What is UNeTech, Socially?
I love working for a university. It is a privilege to work alongside explorers mapping the frontiers of human discovery and ingenuity. It is a joy to be part of a campus dedicated to the furtherance of human knowledge and understanding. I love being among colleagues...
The problem with “quiet quitting”
I have always been an over-achiever, an honor-roll student, a goal-setting-top-of-my-class kind of gal. I like to know what I am working towards so I can set small milestones towards achieving whatever that next step might be. My educational path was this way:...
If your experiment cannot be replicated outside the lab, is it a success?
Academic science is quietly facing a replicability crisis. Even less fun than it sounds, it is a crisis whereby academics are struggling to repeat the published results from other laboratories.A runner demonstrates how to use the Impower Treadmill in the Biomechanics...
MCC student interns earn free tuition while mastering virtual reality
With the cost of college rising every year, an internship that pays for both tuition and provides an hourly wage is ideal for a college student. For students at Metropolitan Community College (MCC), that is exactly the deal they can strike with an internship at the...
UNeTech focuses on community outreach in July
The UNeTech Institute spent time and energy focused on community-centered events in July, attending Heartland Pride, Startup Omaha Week, and the Maha Festival. Community Engagement Coordinator Jennifer Pool led the charge at all three events, creating the interactive...
Entrepreneurship is a collaborative process
Entrepreneurship is a collaborative process. I love that. It can fail for so many reasons: the invention doesn’t work, there isn’t adequate intellectual property protection, or no one is willing to buy it. Coming from a university brimming with technical experts, I’ve...
