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UNMC research team plays key role in pancreatic cancer discovery
Drug combination appears to inhibit growth of cancer cells
Mar 20, 2019
![Pankaj Singh, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Pankaj_K_Singh_0236_1.jpg)
Free webinar offers safe cleanup advice on farms/ranches following flooding
Will run from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday
Mar 19, 2019
![Some of the flood devastation in Nebraska is obvious from this aerial photograph of farm property between Fremont and Omaha. (Photo by Zach Duysen)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Flood.jpg)
International expert in autism to head MMI’s integrated autism center
Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., to join UNMC after nine years at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Mar 18, 2019
![Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., has been named director of the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD) at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Burnette3.jpg)
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine oncologist to be inducted into prestigious royal college
Julie Vose, M.D., will be formally inducted in June into Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Mar 15, 2019
![Julie Vose, M.D., is chief of the division of oncology/hematology in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/JulieVose.jpg)
Flooding results in cancellation of March 15-16 disability seminar in Norfolk
Will be rescheduled at a later date
Mar 14, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MMI_Event.jpg)
Robert Lewis, Ph.D., honored as UNMC’s Scientist Laureate
23 other researchers, one organization also recognized at annual research awards ceremony
Mar 13, 2019
![Robert Lewis, Ph.D., has been honored as UNMC's Scientist Laureate, the medical center's highest research honor.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Lewis01161.jpg)
Live On Nebraska receives UNMC’s Community Service to Research Award
Recognized for creating world’s largest interlinked database of human arteries
Mar 13, 2019
![Live On Nebraska received UNMC's Community Service to Research Award earlier this month. Tom Woodford, chief operating officer for Live On Nebraska (holding plaque), and Kyle Herber, CEO for Live On Nebraska (to the right of Woodford) are seen here with three key people from UNMC (left-right) - Jason MacTaggart, M.D., associate professor, surgery; Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., UNMC chancellor; and Alexey Kamenskiy, Ph.D., associate professor, surgery.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/LiveOn2.jpg)
UNMC’s primary care program ranked among top 10 in nation
Six UNMC programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Mar 12, 2019
![UNMC's primary care program was tied for 8th out of 185 schools in the 2020 ranking of the Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News & World Report.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PrimaryCare.jpg)
Legendary UNMC supporter, Virginia Grissom, dies at age 99
Along with her late physician husband, Grissoms are considered one of most important families in UNMC history
Mar 6, 2019
![Virginia Grissom celebrates her 95th birthday with friends at UNMC's EngAge Wellness Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Virginia_Grissom_0029b.jpg)
Norfolk to hold free disability training seminar on March 15-16
Event aims to provide assistance/information for families with disabilities
Mar 5, 2019
![Helping families with disabilities is goal of UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MMI_Event.jpg)