2016 News Release Archive

IS&T Capstone Class Develops ‘Asset Management System’ for the Omaha Fire Department

December 14, 2016

Graduate students from the Master of Science in Management Information Systems program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, hosted presentation of the Asset Management System that was developed for the Omaha Fire Department (OFD) on December 12th.

UNO Joins UNL, UNMC on $13.75 Million Grant

December 13, 2016

IS&T faculty will contribute to a five-year, $13.75 million grant to create a new center focused on transportation safety in the Midwest.

Alumni Highlight: Stephan Schaeper

December 13, 2016

As part of our 20th anniversary, we're highlighting members of the IS&T community. Stephan studied abroad at IS&T from Austria, and wanted to share his unique perspective on UNO!

IS&T's NULLify to host Fourth Annual Hackathon

November 18, 2016

Saturday, November 19th will host over 100 Omaha area high schoolers in IS&T's largest Hackathon yet.

IS&T Celebrates Computer Science Education Week 2016

November 15, 2016

IS&T celebrates Computer Science Education Week every year! Check out our annual IT career fair, Computer Science Quiz Bowl, and other events we have for UNO and the greater Omaha community.

UNO College of Information Science and Technology Celebrates 20 years

October 04, 2016

Celebrating 20 years, IS&T looks back on its ground-breaking educational model and multidisciplinary foundation.

UNO, UNL Infrastructure Project Part of Nearly $500,000 in NSF Funding

September 28, 2016

University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Information Science and Technology (IS&T) announced new funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use Big Data in order to improve the way we monitor bridge infrastructure for potential failures.

UNO College of Information Science and Technology to Host 2016 International Conference on Web Intelligence and the International Conference on Brain Informatics & Health

September 15, 2016

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Artificial Intelligence, IS&T will bring together an international audience under the theme “Connecting Network and Brain with Big Data”

Alumni Highlight: Brittany Phillips

August 16, 2016

2014 graduate Brittany studied abroad in Germany and Austria, taking full advantage of IS&T's multiple partnerships abroad. Check out her story, and why attending IS&T was the best decision for her.

Techademy 2016

July 25, 2016

2014 graduate Brittany studied abroad in Germany and Austria, taking full advantage of IS&T's multiple partnerships abroad. Check out her story, and why attending IS&T was the best decision for her.

CodeCrush Summit Welcomes Keynote Speakers from Geeks Life and Intel Corporation

July 21, 2016

As part of a continued effort to close the gender gap and meet the workforce deficit in information technology, the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology will hold its first CodeCrush Summit July 26 - 27.

Alumni Highlight: Lianne McNaughton

July 06, 2016

Graduating in 2013 with her MS in MIS, Lianne has moved to Jamaica to start a nonprofit.

An Exercise before the Exercise: Student “Hack” of Locked Shields

June 29, 2016

For the first time, a student group performed and organized vulnerability discovery in a NATO training exercise.

IS&T Welcomes 14 High School IT Interns

June 06, 2016

Over 100 well-qualified high school students applied for an opportunity to learn in IS&T research labs this summer.

Alumni Highlight: Joshua Clark

June 06, 2016

As Undergraduate Speaker for the 2016 Spring Commencement, Joshua Clark has some words of wisdom for students looking at IT careers.

Student Earns Department of Defense Internship, Scholarship

May 25, 2016

Information Assurance major Amber Makovicka earns an internship and scholarship from the Department of Defense.

UNO IS&T Collaborates with Area Organizations for Capstone Projects

May 04, 2016

Masters of Science in Management Information Systems capstone classes focuses on offering students hands-on experiences to solve a real-life information technology challenge

IS&T Major Emily Bradley Elected UNO Student Body VP

May 02, 2016

As UNO's Student Body Vice President, Emily Bradley has a lot going on. We chatted with the Bioinformatics major to find out how she's made the most out of her time at UNO.

IS&T Celebrates IT Innovation Through 4th Annual IT Innovation Cup

April 18, 2016

As part of an effort to encourage high school students to think about future technology possibilities and to creatively solve problems in innovative ways, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Information Science and Technology (IS&T) today announces the finalists for the inaugural IT Innovation Cup.

Come Check Out EMIT at Our Open House!

March 24, 2016

We wanted to invite you to take a look at EMIT: a prestigious degree designed with IT leaders in mind!

IS&T's Prestigious High School Internship: Applications Now Open!

March 15, 2016

Here's your chance to work in our labs before you even enroll in college. From game development to bioinformatics, get real working experience this summer.

UNO Students Start One-of-a-Kind Sports Website

March 04, 2016

UNO junior Callen Hedglen founded CUSO Sports Network, an online sports network dedicated to the expansion of the extreme sports community.

Techademy: Find Out What You're Made of This Summer!

March 03, 2016

IS&T's popular summer technology workshops are now open for enrollment! What will you learn this summer?

Explore Innovation

February 10, 2016

Join us on Feb. 27th and explore the amazing things that are happening at IS&T!

UNO iSTEM Program for Girls Awarded $200K Matching Grant

January 27, 2016

CodeCrush sees applications nearly triple in three years, funds to allow UNO to expand program over the next three years

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