College of Medicine
Student group brings music to med center
Doc’Apella will perform at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center today.
Dec 20, 2019
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Dr. Cowan named Fred and Pamela Buffett Presidential Chair
The Presidential Chair Award is the highest academic honor the university can bestow on a faculty member.
Dec 19, 2019
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Platelet donations needed during holiday season
Nebraska Community Blood Bank is hosting a platelet donation drive Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.
Dec 19, 2019
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Ron Krueger, M.D., receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Director of the Truhlsen Eye Institute honored by the International Society of Refractive Surgery.
Dec 18, 2019
![From left, Ronald Krueger, M.D., the McGaw Professor and chairman of the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Truhlsen Eye Institute, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Krueger122419.jpg)
349 UNMC students to receive diplomas at Dec. 20 commencement ceremony
The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. in the Witherspoon Concert Hall at the Joslyn Art Museum.
Dec 16, 2019
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Jordan Cohen, M.D., to receive honorary doctor degree
For 12 years, he headed national organization for academic medical centers
Dec 16, 2019
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Same-day flu treatment clinics available
Clinics will provide better alternative for patients than going to the emergency room.
Dec 12, 2019
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Clinical Trial Spotlight: HIV and cognition
UNMC investigators seeking participants for two studies.
Dec 12, 2019
![The magnetoencephalography (MEG) laboratory](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Meg2103119.jpg)
Time out with T.O. – A breakthrough for cystic fibrosis
New drug is credited for increasing lung function.
Dec 11, 2019
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Med center’s Dusk to Dawn program honored
Omaha Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands honors violence-prevention program.
Dec 10, 2019
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