College of Information Science & Technology News

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

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UNO's College of IS&T Offers Workshops for Professionals

IS&T's popular IT Academy returns with workshops in up-and-coming IT fields, helping professionals continue their education

IS&T Career & Internship Fair

It's time for IS&T's annual IT Career Fair! Companies can meet hundreds of qualified students for internships and full-time positions, and students have the chance to interview on the spot for open positions.

UNO, UNL Awarded $1 Million by National Science Foundation to Expand Work to Utilize Big Data Science in Improving Bridge Health

Funds will be used to improve the health of aging, rural bridges and other infrastructure assets across the country using big data technologies.

IS&T Coursework Educates Students, Engages Community

Students at UNO experience access to exceptional hands-on learning, like those in this semester’s Information Science and Technology capstone course, who are building a website and social media platform for the local nonprofit FITGirl, Inc.

New & Noteworthy

Over 200 IS&T Students Celebrated at Annual Scholarship Reception

Over 200 students celebrated at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Information Science and Technology’s (IS&T) annual Scholarship Reception on Friday, August 24th with nearly $600,000 in scholarships was awarded to first-time winners for the 2018-19 school year.

BHMI Promotes 5 Student Interns to Full-Time Team Members

Baldwin Hackett & Meeks, Inc. (BHMI) promoted 5 interns to full-time team members.

Alumni Highlight: Brittny Escamilla

Brittny's had quite the path to UNO: a California native, this veteran of the U.S. Army found IS&T through reading a chance article in the military news. Learn more about her, and how majoring in MIS, helped change her career trajectory.

Highlights

Alumni Highlight: Jessica Zhang, Marketing Analytics at Slack

MS in MIS alumni Jessica Zhang will be joining us as a keynote speaker for our CodeCrush Summit! Get to know more about her awesome career, some stellar advice for others who want to follow in her footsteps, and how IS&T helped her reach her new goals.

UNO Named Top Public University for Military, Veteran Students Studying Cybersecurity

A new ranking has identified the University of Nebraska at Omaha as the top public university for military and veteran students hoping to pursue a degree in cybersecurity.

UNO Student Has One of Nebraska's First Self-Driving Cars

IS&T In the News

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