John Keenan
New faculty spotlight: Zaid Al-Kadhimi, M.D.
New internal medicine faculty member also is a licensed pilot.
Apr 3, 2018
![Zaid Al-Kadhimi](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Al_Kadhimi0330.jpg)
UNMC staffer’s reading marks National Poetry Month
Adrian Koesters, Ph.D., will read from her work on Thursday.
Apr 3, 2018
![Adrian Koesters, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Koesters0329.jpg)
Activities begin today for Public Health Week
Photo contest, games, wellness walk and other activities mark this week.
Apr 2, 2018
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April Re-Imagining U courses set
Tuesday’s session will examine “Transcendence and Expansion: The Arts as Catalysts of Healing.”
Apr 2, 2018
![Mary Zicafoose](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Zicafoose0402.jpg)
Kari Simonsen, M.D., to lead Office of Faculty Affairs
New faculty affairs office will support faculty vitality and success.
Apr 2, 2018
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UNMC students can purchase UNO Wellness Center membership
Beginning today, monthly memberships can be purchased.
Apr 2, 2018
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Regional dialects in U.S. topic of Science Cafe
University of Nebraska at Omaha Professor Frank Bramlett, Ph.D., will be featured speaker on April 3.
Mar 30, 2018
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![On March 22, the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center was lit orange for Kidney Cancer Awareness Month.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Cancer_Center_Kidney_cancer2018.jpg)
Dr. Smith named chief academic officer for Nebraska Medicine
Carl Smith, M.D., will represent UNMC’s employed academic physician practice, as well as its research and education components.
Mar 30, 2018
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Time out with T.O. – Making a connection
Skywalk now connects the Truhlsen Eye Institute with the Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center.
Mar 29, 2018
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