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UNL’s Raikes School looks toward “design thinking” in its third iteration
Last year, the director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management told us that, over the past decade, the focus of many Raikes students has shifted from landing a job with a West Coast tech giant to staying in the Midwest and working for local startups. …
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Raikes School, Hudl welcome Bus Tour to talk power of Open Internet
Heads turned and necks craned Friday afternoon as the blue and red bus and souped-up hot rod rumbled through the streets of Lincoln and onto the campus of the University of Nebraska. In a purely superficial sense, the Internet 2012 Bus Tour had achieved one of its primary objectives — getting people to take notice…
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Raikes School-born Vestn aims to add ‘portable value’ to education
The idea for Vestn — a “tool for providing portable value in education, personal development, and personal marketing” — started with co-founder Conner Dana’s search for some help with a college class project. As a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in early 2011, he figured he could find a fellow student to do some…
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Raikes School team rakes in $58K for top entry TradeKing API contest
The team’s name was, admittedly, half-baked. But its work was worth half of $100K. Five juniors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management won $58,000 — $50,000 for the national grand prize, plus smaller school and regional prizes — Wednesday night for their entry in the TradeKing $100K…
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Amidst change, Raikes School strives to foster interdisciplinary innovation
Educating people to enter the technology field is tough, given its notorious fast pace and constant changes. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, faculty, alumni and industry advisors and volunteers use a constantly evolving approach to make sure graduates are ready. …