Tom O'Connor
Match Day could take on Irish theme with event slated for St. Patrick’s Day.
Feb 27, 2017
![Walk and Roll for Disabilities.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Walk0213.jpg)
UNMC is ‘Training the Physicians of Tomorrow’
College of Medicine launches a new website for its curriculum redesign.
Feb 27, 2017
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A record 640 skaters participated in the seventh annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s. The event raised more than $17,000.
Feb 27, 2017
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Dr. Are named designated institutional official for UNMC College of Medicine
Will oversee all of UNMC’s residency, fellowship programs
Feb 9, 2017
![Chandra Are, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Chandra_Are_1771.jpg)
Ebola grant expanded from $12 million to $24 million
Will allow creation of special pathogens research network, additional training
Feb 3, 2017
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UNMC research team discovers novel pharmaceutic action for HIV/AIDS
Could allow patients to take multiple medications just once a month
Feb 1, 2017
![The three lead researchers from the UNMC Department of Pharmacology/Experimental Neurosciences include (left-right): Howard Gendelman, M.D., professor and chair, Divya Prakash Gnanadhas, Ph.D., post-doctoral research associate, and Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., associate professor.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GendteamTeam.jpg)
Dr. Are named associate dean, designated institutional official for COM
As designated institutional official and associate dean for graduate medical education, Chandra Are, M.D., will oversee UNMC’s residency and fellowship programs.
Jan 30, 2017
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Record turnout for UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s
640 skaters participate in 24-hour event
Jan 28, 2017
![The six skaters who skated all 24 hours at this year's UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's "chill out" on the UNMC Ice Rink after completing their marathon skating effort.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Skaters_24hours.jpg)
Jodi Parrack, an administrator in the rheumatology division of internal medicine, says mentors have invested in her at UNMC and she hopes to pay that forward to her staff.
Jan 28, 2017
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Samuel Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, received the Ambassador Award from the Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology, and also was honored with the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Toxicology.
Jan 28, 2017
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