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Upward Bound Summer Academy Registration Now Open
AIM Institute is now accepting registrations for the 2019 Upward Bound Summer Academy, an immersive summer experience for all AIM Upward Bound students who want to explore careers and college in a fun way. The Summer Academy runs from June 10 to July 19 and is free...
read moreInterface Web School graduate Alyssa Wilson wants more people to know tech is cool
“I feel like Interface lit the fire in me to be more aggressive with accomplishing what I want in my life,” says Alyssa Wilson, a graduate of the Interface Web School. After a career in visual publications and graphic design, Alyssa now works as a software development...
read moreLaid Off & Launching It event helps displaced workers who are considering a career change
AIM Institute, Frannet of the Heartland, and growmedia.com team to host "Laid Off & Launching It" Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Free event helps displaced workers who are considering the launch of a new technical career OR starting a business. Omaha, Neb. (April 8, 2019)...
read moreStudents and Industry Work Together at MCC’s Center for Advanced and Emerging Technology
If you hate sitting in a chair eight hours a day learning, you’ll love the Center for Advanced and Emerging Technology at Metropolitan Community College. That’s a message Dr. Thomas Pensabene uses to entice potential students to check out MCC’s advanced prototype...
read moreFormer Husker and NFL Pro Tony Veland Scores Touchdowns for Tech
Not everyone can be an athlete, but everyone can learn. That’s the advice one-time Nebraska Husker Tony Veland has. Veland, Director of Community Engagement for AIM Institute, played for the University of Nebraska from 1991 to 1995, first as a quarterback, then as a...
read moreDigital Citizenship in a Flood
The worst flood in recent memory hit Nebraska last month, causing over $1.3 billion in damages and forcing at least 4,000 people to evacuate their homes. Although traditional news outlets reported on the devastating event, social media coverage quickly outpaced...
read moreWomen in Tech: Noni Williams
Whenever someone would ask Noni Williams what she wanted to do with her interest in math and technology, she would start to answer honestly. She wanted to be the problem solver she saw herself as when she was the little girl at the front of the classroom, scratching...
read moreSpring Break! AIM Accompanies Upward Bound Students on a Five College Campus Tour through Oklahoma, Texas
Recently, AIM Institute accompanied 28 Upward Bound students from Bryan and Papillion-La Vista high schools on a spring break college campus tour through Oklahoma and Texas. The trip capped eight months of planning and a school year’s worth of TRiO-Upward Bound...
read moreAIM Institute Brings Ozobots to Abraham Lincoln
On Thursday, March 14, the AIM Brain Exchange participated in a tech-themed lunch & learn for students at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs. AIM’s Brain Exchange team brought pizza, soda, colored markers, easel paper and Ozobots—tiny, bubble-shaped...
read moreMake Believe Studio’s Keith Rodger on AI, Education, and Technology in Music
From the earliest flutes carved out of bird bone and mammoth tusks 43,000 years ago to the AI composers of today, music has always exploited the latest technology. Keith Rodger thinks about it constantly. As recording engineer at Omaha’s Make Believe Studios—as well...
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