Senator Vargas, Hoping For A Second Term
OMAHA -Senator Tony Vargas’ main focus is helping the working class, those living on the poverty line, education and health care.
Road to Omaha – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Omaha, NE – On today’s episode of “Road to Omaha,” KVNO’s Brandon McDermott spoke with Oral Roberts head coach Ryan Folmar.
Amplify Arts’ Alternate Currents and ‘Hostile Terrain 94 Nebraska’
Amplify Arts currently has an exhibition open as well as new content available on their website. Alternate Currents is a blog, conversation series, and artist working group.
UNMC Included in Prestigious Research Grant
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – A consortium of seven prestigious medical research universities, including the University of Nebraska Medical Center, are about to embark a federally funded research study to map the heart’s nervous system. KVNO’s Brandon McDermott has more in this report.
Read MoreFriday Faculty Focus: Tammie Kennedy
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – On this week’s version of Friday Faculty Focus, KVNO”s Brandon McDermott speaks with Dr. Tammie Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy is associate professor in the English Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is also an editor of UNO’s Women’s Archive Project.
Read MoreFriday Faculty Focus: Patti Meglich
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – On this week’s episode of Friday Faculty Focus, KVNO’s Brandon McDermott talks to UNO’s Dr. Patti Meglich. Meglich has more than 20 years’ experience in human resources.
Read MoreProgram helps satisfy Nebraska’s growing wind energy workforce demand
By Ben Bohall
In 1998, there were only four wind turbines in the entire state. Now, there are more than 700. But as Nebraska’s wind farms continue to expand, finding trained people to work them has been a challenge. A unique education program is trying to change that.
Read MoreFriday Faculty Focus: Phillip Smith
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – On this week’s episode of Friday Faculty Focus, KNVO’s Brandon McDermott talks to the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Dr. Phillip Smith. Smith is Emeritus professor, College of Public health at UNMC.
Read MoreFriday Faculty Focus: Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
By Brandon McDermott
Omaha, NE – On this week’s edition of Friday Faculty Focus, KVNO’s Brandon McDermott talks to University of Nebraska at Omaha professor Dr. Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo. They discuss a possible shortage of English as a Second Language teachers in Nebraska as well as English language learners and how to ready teacher of these students.
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