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  • Forging a path at the intersection of emerging technology and media

    Forging a path at the intersection of emerging technology and media

    It’s impossible to predict where technology will go in the future. But it is possible to train students to think critically about emerging technologies and how to leverage them in an innovative and ethical way. That’s exactly what the first graduates of UNL’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts intend to do.

  • The Youth Entrepreneurship Clinic at UNL builds founder and STEAM skills in high school students

    The Youth Entrepreneurship Clinic at UNL builds founder and STEAM skills in high school students

    Increasing attention is being paid to identifying and nurturing entrepreneurial talent at the high school level. The Youth Entrepreneurship Clinics (YEC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one such initiative designed to equip high school students with an entrepreneurial mindset and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) skills. “What’s most important is that we…

  • Ann[a] brings together a diverse team to spark an innovation on campus

    Ann[a] brings together a diverse team to spark an innovation on campus

    This week, we are examining how entrepreneurial ideas come out of universities with the help of Kwakiutl Dreher, screenwriter for Ann[a] and Associate Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL); William G. Thomas III, co-producer and lead scholar for Ann[a] and Professor of History at UNL; and Michael Burton, co-producer…

  • Hudl gifts $500K to UNL Raikes School for annual scholarships

    Hudl gifts $500K to UNL Raikes School for annual scholarships

    LINCOLN—Hudl continues to invest in its backyard. After recently opening its new Omaha office—to pair with its Lincoln headquarters—the sports video company has gifted $500,000 to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.

  • Small Business Innovation Research grants seminar at UNL July 31

    A USDA official will be in Lincoln July 31 for a seminar on Small Business Innovation Research federal grants. The event is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus Union. USDA program leader Mary Ann Rozum will talk about projects the USDA wants to support and the rules and…

  • For ISoft founder, part-time salvage yard job leads to thriving tech startup

    While studying electrical engineering at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Matthew Wegener had a part time job at a salvage yard where he worked on cars and poured concrete. During his time there, Wegener realized the salvage yard needed an inventory management system. He made a proposal to build the system for them on evenings and…

  • Nebraska Global, Hudl leaders talk business-building at YPG event

    Young entrepreneurs, students and professionals from the Lincoln business community were all ears when the Entrepreneurship Committee from Lincoln’s Young Professionals Group put on its latest event at the Raikes School on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. John Wirtz, COO of Hudl, interviewed Steve Kiene, managing director of Nebraska Global, and Kiene talked…

  • Two UNL professors awarded NASA grants

    When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. Who am I kidding? I still want to be an astronaut. I am, however, realistic enough to know that my dream will never come to fruition (unless, of course, Virgin Galactic drastically reduces their rates). Enviably, two University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) professors will get…

  • Evan Williams video from UNL

    As we reported, Evan Williams of Twitter was at UNL’s Raikes School last Friday afternoon.  It was interesting to hear directly from Evan on his vision, history and outlook into Twitter’s future.  Enjoy and stay tuned for more stories we’re going to cut of some of the outstanding students enrolled at the school.

  • Webcast: founder of Twitter at UNL tomorrow

    Nebraska native Evan Williams will return to his home state tomorrow to participate in a series of events at his alma mater, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Unfortunately, these events are not open to the public, but two of them will be webcasted. Evan Williams, the founder and chief executive of Twitter, will be at the University…