Kalani Simpson
Interim dean: The excitement of a new academic year
Welcome to the UNMC fall 2025 semester. We’re excited to begin a new academic year and move forward together. The start of a new season brings opportunities and challenges, both within our campus and across the broader landscape of health sciences education. We’ve welcomed some new faces to the UNMC Office of Graduate Studies. Jered […]
Oct 10, 2025
Graduate Studies welcomes new cohort at matriculation
UNMC Graduate Studies welcomed more than160 new students at its annual matriculation ceremony Aug. 19. Please see a photo album of the event here. “You have come here from six continents,” said David Crouse, PhD, professor emeritus, who helped welcome the new students. “And there are only seven.” Dr. Crouse was among a handful of […]
Oct 10, 2025
Relax, recharge, connect at Graduate Studies Wellness Hub
The UNMC Graduate Studies Wellness Hub, located in Durham Research Center I, is a welcoming space for graduate students to relax, recharge and connect. The space offers a kitchen area with coffee maker, microwave and ice machine. It also serves as a delivery site for the Maverick Food Pantry and offers an array of nonperishable […]
Oct 10, 2025
How did you get that fellowship? One success story
Abigail Hall is a PhD student studying Staphylococcus aureus in the lab of Vinai Thomas, PhD, associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology. She recently earned a one-year predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Let’s talk to her about how she earned this award and what receiving such a fellowship means to her career. […]
Oct 10, 2025
UNMC-Streck partnership win-win grad studies alum says
When a top biotechnology company is located within a few miles of a leading academic medical center with a robust research portfolio – chock full of rising, ambitious graduate students – it only makes sense to strike up a series of win-win partnerships. So says Chris Connelly, PhD, director of business segment, molecular, at Streck, […]
Oct 10, 2025
Internship teaches Townsend PhD skills are transferable
Lou Townsend, an IGPBS PhD student in the lab of Wally Thoreson, PhD, took home one of the biggest lessons of his recent internship before it even began. “I’d applied for a completely different location,” Townsend said of his internship with Zoetis, a Fortune 500 animal health company that “discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes vaccines, […]
Oct 2, 2025
UNMC ID badge offers an array of discounts and perks
UNMC’s official discount program for employees and students offers an array of discounts, specials and entry access.
Jul 7, 2025
Meet our ‘new’ UNMC Graduate Studies staffers
Let’s get to know our “new” UNMC Graduate Studies staffers, Kayla Lorenzo and Jamie Sorensen, a little better! First, by alphabetical order, Kayla Lorenzo. Job title: Graduate studies specialist – admissions. Please tell us some of the things that you do as everyday duties: My role is responsible for the review of admissions documents for […]
Jun 5, 2025
The best spaces for grad students? Here’s our top 5 list
We asked Graduate Student Association (GSA) leadership to weigh in on their top five places on campus for grad students to study or relax. Does this list match yours? Let’s take a look at some of the best places on UNMC’s Omaha campus for graduate students. The Graduate Student Wellness Hub, located on the ground […]
Jun 5, 2025
UNMC ID badge offers an array of discounts and perks
Did you know that your UNMC ID badge not only lets you into buildings throughout campus, but it also offers entre into a world of perks and discounts? Like what? Free entry into the Durham Western Heritage Museum! 35% off Laser Vision Correction at the Truhlsen Eye Institute! Special pricing at the Amazing Pizza Machine! […]
Jun 5, 2025
