College of Medicine
Nebraska landmarks go purple for pancreatic cancer awareness
Nebraskans saw some of the state’s most visible landmarks turn purple this month.
Nov 27, 2023
![The Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/rj2VpUn1_2OuNa.jpeg)
UNMC history: Three times a centennial
The College of Medicine has marked three different significant centennials – in 1969, 1980 and 2002.
Nov 20, 2023
![In 1969, college of medicine organizers recognized a centennial to mark 100 years since the beginning of medical education in Omaha. Included in the centennial events was a symposium to discuss the future of medicine that featured George Beadle, at left, PhD, a Wahoo, Nebraska, native who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Centennial1112023-900x600.jpg)
Drs. Simonsen, Anderson Berry named to American Pediatric Society
APS members are recognized child health leaders of extraordinary achievement in academic pediatrics.
Nov 16, 2023
![Kari Simonsen, MD, and Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SimonsenAndersonBerry111623-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Gundry named UNeMed’s Emerging Inventor
UNeMed also named its Startup of the Year and the Most Promising New Invention of 2023.
Nov 13, 2023
![Rebekah Gundry, PhD, in her lab on the 12th floor of the Lied Transplant Center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RebekahGundry012423-900x600.jpg)
McGoogan Library online exhibit on Dr. Truhlsen opens today
‘A Life Well Lived: Remembering Dr. Stanley M. Truhlsen’ online exhibit opens as longtime UNMC supporter’s birthday is celebrated.
Nov 13, 2023
![Stanley Truhlsen, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UNMCToday-DrTruhlsen-OnlineExhibit.jpg)
Colleagues remember UNMC’s James Chapin, MD
Dr. Chapin recalled as a mentor and ‘true pioneer in transplant anesthesia.’
Nov 13, 2023
![James Chapin, MD, in 2012](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Chapin2012-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, Nov. 10, 2023
Two award announcements, an ‘Eye-Scream’ event, an upcoming BHECN forum, a Center for Healthy Living special and food vendors.
Nov 10, 2023
![Skyler Maclean, P4 class president for the UNMC College of Pharmacy, and Joseph Vetro, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SkylerVetro111023-900x600.jpg)
Neurology grand rounds speaker to share his ALS journey
Ajay Sampat, MD, is a neurologist and associate clinical professor with the University of California Davis School of Medicine.
Nov 7, 2023
![Ajay Sampat, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AjaySampat2110723.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Zach Parshall, MD
Dr. Parshall is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of General Surgery.
Nov 7, 2023
![Zach Parshall, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ZacharyParshall110723-900x600.jpg)
Medical research highlights, November, 2023
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $13.6 million in new funding in September.
Nov 6, 2023
![Don Coulter, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DonCoulter081623-900x600.jpg)