For more than 100 years, the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) has served as the point of access for excellence in higher education.
Chancellor Joanne (Jo) Li, Ph.D., CFA
Dr. Joanne Li, CFA, became the 16th chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha on July 1, 2021, following unanimous approval from the University of Nebraska System Board of Regents on June 1, 2021.
The Board’s action followed a national search that resulted in NU System President Ted Carter’s selection of Li as the priority candidate for UNO chancellor. Her candidacy then underwent a 30-day public vetting period during which she engaged with 600-plus UNO students, faculty, staff, alumni, and stakeholders to answer their questions and share her vision for Nebraska’s metropolitan university.
She is the first woman of color to serve as UNO chancellor and the first Asian-American in the history of the University of Nebraska System to hold an executive leadership role.
Administration
The administration of UNO is dedicated to student-centered leadership and proud to work with distinguished faculty drawn from the nation's leading graduate institutions.
Organizational Units
The University of Nebraska Omaha's academic and administrative leaders ensure that our student-centered mission is the guiding principal for every decision they make.
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Board of Regents
The Board of Regents consists of eight voting members elected by district for six-year terms, and four non-voting student Regents, one from each campus, who serve during their tenure as student body president. The board supervises the general operations of the university and the control and direction of all expenditures.
President Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.
Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., became the ninth president of the University of Nebraska System on July 1, 2024, following a national search by the Board of Regents.
As president, Gold leads a four-campus university system that enrolls nearly 50,000 students and employs 16,000 faculty and staff on campuses in Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney, plus academic divisions and research and extension centers across the state. He serves as chief spokesman and chief executive officer for the system, which operates on a $3 billion annual budget and includes a flagship Big Ten institution, a world-renowned academic health sciences center, Division I athletics programs, and preeminent institutes focused on water and agriculture, national security and defense, infectious disease and early childhood education.
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Strategic Plan
There's strategy behind everything we do at UNO. Read our carefully drafted strategic plan and learn how it's implemented across campus to support students and faculty in their pursuit of scholarly excellence and research.
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