[7][8] Originally meant to provide a Christian-based education free from ecclesiastical control, the university served as a strong alternative to the city's many successful religiously-affiliated institutions.

[7] UNO currently offers more than 200 programs of study across 6 different colleges and has over 60 classroom, student, athletic, and research facilities spread across 3 campuses.

The ice hockey, basketball, and volleyball teams compete in Baxter Arena on the university's Center Campus.

Jacobs Hall was a gymnasium facing North 24th Street, built with $14,000 from the sale of land donated by Lillian Maul.

With new bleachers built to accommodate a crowd of one thousand, the Saratoga Field was home to OU's football team until 1951.

[20] The university became a public municipal institution in 1930, and it moved from the North Omaha campus to its present main location at 60th and Dodge Street in 1938.

The Eugene C. Eppley Administration Building, designed by John Latenser, Sr.,[20] at the university was named in recognition of the gifts.

[27] The UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) comprises 8 units and several subunits.

The programs are interdisciplinary and work with countless local, national, and international organizations to make a difference in communities in Nebraska and around the world.

In 2014 the college opened the Jack & Stephanie Koraleski Commerce and Applied Behavioral Laboratory (CAB LAB).

The H&K (Health and Kinesiology) building houses the Athletic Training Department as well as student fitness areas.

Scott Campus (formerly Pacific Campus) houses the primary facilities for the College of Business Administration and the College of Information Science and Technology, which includes the Peter Kiewit Institute, the Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering, and the Firefly supercomputer.

The College of Information Science and Technology houses the only National Security Agency (NSA) designated Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) in the State of Nebraska.

[30][31][32][33] Furthermore, College of Information Science and Technology has been designated as the NSA Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) since 2002 and renewed twice since then.

The exceptions were men's ice hockey, which already competed in Division I; and football and wrestling, both of which UNO dropped.

Men's sports at UNO include tennis, baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming and diving, golf, and ice hockey.

Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

The station's format is primarily classical music, although approximately 10% of its broadcast time is devoted to athletic and campus events.