Kalani Simpson UNMC strategic communications
‘New’ graduate studies leadership offers counsel
With the first semester of the 2022-23 academic year complete, the “new” graduate studies leadership is no longer so new. But following the longtime leadership of recently retired Pam Carmines, PhD, graduate students and even faculty may still wonder who to turn to regarding various issues. To that end, Kendra Schmid, PhD, executive associate dean for […]
Feb 27, 2023
![Kendra Schmid, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/KendraSchmid3013122.jpg)
Writing boot camps expanded to master’s students
Workshops now work toward dissertations and theses
Feb 27, 2023
![Sarah Truong is congratulated by Karen Gould, PhD, and Dele Davies, MD, upon completion of the thesis boot camp.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Sarah-Truong-Thesis-Bootcamp.jpg)
Convocation: Have the courage to say ‘yes’
Jane Meza, PhD, urged degree candidates to be flexible in their dreams
Feb 27, 2023
![Dele Davies, MD, right, thanked UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, for his address at the 2022 Winter Honors Convocation.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_8594-900x600.jpg)
UNMC researchers make key discovery in chemo resistance
The lab of Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD, published findings common to pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancers.
Feb 23, 2023
![Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD, Sanchita Rauth, PhD, and Surinder Batra, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PonnusamyRauthBatra.jpg)
Allied health remains at the cutting edge of distance learning
The College of Allied Health Professions traces to the beginnings telehealth and is pushing the boundaries today.
Feb 6, 2023
![Technology allows physician assistant students to take part in lessons that are taught synchronously across UNMC campuses in Omaha and Kearney.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PAStudents020723-900x600.jpg)
College of Nursing study aims to reduce nursing ‘bottleneck’
Students are coached on stress reduction and develop individualized study plans.
Feb 6, 2023
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NorfolkNursing020623-900x600.jpeg)
New faculty spotlight: Greg Zumach, PharmD
Greg Zumach, PharmD, is a clinical assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.
Jan 17, 2023
![Greg Zumach, PharmD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GregoryZumach011823-900x600.jpg)
Remembering Tom Rosenquist, PhD, UNMC’s first vice chancellor for research
Dr. Rosenquist led the med center to astounding growth in research.
Jan 11, 2023
![Tom Rosenquist, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TomRosenquist011223-900x600.jpg)
Remembering Reba Benschoter, PhD, telemedicine vanguard
Dr. Benschoter pioneered what is credited as the nation’s first two-way closed-circuit telemedicine system.
Jan 9, 2023
![Reba Benschoter, PhD, in the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute Studio, circa 1967](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Benschoter1010923-900x600.jpg)
Alumnus makes ‘truly transformational’ $20 million gift to UNMC College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy dean says $20 million gift will change the college’s trajectory.
Dec 21, 2022
![Joe and Millie Williams](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/JoeWilliams122122.jpg)