Campus News | The 91ֱ��

The Silver & Blue magazine offers alumni, students and friends of the 91ֱ�� an exciting snapshot of the institution and its impactful work on campus and beyond.

_{October 26, 2023}

Rocket Man Lionel Dutreix Graces the Cover of the Fall 2023 Issue of Silver & Blue

The fall 2023 issue of Silver & Blue is headed to your mailbox and is available around campus. Read more

The 91ֱ�� is celebrating homecoming week, Nov. 6-11, with a slate of activities.

_{October 24, 2023}

Ahoy, Privateers! It’s Almost Homecoming Week

In a tradition that celebrates school pride, the 91ֱ�� is gearing up for Homecoming Week 2023, which starts Nov. 6. Read more

Theatre UNO’s fall production of “Blood at the Root” opens Nov. 10 at the Robert E. Nims Theatre located on campus.

_{October 24, 2023}

Theatre UNO Presents: ‘Blood at the Root’

Theatre UNO presents “Blood at the Root” by Dominique Morisseau, a 90-minute play originally produced in 2014. Read more

A partnership with Waffle House has helped UNO’s Career Services create a scholarship fund for first-generation college students.

_{October 23, 2023}

Career Services Awards Scholarship

91ֱ�� art student Jarred Shields was awarded a scholarship from Career Services in partnership with Waffle House. Read more

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin earned two degrees from the 91ֱ��.

_{October 19, 2023}

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin To Serve as Fall 2023 Commencement Speaker

Acclaimed novelist and 91ֱ�� alumnus Maurice Carlos Ruffin will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s fall 2023 commencement ceremony. Read more

91ֱ�� graduate student Amanda Kirkland has been named a 2024 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow.

_{October 18, 2023}

UNO Graduate Student Earns Knauss Fellowship

91ֱ�� graduate student Amanda Kirkland is one of 85 students in the nation named to the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. Read more

UNO math professor Peter Bierhorst has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to further his research in quantum entanglement, a physics phenomenon whereby two microscopic particles such as photons or electrons, can appear to act in concert instantaneously even when tested miles apart. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images.)

_{October 16, 2023}

91ֱ�� Mathematician Awarded $800K Grant from National Science Foundation

91ֱ�� math professor Peter Bierhorst has received an $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further his research in quantum entanglement. Read more

Veteran educator and education professor Pat Austin is releasing her memoir, “Tales of a Teaching Life,” a book in verse about teaching.

_{October 12, 2023}

Professor Emerita Pat Austin Celebrates the Release of Her New Book of Poetry

Pat Austin, 91ֱ�� professor emerita and decades-long curator of the UNO Children’s and Young Adult Library, is celebrating the release of her memoir about teaching, “Tales of a Teaching Life.” Read more

DeShawn Jones, Kennedy St. Charles and Tracy West are UNO graduates who have been selected as LCMC Health Minority Administrative Fellows.

_{October 12, 2023}

Inaugural Class of LCMC Health Minority Administrative Fellows Features Three UNO Graduates

Three of the four LCMC Health Minority Administrative Fellows who make up the inaugural class are graduates of the 91ֱ��. Read more