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June 21, 2020

RespirAI Offers a Breath of Fresh Air for COPD Patients

by Joe Runge | April 24, 2024 | Featured | 0 Comments

The leading cause of death worldwide, according to the WHO, is ischemic heart disease. Number 2 is stroke. The third is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Trends in urbanization, air pollution and tobacco use lead to a 14% increase in COPD deaths from 2010...

Even if You Arrive Late, You Still Attend the Party!

by Joe Runge | April 15, 2024 | Featured, UNePlan | 0 Comments

UNePlan shouldn’t even exist. Built on a short timeframe by a team of university developers, the system is a bespoke strategic planning platform built by a university. The web-based, cloud functioning system tracked the entire strategic plan of an organization with...

Microwash CEO Scores Big by Playing it Cool

by Joe Runge | April 9, 2024 | Featured, Microwash | 0 Comments

I liked James Young before he was cool. It is such a rare privilege to see something succeed so enormously from its most nescient beginning. James had applied for a job at UNeTech. Although he wasn’t the right fit I kept him in mind. I knew we’d need people to lead...

Coming Soon in 2024

by Joe Runge | March 20, 2024 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Watch this space: there is going to be a string of good news coming for the UNeTech Institute. I am sure anyone diligent enough to follow the link back to this post already knows some of it but I’m quite confident very few people know all of it.In 2024, I mean for...

Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM Announces 2024 Fellows

by Stephanie Kidd | February 21, 2024 | Featured, Opportunity Corps | 0 Comments

UNeTech Institute is pleased to announce the fellows accepted into the third year of Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM, our program to teach community members about entrepreneurship using both the National Science Foundation's I-Corps-inspired curriculum and...

Applications are now open for the 2024 Opportunity Corps program for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math

by Stephanie Kidd | January 18, 2024 | Opportunity Corps, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Applications are now open for the 2024 Opportunity Corps program for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math UNMC’s UNeTech Institute and Nebraska Tech Collaborative, powered by Aksarben are accepting applications for Opportunity Corps: Women in...

What is UNeTech, Creatively?

by Joe Runge | December 5, 2023 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Noah Wester makes stuff. That’s his job. He is a 3D Modeling Technician at UNeTech and, in that capacity, he designs medical devices, laboratory parts, and other objects associated with healthcare innovation. He has deep and impressive experience in 3d printing,...

Overcoming Barriers: Navigating Startup Funding with Resourcefulness and Resilience

by Stephanie Kidd | June 28, 2023 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

The journey of turning a groundbreaking idea into a successful startup is exhilarating, yet it often presents a formidable challenge: securing funding. For years, the conventional path to funding has followed a set series of stages, from pre-seed to IPO. However, this...

My European Adventure: The Importance of Slowing Down

by Ambrea Schreck | May 30, 2023 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

I kicked off the year 2023 on a last-minute trip to Europe with my older sister. Before leaving, I remember scrambling to finish my design projects to close out another semester. Fast-approaching deadlines on multiple large projects had me feeling anxious,...

What Is a Startup Valuation?

by Brandeis Jensen | April 14, 2023 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

With all the talk we’ve had about IPOs, that inevitably leads to the question of how these companies can deem themselves valuable, particularly down to an exact numerical amount. That being said, it’s hard not to wonder how IPO valuations aren’t just a shot in the...