John Keenan
Chancellor’s message: Welcome students!
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, welcomes UNMC students to campus and to today’s We Are UNMC BBQ.
Aug 23, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BBQ22082323-900x600.jpg)
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Roofing work will result in partial lane blockage today
44th Street north of Dewey Avenue will be affected.
Aug 23, 2023
![UNMC emblem](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UNMC_EmblemGrey-900x600.jpg)
All-campus BBQ moves indoors for Wednesday
UNMC’s annual #WeAreUNMC BBQ this week will be held in the Center For Healthy Living gym.
Aug 22, 2023
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Regents accept design review of UNK-UNMC Rural Health Education Building
Chancellor: Regents’ action on Thursday was a ‘crucial next step’ for the project.
Aug 18, 2023
![A rendering of the Rural Health Education Building](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RuralHealth1021022-900x600.jpg)
New dental plan administrator approved
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska was selected following competitive bidding process.
Aug 18, 2023
![Varner Hall](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/VarnerHall113022.jpg)
Nebraska Medicine launches high-tech effort to provide precision care
Partnership with genomics company Helix will help find health issues individually and statewide.
Aug 17, 2023
![Nebraska Medicine joins other health systems nationwide to launch the Genetic Insights Project in partnership Helix, a nationally renowned organization that leads population health and genomics.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Helix081723-900x600.jpg)
UPDATED: Water main break closes Clarkson Doctors Building South
Clarkson Doctors Building South will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 8. All other areas at Nebraska Medical Center are operational.
Aug 7, 2023
![Clarkson Doctors Building South](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/South102822.jpg)
Dr. Are named first CEO of global cancer forum
Chandra Are, MD, MBBS, helped create the Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons in 2017.
Aug 3, 2023
![Chandra Are, MBBS](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Chandra_Are_1771.jpg)
Goal: Path to new treatments for vision-destroying disease
Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD, received a National Institutes of Health grant to explore innate immune responses to acute retinal necrosis.
Aug 2, 2023
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