John Keenan

Retirement event celebrates Dr. Hinrichs

The UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology held a retirement celebration in May for Steven Hinrichs, MD, professor and former chair in the department. Dr. Hinrichs, lauded as a “doctor’s doctor” when he first announced plans to step down as department chair in 2021, is scheduled to retire in July. “Dr. Hinrichs’ leadership as department […]

May 12, 2023

Steven Hinrichs, MD

Events today, Monday mark AAPI Heritage Month

Poet and Omaha native Kimberly Nguyen will speak Monday; game event today.

May 12, 2023

Kimberly Nguyen

New medical faculty, June 2023

Five new faculty members joined the UNMC College of Medicine in April and May.

May 10, 2023

Precious Davis, EdD

Nursing faculty secure major research grants

Windy Alonso, PhD, and Michele Balas, PhD, were awarded research grants through the National Institute of Health in April.

May 9, 2023

Windy Alonso, PhD, earned a five-year, $3.85 million National Institute of Health grant for a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored project.

UNMC celebrates groundbreaking of Catalyst

Dr. Gold: Innovation hub in Midtown Omaha will ‘revolutionize the western edge’ of the UNMC Omaha campus.

May 9, 2023

From left, U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, University of Nebraska President Ted Carter and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, at the event

DEI office: The complexity of the ‘Hispanic/Latino’ label

It is crucial that in health care, we recognize that diversity exists among racial and ethnic groups.

May 4, 2023

COM research highlights, May 2023

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $10 million in new funding in March and April.

May 2, 2023

Xinglong Wang, PhD

Fellowship director of the month, May 2023

Sara May, MD, founded the allergy and immunology fellowship program at UNMC.

May 2, 2023

Sarah May, MD

Program director’s message: Blazing trails

Rachel Ray is the Munroe-Meyer Institute-University of Nebraska at Omaha College Trailblazers program director. It was a crisp October morning in 1998 when I first walked into the Munroe-Meyer Institute with my husband and son. As we waited for my son’s specialized genetics clinic appointment, a man leaving his own appointment paused by my son. […]

May 2, 2023

Rachel Ray

Dean’s message: Accomplishments and challenges

In the wake of a heartwarming commencement, college and university leaders look to the future.

May 1, 2023

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