Kelsey Kirk UNMC strategic communications

Legislative candidate Gilbert Ayala visits UNMC

Ayala heard an overview of the iEXCEL program and toured the Davis Global Center.

Aug 15, 2024

Gilbert Ayala

MMI’s bocce ball team ends season with success

MMI’s bocce ball team competed in Special Olympics Nebraska’s annual bocce ball tournament.

Aug 7, 2024

Rachel Mulligan throws a bocce ball during competition.

Volunteers keep camp rolling during summer

Volunteers, along with MMI staff, help to make Camp Munroe a success during the summer months.

Aug 7, 2024

A camper gets help from a buddy to touch a snake during a visit from Wildlife Encounters.

MMI Voices: Thrilled to keep telling your stories

I was already familiar with MMI from my newspaper days. Now, here I am. I’m lucky to still be writing about the inspiring people who call MMI home and their impactful work.

Aug 7, 2024

Kelsey Kirk

Nebraska AHEC Scholars Program graduates 58 students

The two-year program prepares health professions students to serve in rural and urban underserved areas of the state.

Aug 6, 2024

UNMC

3D map of Omaha is latest community art on display at MMI

The miniature paintings — done on small wooden tiles — are part of a collaborative art project between the Munroe-Meyer Institute and Autism Action Partnership.

Jul 26, 2024

Mini wooden tiles, decorated by community members, make up the latest public art project at the Munroe-Meyer Institute. Can you spot these items: Spiderman, smiley faces, palm tree, cat, heart and flower?

Call of the wild captivates Camp Munroe

Wildlife Encounters visits MMI’s summer camp for children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Jul 18, 2024

Wildlife Encounters visited the Munroe-Meyer Institute and brought animals to entertain Camp Munroe attendees on July 11.

UNMC hosts National Guard members for tour

Visitors from the National Guard Bureau and the Nebraska National Guard saw UNMC’s medical simulation and health security capabilities.

Jul 10, 2024

Moriah McCune, community engagement coordinator, iEXCEL, explains the iEXCEL simulation program to visiting members of the National Guard Bureau and the Nebraska National Guard.

Connie O’Neil remembered for kindness, belief in MMI programming

Connie O’Neil, who died in May at the age of 83, was the driving donor behind the aquatic center at MMI, one of the most popular parts of the new building.

Jul 8, 2024

Connie O'Neil

Camp gives ‘day in the life’ look at MMI’s program areas

The camp, in its fourth year, is a way to expose students to different professions in the health and science fields.

Jul 1, 2024

This year's group of students in the Career Exploration Camp pose for a photo at MMI.