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Legislative Candidate DeBoer Tours UNO

DeBoer discussed UNO STEM programs and their impact on students, among other topics.

Wendy DeBoer

Legislative candidate Wendy DeBoer, running for the District 10 seat in the Nebraska Legislature, recently toured the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).

During her time on campus, DeBoer visited the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) and also took a tour of UNO’s Biomechanics Research Building.

As a former faculty member, DeBoer was eager to see everything that had changed and evolved since she left. She said it was exciting to see how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is progressing and how that is taking place at UNO.

“The whole facility (the Biomechanics Research Building) is just so interesting. I didn’t know anything about this before I came here today,” DeBoer said. “To see the ways in which UNO collaborates with the other universities in the system, as well as with others in the area, is really fascinating to me.”

While touring, DeBoer had the opportunity to see how UNO’s biomechanics research is leading the way in areas such as virtual reality (VR) rehabilitation, 3D printed prosthetics, medical diagnosis, and more.

“Thinking about how these partnerships can make not just this particular program and the university stronger, but the whole community stronger; it’s a really exciting thing to see."

DeBoer's opponent in the legislative district race took part in a campus visit on July 18.

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