The University of Nebraska at Omaha is committed to providing a safe, secure, and ethical learning and working environment.
The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is striving for a community where open, honest communications are the expectation, not the exception. UNO relies on you to speak up if you believe you have observed unethical, illegal, concerning, or suspicious behavior. Some of the university’s reporting options have been included on this page.
If you require immediate or emergency assistance, please call 911 or UNO Public Safety at 402.554.2911.
Care Team (Formerly Known as BRT)
- Used for referring any student who is struggling with academics, life circumstances, or other concerning situations
- Anyone can make a referral (students, faculty, staff, or anyone else who is concerned about a student); students can even self-refer if they are needing assistance
- Small, multidisciplinary team who work to address prevention and early intervention for students. This can involve students experiencing distress or engaging in harmful or disruptive behaviors
Discrimination
- Used for reporting concerns and incidents that involve discrimination of protected classes
- Includes protected classes like race, country of origin, religion, disability, veteran status, etc. Sex or gender-based is the only exception, which should be reported to the Sexual Misconduct Reporting Form
- A division of UNO’s Office of Civil Rights Compliance, an office tasked with responding to reports of discrimination of protected class
EthicsPoint
- Used for reporting of actual or suspected unethical, illegal, or suspicious behavior
- A third-party provider that hosts online and telephone reporting options for anonymous and confidential reporting
Human Resources
- Used for reporting concerns and incidents that relate to employees
- The Office of Human Resources at UNO has the full responsibility for employment activities pertaining to all staff positions within the university
Sexual Misconduct Reporting
- Used for reporting of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, and sex or gender-based discrimination
- Commonly known as Title IX reporting
- The Title IX Office at UNO is responsible for responding to reports of sexual misconduct or discrimination on the basis of sex
UNO Public Safety
- Used for reporting both emergency and non-emergency concerns or incidents. Emergencies, crimes in progress, or crimes that have just occurred on the UNO campus should be reported immediately by dialing 402.554.2911 or 911. Non-emergency calls may be reported by calling UNO Public Safety’s main desk at 402.554.2648
- The Department of Public Safety provides the university community with a full range of police and security services