by Mike Bell in News
The 11th annual Batchelder Biblical Archeology Conference was held at UNO's Thompson Alumni Center this year from Oct. 29 to 31. Scholars came to Omaha to present their research and findings in the study of ancient worlds to a crowd of about 100.
Richard Freund, director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, began the evening with a few words about the dig site at Bethsaida.
by Tom McCauley in News
Submissions for a 100-year time capsule will be collected at UNO over the next few months. Time capsule items will be put on display at the Criss Library in February 2010. They will eventually be stored in an interior wall of the atrium of Mammel Hall, which is now under construction on South Campus.
by Emily Johnson in News
Five years ago, Brian Steidle took a picture that changed his life forever.
He had traveled to a village in Darfur as an unarmed military observer to gather photographic evidence for the African Union and monitor the progress of the cease-fire between the Sudanese government and African rebel groups.