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Students often get stuck in a “chicken-and-egg" situation: applying for positions, but need work experience to be attractive to employers. For Omaha native Brian Collett, the chance to work in one of IS&T’s research labs was the opportunity he needed to create a career.

Emily Buettner, an IT Innovation major, won UNO's BigIdea! competition with her start-up, Plug. Check out how this entrepreneur turned her love of sports into a life-changing technical company.

The ability to analyze our genetics has become commercial at a rapid pace. Companies like 23andMe give consumers the ability to look into personal DNA and discover everything from ancestry to cancer indicators. Armed with this information, who can patients turn to for next steps once they’ve opened Pandora’s box?

Interested in helping our region's foremost information technology educator with virtual labs? Check out our listing!

Adithi Chakravarthy, currently a Ph.D. in Information Technology student, has received the Computer Vision for Health Technology award from the Radiant Wellness Conclave for her research in using artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid in identifying a rare eye disease, Toxoplasmosis.

This summer, a dozen graduate and undergraduate students from IS&T visited Berlin, Germany to get a quick lesson on how the Germans approach technological innovations.

We're hiring! IS&T is looking for an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a tenure track Assoc/Full Professor position in Biomedical Informatics with an emphasis in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology.

A degree from IS&T will give you access to a career in just about any field you can imagine. From start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, you'll learn the technical know-how to take your career wherever your interests may be.

Tools like smart watches track health data, most of the time for personal use. But, do you know what’s really happening with that data after you log how many hours you slept? Dr. Andrea Wiggins researched this issue, and is kickstarting a conversation about the ethics of citizen science, personal health data, and what happens to our data after it's collected.

UNO professors make math engaging with unique software program.

From preparing students for careers in the gaming industry to using games in patient rehab, UNO is going to work with video game play.

For Simon Saqueton, computer science and mathematics go together like Batman and Robin - much like his interest in fantasy and science fiction helped inspire his University Honors Program thesis.

From a near death experience during a deployment to Afghanistan, to graduating college in just three years (plus getting into graduate school), Sanjar Hamidi said his guiding light has always been a strong desire to help people.

We know launching into a graduate program while working full time can be daunting. We’ve interviewed Stacy Skradski, Director Systems & Platforms at West, to tell us about her experience juggling family, work, and grad school - and why it's all worth it.

IS&T's Biomedical Informatics Lab wins an award to help drive more innovation and research on cancer vaccines.

Our Bachelor of Science in IT Innovation students have worked with MAPA and the City Planning Department all semester long, and are ready to showcase their unique innovations! Join us for a poster session and some refreshments catered by the Service Learning Academy.

Listen to Mona Singh, Ph.D., from Princeton University, and hear her talk on pinpointing which genes are involved in tumor initiation and progression.

Signed MoU to train local talent, support academic research and create solutions leveraging next-generation technologies

A Colorado native, Lauren found a love for programming at her local community college. After earning her associate's degree, she transferred to IS&T where she quickly earned valuable internships and her degree.

More than 200 students from each of UNO's six colleges had the opportunity last week to showcase their hard work at the 2019 Student Research and Creative Activity Fair.

UNO’s cybersecurity program is like few others. It’s one of just 20 other institutions designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a national Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations. It’s not easy for universities to meet the rigorous criteria for the honor, but UNO made it happen.

You don’t have to be a Silicon Valley insider to launch the next great idea. Students at the University of Nebraska have the drive and resources to make a big impact on the state. Students like Rachel Ostrander Brownlee.

Get research experience before you even graduate high school. Our High School Internship Program is designed to help you define what you love about information technology; deadline is March 18.

The School of Interdisciplinary Informatics is looking for a tenure track Associate/Full Professor position in Biomedical Informatics with an emphasis in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology.

Meet Nicholas! A 2018 computer science graduate, he has some awesome advice to give any student going through our programs. From joining student organizations to checking out the IS&T career fairs, Nicholas talks about how IS&T set him up for success in his career.

Inspired by their uncle who graduated over a decade ago from UNO, three brothers from the Ivory Coast moved half a world away to major in computer science at IS&T.

IS&T built software system helps identify the remains of U.S. soldiers in a partnership with the DPAA.

At the start of 2019, we know you have some big goals on your list you want to achieve. Our Executive Master of Science in Information Technology is here to help you accomplish your career aspirations. Wondering what our new degree is all about? Check out one recent graduate's story.

So, what's next? We know you have some big goals on your list you want to achieve. Our Executive Master of Science in Information Technology is here to help you accomplish your career aspirations. Wondering what our new degree is all about? Check out one recent graduate's story.