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Our faculty, staff and students are active in our community

From volunteering with projects, to hosting national public administration planning groups, our students and faculty are involved with Omaha, the midwest, and national events. We think a picture speaks a thousand words.

Ph.D. Students | Faculty | Awards

Ph.D. Candidate Theodore Johnson (back row) in DC with Pete Buttigieg, US Secretary of Transportation, starting his year-long Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship from the FAA.

Spring Semester 2023 Faculty are ready for the semester.

Dr. Jim Harrold received the 2022 CPACS Jerry and Patricia Deichert Award

photo of prof benenson — Congratulations to Dr. Benenson, winner of UNO's 2023 CCSGE Outstanding Achievement Award, awarded based on her commitment to advadvancing gender issues through service and example.

Drs. Lee and Huang receive promotions in 2023

Dr. Tran Hoang wins the 2023 IRSPM Rosemary O'Leary Award

student holding drone sign — EMDS student Corice LIeb is awarded a $20K grant for drone technology

Spring 2023 CPACS winners from our School: Dr. Barbara Hewins-Maroney - Distinguished Service Award, and Theodore Johnson - CPACS DEAI Emerging Leader.

SPA in our community

showing taco vs fixing slide — Dr. Choi with Emergency Management explains the differences between a tornado watch vs a warning at Omaha's Joslyn Castle during Severe Weather Awareness Week.

faculty and staff at table — Minsoo Goo, EMDS Advisor and Dr. Choi sharing SPA programs at Joslyn Castle, Spring 2023

logan at booth handing out informaiton — EMDS sharing information at a spring, 2023 UNO student event.

Prof Tara Bryan sitting in Czeck Republic — Prof. Tara Kolar Bryan, center, surprised by UNO T-shirts on faculty from Masaryk University in the Czeck Republic. Dr. Bryan visited in spring, 2023, after a Fulbright appointment in 2021/22.

Great to see our faculty in support of our students at UNOs spring 2023 graduation.

EMDS 2023 graduates with advisor Minsoo Goo and the EMDS cat.

Dr. Choi with Emergency Management explains the differences between a tornado watch vs a warning at Omaha's Joslyn Castle during Severe Weather Awareness Week.

Minsoo Goo, EMDS Advisor and Dr. Choi sharing SPA programs at Joslyn Castle, Spring 2023

EMDS sharing information at a spring, 2023 UNO student event.

Prof. Tara Kolar Bryan, center, surprised by UNO T-shirts on faculty from Masaryk University in the Czeck Republic. Dr. Bryan visited in spring, 2023, after a Fulbright appointment in 2021/22.

Great to see our faculty in support of our students at UNOs spring 2023 graduation.

EMDS 2023 graduates with advisor Minsoo Goo and the EMDS cat.

Government 2030 - Omaha, Fall 2022

Redlining Forum, Fall 2022 at UNO

speaker is talking — Terri Crawford, JD, Community Fellow, UNO Service Learning Academy was a featured speaker.

the same 1530 x 890 image — Craig Maher, PhD and SPA director, moderated the forum.

a square image — Omaha City Councilmember Juanita Johnson, left, discusses the day's events.

Front Porch Investments cosponsored this event. Front Porch is starting a Greenlining Fund in Spring 2023 to provide intentional reinvestment in historical redlining areas.

Forum video: a big part of today's wealth gap between Black & White Americans is redlining -- the practice of mortgage lenders denying loans to people based on their race or where they live.

Douglas County Commissioner Chris Rodgers, center, reviews the forum's schedule.

Terri Crawford, JD, Community Fellow, UNO Service Learning Academy was a featured speaker.

Craig Maher, PhD and SPA director, moderated the forum.

Omaha City Councilmember Juanita Johnson, left, discusses the day's events.

Front Porch Investments cosponsored this event. Front Porch is starting a Greenlining Fund in Spring 2023 to provide intentional reinvestment in historical redlining areas.

Forum video: a big part of today's wealth gap between Black & White Americans is redlining -- the practice of mortgage lenders denying loans to people based on their race or where they live.

Douglas County Commissioner Chris Rodgers, center, reviews the forum's schedule.

UNO's School of Public Administration October forum: Affordable Housing Solutions, Redlining, The Wealth Gap, and The Narrative.

Our October forum on featured an day of learning and exploration of solutions in the affordable housing ecosystem, including the impact of redlining in the Omaha area. Moderated by Craig Maher, PhD, school director, the audience included local officials, our NextGen students, and many others. It was held in cooperation with Front Porch Investments as prelude to the CEC's new Redlining in Omaha Exhibit, open to the public on UNO's campus.

Photo Gallery 2022 and 2023