Jeffrey Robb
UNMC for the record, Dec. 6, 2024
News items on the UNeMed ‘Back-o-the-Napkin’ contest, an appointment in the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and a construction update on Lot 2.
Dec 6, 2024
![Promotional graphic](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NapkinContest120624-900x600.jpg)
Ask UNMC! Nicolas Cortes-Penfield, MD, UNMC College of Medicine
What is whooping cough and what do symptoms look like?
Dec 5, 2024
![Nicolas Cortes-Penfield, MD, UNMC College of Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NicolasCortesPenfield120624-900x600.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink’s skating season opens Friday
The UNMC Ice Rink will open for the skating season Friday, Dec. 6, with a new signature feature and further improvements to the icing system. The visible change is the installation of a canopy over the ice rink, serving as a new decorative centerpiece for the rink, covering it during winter and setting up an […]
Dec 5, 2024
![Workers prepared the ice under the new canopy earlier this week at the UNMC ice rink.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IceRink4120424-900x600.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink’s skating season opens Friday
A new canopy over the rink is gift from longtime UNMC supporters Ruth Scott and her late husband, Bill.
Dec 5, 2024
![Workers prepared the ice under the new canopy earlier this week at the UNMC ice rink.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IceRink4120424-900x600.jpg)
Gold U winner Blusys spreads UNMC’s world-class message
Megan Blusys, UNMC’s director of chancellor communications, is credited for her creativity, innovating thinking and strategic focus.
Dec 5, 2024
![Megan Blusys](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MeganBlusys120524-900x600.jpg)
Team effort brings cancer screening to the community
UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center join seven community partners for ‘One-Stop Cancer Shops.’
Dec 5, 2024
![Two One Stop Cancer Shop events, at Mount Calvary Community Church in September and the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition in October, provided cancer screenings to more than 140 community members.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OneStopCancerShop120524-900x600.jpg)
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Kearney welcomes its team.
Dec 5, 2024
![Following the ribbon cutting and open house Dec. 3, the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Kearney facility will open Dec. 16.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Kearney1120524-900x600.jpg)
De-Stress Week: Events run Dec. 9-13
Monday starts off with Donut Stress, Flannel & Fizz and a high-intensity interval training class. Therapy dogs are set for Wednesday.
Dec 5, 2024
![Paws for Friendship will be at the Sorrell Center, on the second floor Alumni Commons, on Wednesday starting at 7:45 a.m.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PawsForFriendship120524-900x600.jpg)
Nursing’s Lincoln Division to host today’s campus forum
Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will highlight next steps on the UNMC Staff Advisory Council and update other campus happenings.
Dec 5, 2024
![Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DeleDavies2024120424-900x600.jpg)
Nebraska Medical Orchestra performance rescheduled
The holiday performance was cancelled due to a power outage at UNO.
Dec 5, 2024
![Nebraska Medical Orchestra and Choir](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NMOrchestra120321-e1732728605819.jpg)