Erin Torell McGoogan Health Sciences Library
UNMC history: UNMC’s Health Science Meet
For more than 25 years, eighth-grade students from across Nebraska competed to participate in UNMC’s annual Health Science Meet.
May 13, 2024
![Visiting eighth-grade students participate in the 2006 UNMC Health Science Meet.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HSM2006c.jpg)
UNMC history: The dynamic and generous Dr. Gifford
Harold Gifford Sr., MD, left a mark on ophthalmology and the Omaha community.
Jan 17, 2024
![Harold Gifford Sr., MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HaroldGiffordSr122923.jpg)
UNMC history: Three times a centennial
The College of Medicine has marked three different significant centennials – in 1969, 1980 and 2002.
Nov 20, 2023
![In 1969, college of medicine organizers recognized a centennial to mark 100 years since the beginning of medical education in Omaha. Included in the centennial events was a symposium to discuss the future of medicine that featured George Beadle, at left, PhD, a Wahoo, Nebraska, native who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Centennial1112023-900x600.jpg)
UNMC history: Family medicine pioneers
Early faculty appointments and programs led the way in family practice and rural medicine.
Oct 10, 2023
![Fay Smith, MD, Francis Land, MD, and Margaret Faithe, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FamilyMedicinePioneers101023.jpg)
UNMC history: Live-saving care by air
Today’s helicopter medical transport traces its UNMC beginnings back to 1981.
Sep 13, 2023
![UNMC joined SkyMed in 1981. It was based at the campus, with a helipad at 44th and Dewey Streets, by January 1982.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SkyMed1091323-900x600.jpg)
UNMC history: Revolutionary pain management care
In 1973, F. Miles Skultety, MD, founded the Nebraska Pain Management Center to treat patients with chronic pain.
Aug 3, 2023
![F. Miles Skultety, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Skultety080323.jpg)
UNMC history: MMI’s garden walk
The garden walk, organized by the Munroe-Meyer Guild, started in 1967 and continues this Sunday.
Jun 8, 2023
![In 2019, the Munroe-Meyer Guild's annual garden walk included the Leonardo Garden in Omaha's Fountain Hills subdivision.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GardenWalk2019060823-900x600.jpg)
Library exhibit showcases Wolfensberger Collection
Three books from the collection of Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, highlight poetry, prose and stories of neurodiversity.
May 9, 2023
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WolfensbergerExhibit050923-900x600.jpg)
UNMC history: Nursing college rises to meet health care needs
Nursing leadership in the 1970s enacted a program for RNs to pursue their Bachelor of Science in nursing.
May 4, 2023
![Rena Boyle, PhD, then dean of the UNMC College of Nursing, and Jane Carney, associate dean](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BoyleCarney050323.jpg)
UNMC history: Researching the potential of curare
Curare is an alkaloid plant extract known for being used in poison arrows in Central and South America.
Apr 4, 2023
![A. Ross McIntyre, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/McIntyre040423-900x600.jpg)