Eppley's death, the Eppley Foundation donated another $50,000 to recruit distinguished professors. The Eugene C. Eppley Administration Building, designed by John Latenser, Sr., was named in recognition of the gifts. In 1952, the national Silver Wings student organization was founded at the university. In 1976, the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library replaced the Eppley Library.
The university was integrated into the University of Nebraska system in 1968.
== Academics ==
UNO is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". UNO is the home of the Peter Kiewit Institute a $70 million computer science facility and engineering facility. PKI houses UNO's College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Engineering and Technology, and the Holland Computing Center, which houses the Firefly supercomputer. The College of Information Science and Technology offers undergraduate/graduate degrees in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Bioinformatics …
