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Forged and Ready: Steel Works Wraps First Cohort
When the Steel Works Health Accelerator launched, it was "only an idea on paper." Tyler Scherr, UNeMed’s Licensing Specialist and Business Development Manager, has now seen the program through to its conclusion. On June 10, the Steel Works Health Accelerator closes...
UNeTech Would Not Be UNeTech Without Our Healthcare Partners
The Economic Development Administration's Good Jobs Challenge offered another opportunity for Omaha's remarkable healthcare innovation ecosystem to come together. Working with UNeTech, the region's major healthcare employers assembled an unprecedented coalition in...
RespirAI Offers a Breath of Fresh Air for COPD Patients
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!
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...
Coming Soon in 2024
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...
Applications are now open for the 2024 Opportunity Corps program for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math
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?
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
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
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?
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...