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The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is dedicated to the vitality of scholarly activity. As a metropolitan university, the University of Nebraska Omaha benefits from diverse intellectual approaches.
While our scholarship is led by distinguished faculty, it depends on the participation of our undergraduate and graduate students who, while making intellectual contributions to scholarly and artistic efforts, acquire the knowledge and skills that prepare them to be successful leaders during and after their time at UNO.
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At UNO, high-altitude balloon launches from campus are a common occurrence. And it’s a sight to behold every time.When weather conditions are just right, Derrick Nero, an associate professor for the College of Education, Heath, and Human Sciences, leads students in his class to the Pep Bowl — a landmark stretch of lawn near Arts & Sciences Hall — to launch a balloon to 100,000 feet.
When Yury Salkovskiy, an assistant professor in UNO’s Department of Biomechanics, saw UNO's high-altitude balloon launches in person, he saw an opportunity to test a biopolymer protective fabric his team had produced. His lab specializes in developing various nanofibers using electrospinning technology, among other things, which have been used to help people recover from injuries and surgeries much faster.
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