Lisa Spellman UNMC public relations

Counting birds for conservation is topic of Science Cafe

UNO professors, L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Ph.D., and John P. McCarty, Ph.D., are featured speakers.

Dec 30, 2019

UNO professors, L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Ph.D., and John P. McCarty, Ph.D. (Photo by Joe Mixan)

UNMC simulation technology wows visitors from Japan

Health care executives tour the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center.

Nov 21, 2019

Masaki Hayashi, a member of the delegation of government officials, architects, business owners and health care executives from Japan, tries out the Z-Space 3D workbench during the group's visit to the iEXCEL Visualization Hub.

Industry-sponsored clinical research has $394 million impact

Report details importance of industry supported clinical research studies in Nebraska’s economy.

Oct 30, 2019

Mary Illig, breast cancer survivor and former clinical research study participant answers questions during a press conference to discuss the findings shown in the Research In Your Backyard report released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. The conference was held in the Linder Reading Room inside the Sorrell Center on the UNMC campus in Omaha on Tuesday.

Cannabis in Colorado is topic of Science Cafe

Matthew Garlinghouse, Ph.D., is the featured speaker on Nov. 5.

Oct 23, 2019

Matthew Garlinghouse, Ph.D.

iEXCEL is topic of Omaha Science Cafe on Oct. 15

Christine Allmon and Michael Hollins are featured speakers at the event.

Oct 7, 2019

From left, Christine Allmon and Michael Hollins

UNMC, Theranova team to study bone health in women

The study, funded by a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant, will evaluate effectiveness of the Spry Belt in preventing bone loss in post-menopausal women.

Aug 19, 2019

From left, Nancy Waltman, Ph.D., and Laura Bilek, Ph.D.

Science Cafe explores possibility of HIV cure

Howard Gendelman, M.D., is featured speaker at Aug. 13 event.

Aug 9, 2019

Howard Gendelman, M.D.
Howard Gendelman, M.D.

UNMC’s Step-Up Omaha! participants graduate

Eleven area youths interned at UNMC and one youth interned at UNO.

Aug 5, 2019

Students who took part in the Step-Up Omaha! graduation ceremony are joined by Willie Barney (left), CEO of the Empowerment Network, Aileen Warren (second from left), assistant vice chancellor for human resources, and Evelyn Grixby (right), coordinator of the UNMC Step-Up program.

Space crystal experiment launches Sunday

Gloria Borgstahl, Ph.D., and her team’s optimized crystallization experiments are bound for the International Space Station.

Jul 19, 2019

Alexander Gerst, Ph.D., aboard the International Space Station with packages of Perfect Crystals