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May 23, 2012 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln The idea for Vestn — a "tool for providing portable value in education, personal development, and personal marketing" — started with co-founder Conner Dana's search for some help with a college class project. As a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in early 2011, he figured he could find a fellow student to do some graphic design by asking friends and networking across campus. He was surprised that it took him three weeks to connect with someone who lived right down the hall. By last summer … read more
May 14, 2012 by Kate Ellingson
Lincoln This spring, Croplife awarded the Aphid Speed Scout app the “Top Best Mobile App for Agriculture,” and the winners couldn’t be happier. “It’s an honor, it was really exciting when that came through and it was picked for number one,” said Wayne Ohnesorg, Extension Educator in Madison County at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. Ohnesorg came up with the idea for the app, and team members Mark Hendricks and Ruchi Agrawal developed it. The team says the free app will … read more
April 24, 2012 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln On Friday, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Raikes School held its annual Design Studio showcase, where juniors and seniors presented the yearlong projects they completed in partnership with real clients. Here’s a bit about each of this year's projects, and a sampling of what the students have learned since August: Nelnet | Junior Alec Johnson, a computer science major from Peoria, Ill., did mostly back-end development on Nelnet's customizable … read more
April 17, 2012 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln Gary Kebbel sees the future of journalism – and the world – in mobile. “Cell phones and mobile devices are the one, only supreme way to bridge every digital divide I can think of,” said Kebbel (left), the Dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications and the current driving force behind its new Mobile Media Center (he is recruiting an associate dean to take over the center this fall). “If you want to reach everybody and reach everybody with the same message, you’ve got to do it on mobile devices. Some would argue you can do it on TV also, but who’s watching?” … read more
April 11, 2012 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism practice professor Matt Waite will serve as a speaker and mentor at Hack Omaha this weekend. The path that brought him there includes ventures as varied as a book on wetlands preservation, a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and work on the cutting edge of drone journalism. But it's a path that's perhaps best appreciated chronologically. A native of Blair, Neb., Waite entered the university where he now … read more
March 19, 2012 by Kate Ellingson
Lincoln Earlier this month, we reported on Red Brain Inc., the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spinout company that recently introduced its first product, CrimeView NEARme. Last week, we sat down with Ian Cottingham, Red Brain’s president and co-founder, Kevin Farrell, Red Brain’s vice president and co-founder, and Alan Tomkins (left), the director of the University of Nebraska's Public Policy Center, to take a closer look at the startup. Silicon Prairie News: How did Red Brain get started? … read more
March 8, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln With a smorgasbord of apps to assist would-be diners in locating somewhere in the neighborhood to break bread, why aren't there similar applications to aid police officers in finding and deterring bad? Back when Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady was the chief of the Lincoln Police Department, he began to ponder that problem. Now, thanks to technology developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a solution will soon be made available to police … read more
February 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Nebraska Code Camp is returning for its second year on March 10. The event will be held at Avery Hall on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Last year, the free, community-driven developer conference featured 25 sessions and drew an attendance of more than … read more
February 16, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln The team's name was, admittedly, half-baked. But its work was worth half of $100K. Five juniors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management won $58,000 — $50,000 for the national grand prize, plus smaller school and regional prizes — Wednesday night for their entry in the TradeKing $100K API Campus Challenge. Sponsored by online stock and … read more
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