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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Library exhibit showcases Wolfensberger Collection

Three books from the collection of Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, highlight poetry, prose and stories of neurodiversity.

May 9, 2023

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

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