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Dr. Cowan to step down as cancer center director
Has accomplished numerous milestones over past two decades
Oct 23, 2018
![Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ken_Cowan_0739.jpg)
UNMC chancellor named board chair of graduate medical education organization
Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold succeeds another UNMC physician, Dr. Rowen Zetterman, who held position past two years
Oct 17, 2018
![Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. (left) and Rowen Zetterman, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Gold_Zetterman.jpg)
Nebraska Science Festival registration opens Oct. 24
Teachers encouraged to register classes early for 2019 student expos
Oct 12, 2018
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Cleveland Clinic doctor to head UNMC/Nebraska Medicine ophthalmology program
Ronald Krueger, M.D., is international expert in refractive surgery
Oct 11, 2018
![Ronald Krueger, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Krueger.jpg)
Diets rich in fish oil could slow spread and growth of breast cancer cells
New study on mice provides further evidence that diet high in omega-3 fats may delay development of breast cancer
Oct 9, 2018
![James Talmadge, Ph.D. (left) and Saraswoti Khadge.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Talmadge.gif)
Cattlemen’s Ball raises nearly $1.75 million
Amount raised is second highest in 21-year history
Oct 4, 2018
![Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D. (third from left), director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, went to Hebron, Neb., on Sept. 6 to receive a proceeds check of more than $1.55 million from the planning committee for this year's Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Nancy McGill)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Cowan_Hebron_CBall.jpg)
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine sends Ebola response team to Uganda
Five-member team to train providers
Oct 3, 2018
![Image with caption: UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have responded to a request from an international agency to send a team of infectious diseases experts to Uganda to help prevent the spread of Ebola.
UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have responded to a request from an international agency to send a team of infectious diseases experts to Uganda to help prevent the spread of Ebola.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Uganda.jpeg)
![UNMC Student Senate officers for 2018-19 are, from left, Scott Mulder, Sarah Hotovy, Keith Ozanne and Jessica Wiens.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/StudentSenate20180928.jpg)
Hit ’em where they eat: Stealth drug fights resistant bacteria
College of Medicine dean is co-author on collaborative study with University of Washington
Oct 3, 2018
![College of Medicine Dean Bradley Britigan, M.D., was a co-author on study looking for new drugs to combat "superbugs."](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Britigan1.jpg)
College of Medicine researchers receive funding for 31 grants totaling more than $6.2 million in new research funding.
Oct 2, 2018
![Tony Wilson, Ph.D., and Howard Gendelman, M.D., landed the two largest research grants for the UNMC College of Medicine in July.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wilson_Gendelman.jpg)