Tom O'Connor

COM student of the month

Third-year medical student maintains work-life balance by making time for his wife, writing a blog, and playing with his three cats.

May 28, 2019

Max Lydiatt (left) provided nutrition information to an elementary school class as part of a community outreach project.

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May 28, 2019

Adam Sutton, MD

News briefs

UNMC infectious diseases specialist earns promotion in US Air Force to lieutenant colonel

May 28, 2019

Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD

Coming events

Groundbreaking for the Wigton Heritage Center is set for June 24.

May 28, 2019

Gov. Pete Ricketts will be on campus on July 22 for a news conference to announce UNMC's addiction fellowship.

Research highlights

College of Medicine researchers bring in 18 research grants and more than $2.4 million in new funding.

May 28, 2019

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, is studying the immune response of certain proteins in the lungs during the progression of tuberculosis.

Livestock owners urged to safely dispose of animal carcasses in flood aftermath

Decomposing carcasses can transmit disease to humans, other animals

May 23, 2019

For routine management of animal carcasses, the carcasses are usually composted in a windrow (shown in photo).

Tattoo artists enlisted in fight against sex trafficking

Free meeting will be held on May 23 to bring partners together

May 21, 2019

Popular Owl Ride event returns on Saturday, July 13

Nighttime bike ride assists adults with developmental disabilities

May 16, 2019

Marv Welstead, 98, has been a driving force in raising money in the Fremont area that will go toward Alzheimer's research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Welstead's wife, Jean, died in 2009 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer's.

Potential disease-modifying drug for osteoarthritis is identified

Breakthrough by UNMC/Children’s researchers is published in major scientific journal

May 15, 2019

Anna Spagnoli, M.D., and Tieshi Li, Ph.D., headed the research team that discovered a potential disease-modifying drug for osteoarthritis.