College of IS&T Alumni News

Treasure in The Attic: College of IS&T commited to furthering careers

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2009-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Many students attend college hoping to one day apply what they've learned to their chosen careers.

Bridging the distance gap

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2009-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Not only is distance education a valuable option for students who are unwilling or unable to attend regular classes on campus, it has become an ...

IT opportunities abound for women; College of IS&T committed to furthering careers

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

When it comes to women in information technology (IT) - whether as students or those for whom IT is their career - there is strength ...

Cyber defense workshop goes globalCyber defense workshop goes global

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

More than 100 persons from 15 nations around the world took part in the 2008 International Cyber Defense Workshop (ICDW) Oct. 28-30 hosted by UNO's ...

Innovative teacher earns University's Instructional Creativity Award

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Donna Dufner says she can't take all the credit. Dufner, an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis at the College ...

Collaborating for public health

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

A collaborative effort to create a Center for Public Health Informatics led by Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., associate professor of information systems at the College of ...

UNO colleges receive $2.4 million in funding for BattleSpace project

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

A project proposed and requested by three UNO colleges received a $2.4 million earmark last year, secured by Senator Ben Nelson in the Defense Appropriations ...

New faces, new places

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Strong research interests - along with a passion to impact and engage students - distinguish two new College of Information Science & Technology (IS&T) faculty ...

Sen. Nelson Secures Military Funding for UNO Program

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-08-18T00:00:00+01:00

Omaha - Researchers at the Institute for Collaboration Science (ICS) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) have been awarded a $2.4 million grant ...

Real teamwork in virtual world

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

Imagine you are part of a team conducting a project for a worldwide corporation, yet members of the team are dispersed around the globe. Communication ...

IS&T a model of innovation

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

Like the revolutionary idea that led to its inception more than 10 years ago, the College of Information Science and Technology continues to be recognized ...

UNO Students Develop Therapy System for Residents at Douglas County Health Center

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-04-30T00:00:00+01:00

Omaha - A stimulation therapy system for older adults living with various physical and mental disabilities, developed by graduate students at the University of Nebraska ...

UNO Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Integrate Bioinformatics into the Life Sciences

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-03-11T00:00:00+01:00

The National Science Foundation has awarded UNO researchers a two-year grant in the amount of $149,817 for a curriculum development project in bioinformatics.

Building From Scratch

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Officials at Avantas say that when they agreed to serve as a real-world client for the teams of students in the spring semester Applied Business ...

SWARMING like ANTS

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

From tiny creatures on the ground to tiny robots in space, the research being conducted by Computer Science Associate Professor Prithviraj (Raj) Dasgupta and his ...

GISC internship sharpens skills

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

College of Information Science & Technology students Jared Brower and Sheila Korth are among the interns who took part in research and analysis projects identifying ...

IS&T Minds and Muscles Flexed at Annual Brains and Brawn Competition

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2008-02-25T00:00:00+01:00

Many IS&T students competed last Friday in PKI's annual Brains and Brawn competition, which required both mind and muscle in contests such as a game-show ...

Doctored Up

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

Information Technology Ph.D. program attracts students from top universities in the world

UP interns put on fast track

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

Part of PKI Career Resource Center's intern program As a sophomore studying computer science and computer engineering at the Peter Kiewit Institute, Luke Christiansen was considering ...

WISE Women Draws College-bound Girls to PKI

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-11-05T00:00:00+01:00

Women can be wise at any age.

UNO Student Selected for NASA Internship

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-09-11T00:00:00+01:00

Omaha - NASA has selected UNO student Ross Bell for a prestigious undergraduate research internship focused on air traffic control. Bell is the first UNO ...

Gallup internship program bearing fruit

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-08-14T00:00:00+01:00

One month after the Gallup Organization opened its impressive riverfront university campus in Omaha, Chief Information Officer Philip Ruhlman got a visit from Dr. Gerald ...

Summer Smiles

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-08-14T00:00:00+01:00

Computer programming, Web design, learning Macromedia Flash MX and building LEGO robots all translated into fun this summer for the 80 middle school and high school ...

New degree offered in Information Assurance

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-08-12T00:00:00+01:00

A new undergraduate degree in information assurance continues to expand the opportunities available at the College of Information Science & Technology. Information assurance (IA) is an ...

Tech Help Wanted: Students Need Apply

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-07-01T00:00:00+01:00

Some of Omaha's largest employers say they have information technology jobs and internships available but not enough qualified people to fill them.

Going global

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-07-01T00:00:00+01:00

Trip to India an 'Unforgettable experience' for faculty, students

Future is now for UNO Institute for Collaboration Science

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-07-01T00:00:00+01:00

In his keynote address to the Interop business technology conference in May, Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers told the audience, "Group innovation and collaboration . ...

UNO/UNL Students and Faculty to Visit India over Spring Break

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-03-07T00:00:00+01:00

"India - Where culture echoes, traditions speak, beauty enthralls and diversity delights"

Building Bridges

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Matt Virus was 16 years old when his parents bought him a graphing calculator. After he hooked the calculator up ...

Serving time

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

When computer science major Andy Behne enrolled in a service-learning course to teach inmates at the Douglas County Corrections Center ...

Big dreams, microenterprises

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Eight north Omaha microenterprises benefited during the fall semester from a service-learning course taught by Professors Peter Wolcott and ...

IS&T Grad Encourages Other Latinos to Pursue IT Degrees

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2007-01-25T00:00:00+01:00

Elisa Varela says the degree she earned from the College of Information Science and Technology (IS&T) at the University of Nebraska's Peter Kiewit Institute has ...

Living his dream

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

The dream of a young boy in India to become an engineer and scholar has led Deepak Khazanchi to UNO's College of Information Science&Technology, where ...

Packing a Punch

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

When Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., assistant professor of information systems at the College of IS&T, initially envisioned the project, she ...

Sailing with Admiral Fruhling

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., has considerable experience as an instructor and in the corporate world, and she has applied ...

Dean's Door Still Open

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Dr. Hesham Ali, new dean of UNO's College of Information Science & Technology (IS&T), says he will continue to welcome ...

Student profile: Tony Valenti Imagining the possibilities

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Tony Valenti is the founder and chief architect of four technology companies, one of which ...

Journey to Freedom

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Farida Majid, academic advisor at UNO's College of Information Science&Technology (IS&T), knows that higher education can lead to more ...

Professor Peter Wolcott: Demanding Excellence

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Associate Professor Peter Wolcott teaches classes that are a very real reflection of his own personality.

Indian Institute Students Take in Global Focus at UNO Workshop

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

Describing it as an opportunity of a lifetime, 50 MBA students and 10 faculty members and administrators from the Indian ...

Fostering diversity with a handshake

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

Reaching out each year to shake the hands of hundreds of young students, including many women and ...

Bots are Hot

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

In his workshop at the Peter Kiewit Institute, computer science graduate Christopher Williams taps away at the keyboard of ...

Professor Victor Winter: In for the Long Haul

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

Back when Victor Winter was a college student playing piano in a rock band ...

Outthinking The Bad Guys Part of the Job at NUCIA

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Company A suspects Company B of hacking its computers and spying on its internal activities. Accordingly, Company A ...

Making connections for a 'Wireless Omaha'

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Imagine a free, secure, city-wide wireless infrastructure that would allow you to use your PDA to ...

IT doctoral program garners national attention

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-03-01T00:00:00+01:00

Halbana Tarmizi says he didn't want either/or. He wanted both.

Hand in Hand

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2006-02-01T00:00:00+01:00

Tu Nguyen faced a unique problem that required an innovative solution. His parents own the Saigon restaurant in west ...

'Scary Smart' Students Pass the Grade During Paper's Security Audit

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2005-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

When the Omaha World-Herald newspaper needed to audit the security of its wireless computer connection between two offices in western ...

IS&T interns excel at Omaha software firm

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2005-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

Seven years ago, when it was suggested that the principals at Baldwin Hackett & Meeks ...

Students of 'Attic' preserve historic event on Web

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2005-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

The Attic, a group of UNO College of Information Science & Technology students who ...

Journal collaboration opens international doors to students

Alumni College Of IS&T — 2005-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

Innovations in technology are changing lives around the globe. In Ecuador, Brazil and Peru, the ...

IS&T Students Learn While Serving Omaha Community