Tom O'Connor
UNMC/UNK land $2.5 million grant aimed at reducing childhood obesity
Between 4 and 8 rural Nebraska communities will be selected as pilot test locations
Apr 17, 2019
![The $2.5 million grant was awarded to Jennie Hill, Ph.D. (left), associate professor in the UNMC College of Public Health, and Kate Heelan, Ph.D., professor and director of the UNK Physical Activity and Wellness Lab.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Hill_and_Heelan_pp.jpg)
Increased grain bin hazards can result from recent floods
Numerous obvious/unseen dangers can result from flood-damaged grain bins
Apr 15, 2019
![Grain bins impacted by the recent flooding in the Midwest can pose obvious and unseen dangers. (Photo by Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., director of the Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health in the UNMC College of Public Health)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GrainBins.jpg)
At No. 19, Nebraska seeks to improve its maternal mortality rate
April 5 conference in Grand Island will bring together health professionals to address problem
Apr 2, 2019
![Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, professor in the UNMC Division of Neonatology and chief of newborn medicine for Nebraska Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ann_Anderson_Berry_Newborn_Medicine_2013_1_.jpg)
Two veteran faculty members receive UNMC’s highest educational award
Drs. James O’Dell and Paul Paulman recognized as Varner Educator Laureates
Apr 1, 2019
![Paul Paulman, M.D., (left) and James O'Dell, M.D., received UNMC's top award for educators being named the Varner Educator Laureates for 2018-19.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PaulmanODell.jpg)
College of Medicine dean looks back on how Match Day has changed since he was fourth-year medical student in 1980.
Mar 29, 2019
![Unbridled joy is a common emotion at Match Day.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MatchDay2019_ICOM.jpg)
Radiology volunteer is trying to develop algorithm so that multiple MRI sequence data can be used to segment human knee cartilage.
Mar 29, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Siddhi_Munde.jpeg)
Prominent Omaha couple to be next Face on Barroom Floor on April 13
Thomas and Aileen Warren have been longtime community leaders
Mar 29, 2019
![Aileen and Thomas Warren](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/WarrrenPhotoSmall.jpg)
Fourth-year medical student played defensive back for the Cornhuskers, now enjoys spending time with his wife and one-year-old daughter.
Mar 29, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Brent_Moravec.jpg)
College of Medicine faculty bring in 16 research grants totaling nearly $3 million during February.
Mar 29, 2019
![Wallace Thoreson, PhD, has landed a $436,000 grant from the National Eye Institute to gain better understanding of the consequences of retinal damage.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Wally-Thoreson.jpg)
128 medical students receive residency assignments
40 percent are staying in Nebraska, while 64 percent matched in primary care
Mar 27, 2019
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