4U

NE STEM 4U provides quality educational after-school activities focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 students in the Omaha Public School District.
Through these efforts, this organization aims to increase interest and understanding of STEM topics for socio-economically disadvantaged students. Additionally, this organization aims to provide opportunities for these students to pursue interests in STEM education and STEM careers.
Joe Biden and Chuck Hagel

Joe Biden featured at Inaugural Hagel Forum on Global Leadership

Biden, who served as the 47th Vice President under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2016 and as a United States Senator from Delaware for 36 years, provided prepared remarks to more than 300 forum attendees.

His message to the students in attendance? Engagement with the rest of the world is vital to the success of the next generation of leaders.

"It's in our naked self interest to stay engaged, not because we are the only country who can save the world, but because we can't do it alone," Biden told the crowd. "We need leadership that sees what is coming over the horizon and expands and strengthens our resources."

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