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New faculty spotlight: Melissa Mathes, MD
Dr. Mathes is an assistant professor, in the UNMC Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and an obstetrics and gynecology physician at Nebraska Medicine.
Aug 31, 2021
![Melissa Mathes, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mathes083121.jpg)
MMI camp uses VR games to achieve therapy goals
The Munroe-Meyer Institute’s HABIT camp stresses bimanual therapy through play.
Aug 31, 2021
![A camper plays a virtual reality video game as a counselor looks on at the HABIT camp held this summer at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HABIT082621.jpg)
Nebraska’s directed health measure: What it means for us
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts issued an executive order and a Directed Health Measure to assist the state’s hospitals.
Aug 30, 2021
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Leaders to host a special COVID-19 family forum
Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, MD, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will speak on Wednesday, Sept. 1.
Aug 30, 2021
![From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and James Linder, MD, CEO of Nebraska Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GoldLinder081921.jpg)
Cancer center announces seed grant opportunity
Grant funds are from the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.
Aug 30, 2021
![Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Cowan07051.jpg)
Dr. Shillcutt receives Walling Yanney Professorship
Sasha Shillcutt, MD, is the second holder of the endowed professorship in anesthesiology.
Aug 30, 2021
![Sasha Shillcutt, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Shillcutt0121.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Daphne Ly, MD
Dr. Ly is an associate professor in the UNMC Division of Surgical Oncology and a surgical oncologist at Nebraska Medicine.
Aug 30, 2021
![Daphne Ly, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ly083021.jpg)
Dr. Nickel was at UNMC for more than three decades.
Aug 27, 2021
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Annual PEN retreat, Dunkin’ holds grand opening at ice rink today, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.
Aug 27, 2021
![Research award winners with Keshore Bidasee, PhD, (far left), chair of the neuroscience graduate program, and Howard Gendelman, MD (far right), chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PEN0827211.jpg)
UNMC study confirms COVID air transmission
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review.
Aug 27, 2021
![From left, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, John Lowe, PhD and St. Patrick Reid, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Aerosol082721.jpg)