Tom O'Connor
Second-year medical student loves traveling abroad, doing reviews of businesses and running long distances
Feb 26, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Madison_Grinnell_0274.jpg)
COM residency program director of the month
Resident program director is former soccer player at Creighton who loves Kung fu and Willie Nelson
Feb 26, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Shane_Havens_Ophthalmology_2014.jpg)
Office assistant in psychiatry enjoys riding motorcycles, rescuing dogs and camping with her family
Feb 26, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Liz_Wiese.jpg)
Walk and Roll for Disabilities to be held March 3 at Oak View Mall
Proceeds benefit Munroe-Meyer Institute programs for adults with developmental disabilities
Feb 26, 2019
![The Walk and Roll for Disabilities benefits the adult recreational program at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Walk_Roll2018.jpg)
Nebraska Science Festival launches essay contest
Entries due March 15 with focus on robots
Feb 14, 2019
![Winners of the essay contest will get the chance to meet Grant Imahara, the keynote speaker on April 5 for the Nebraska Science Festival. Imahara is an expert on electronics and robots and appears on the Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters."](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/imahara_photo.jpg)
Grant Imahara to headline 2019 Nebraska Science Festival
Electronics/robots expert from Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters to kick off festival
Feb 12, 2019
![Grant Imahara](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/imahara_photo.jpg)
UNMC lab seeks volunteers for mind/brain research studies
Also recruiting volunteers to participate in research registry
Feb 6, 2019
![One of the research studies seeking volunteers involves using the advanced driving simulator in the UNMC Mind & Brain Health Labs.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DrivingSimulator.jpg)
UNMC psychiatrist, Marley Doyle, M.D., named director of BHECN
Succeeds Howard Liu, M.D., who has headed BHECN since 2014
Feb 4, 2019
![Marley Doyle, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MarleyDoyle.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink extends skating season through Feb. 17
Frigid weather forced rink to be closed most of this week
Feb 1, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Skate31.jpg)
Longtime UNMC ophthalmologist, Gerald Christensen, M.D, dies at age 83
Was one of lead donors in 2008 on special center at UNMC for people with low vision
Jan 30, 2019
![Gerald Christensen, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Christensen.jpg)