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As AI supercharges cyberattacks, new UNO Cyber Matrix initiative aims to build up Nebraska’s security workforce
The new cyber range and physical classroom space is modeled off of real cybersecurity teams at Nebraska companies. With a custom chatbot as part of the curriculum, MATRIX looks to make students, interns and upskilling workers industry-ready and able to handle fast-changing security challenges.
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Upcoming events
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- Register for the NBDC Blueprint to Business business plan workshop, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5 at University of Nebraska at Omaha Mammel Hall.
- NBDC is hosting another Blueprint to Business business plan workshop, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5 at Turbine Flats in Lincoln.
- Check out the 2025 Lincoln Hour of Code Tech Fair on Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center in Lincoln.
- You’re invited to the Open Range Startup Holiday Social on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 4:30-8 p.m., at 30hop in Omaha.
- Attend Doing Business with the City of Omaha: Introduction to Procurement Basics & Opportunities at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, 5-7 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 11.
ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
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- SPN is launching a freelance program in 2026
- Meet Sara Myers, UNO vice chancellor and startup advisor, in the latest Prairie Portrait
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln moves up in global rankings for its entrepreneurship programming
- Social Assurance makes its first-ever acquisition — a civic tech company with deep Nebraska roots
- In 2025 report, UNeMed celebrates startups and new records with inventions and patents
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With tough times for farms, agtech adoption is no easy task. But at a new UNL conference in Gothenburg, startups and farmers see potential
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