College of Medicine
New faculty spotlight: Faye Haggar
Haggar found her calling in advancing teaching and learning in higher education through educational technology and innovation.
Jun 30, 2017
![Faye Haggar](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Haggar0629.jpg)
Great Plains IDeA-CTR announces scholar grant recipients
Three scholars are from UNMC, fourth is from Boys Town National Research Hospital
Jun 28, 2017
![Deepta Ghate, M.D., from the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is one of the scholar grant awardees.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/GhateDeepta.jpeg)
Registration open for transplantation/oncology conference
Two-day conference will be held July 11-12 in Omaha.
Jun 28, 2017
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Respite needs expected to grow with aging population
Three-year pilot program earns funding for additional year.
Jun 27, 2017
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Fremont organization donates $25,000 to help fund Alzheimer’s research at UNMC
Collaboration has contributed more than $100,000 over past five years
Jun 26, 2017
![Marv Welstead, 96, has raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for Alzheimer's research at UNMC. His wife, Jean, died of Alzheimer's in 2009. Here Welstead is seen as he demonstrates the driving simulator in 2016 in the Mind and Brain Health Labs at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MarvWelstead11.jpg)
Retirement tea Tuesday for Sheri Dunbar
Grants administration coordinator joined UNMC in 1977.
Jun 22, 2017
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Fritch event at Joslyn a celebration of vision, arts
The family of Charles Fritch, M.D., and his wife, Judy, hosted gathering at museum last week.
Jun 21, 2017
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Katelyn Jelden receives U.S. Public Health Service award
Jelden was an integral member of the Nebraska Patient Care Biocontainment Unit, which was activated as a part of Ebola care and response efforts in 2014.
Jun 20, 2017
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Russian researchers explore UNMC
Seven Ben Nelson Fellows visited UNMC and other University of Nebraska campuses last week.
Jun 19, 2017
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Public invited to see, tour SIM-NE trucks from Norfolk to Scottsbluff
Open houses will be held in Scottsbluff, Norfolk, Lincoln and Kearney
Jun 16, 2017
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