Kalani Simpson UNMC strategic communications

Cultural humility series explores ‘the robes we wear’

Event explored how culture intertwines with identity, including social identity.

Mar 15, 2021

Sheritta Strong, MD

Genomics, bioinformatics cores aid UNMC researchers

Analyses provided by cores paying off in discoveries documented by major papers.

Mar 2, 2021

From left, James Eudy, PhD, and research technologist Greg Kubik

COVID-19 incidences ‘dramatically down’ on UNMC campuses

But leaders caution that there is more work to do.

Mar 1, 2021

UNMC, UNO partner with medical humanities course

UNMC students guest-taught at UNO ‘Writing About Sickness and Health’ class.

Feb 26, 2021

From left, Laura Flores and Justin Grassmeyer, PhD

Popular Dissertation Boot Camp goes virtual

Camp is a biannual four-day retreat to help PhD candidates overcome writing obstacles.

Feb 25, 2021

Students in the virtual Dissertation Boot Camp

UNMC working to get all grad students vaccinated

About half of graduate students who want the COVID-19 vaccine have received their first dose.

Feb 25, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD, is UNMC’s 15th Scientist Laureate

Ceremony honoring Dr. Rizzo and other research award winners will be held virtually at 4:30 p.m. today — click story for link to ceremony.

Feb 23, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD, Frances & Edgar Reynolds Chair and professor of neurological sciences, displays the award he will receive today as UNMC's 14th Scientist Laureate.

Chancellor tours GCHS Clinical Research Unit

Unit provide infrastructure that increases the med center’s capability to undertake national research projects.

Feb 22, 2021

From left, Christopher Kratochvil, MD, executive director of clinical research for the Global Center for Health Security; Maj. Tiffany Welsh, C-STARS deputy director; UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; and Matthew Lunning, DO, medical director of the Clinical Research Center, cut the ribbon on the center during a ceremony on Feb. 18.

UNMC uses new technology to discover SARS-CoV-2 mutations in state

Exclusive tech enables Nebraska Public Health Lab to more precisely track COVID-19.

Feb 18, 2021

Peter Iwen, PhD, director of the Nebraska Public Health Lab, left, and Baha Abdalhamid, MD, PhD, UNMC assistant professor of pathology and microbiology, with the Clear Labs GridION nanopore sequencer

NIH director to appear on ‘Rural Health Matters’

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, will join Chancellor Gold on Monday’s program.

Feb 5, 2021

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health