College of Medicine
![Joseph Vetro, Ph.D., was presented the College of Pharmacy's highest teaching honor by P4 class president Beau Ehlers.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Vetro1202.jpg)
UNMC Alumni Association honors six individuals
Honorees recognized for their contributions to medicine, nursing, graduate studies
Dec 2, 2016
![Barbara Hurlbert, M.D., a 1971 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Medicine Alumni Engagement Council.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hurlbert_Barbara_Anesthesiology_2014.jpg)
Cancer center gains international partner
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and Hubei Cancer Hospital in Central China become sister institutions.
Dec 1, 2016
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Scott Cancer Research Tower sign shines brightly
Campus, community leaders gathered to mark event.
Dec 1, 2016
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Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center gains international partner
Sister institution agreement with Hubei Cancer Hospital is 2nd one with Chinese hospital
Dec 1, 2016
![Attendees at the Nov. 14 signing ceremony included: Front row (left-right) - UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. and Shaozhong Wei, M.D., Ph.D., president of Hubei Cancer Hospital; Back row - Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center; Deb Thomas, vice chancellor for business and finance; Huiting Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Jun-qui Yue, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, Ph.D., associate dean for academic programs, UNMC College of Nursing; Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., professor and chair, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Steven Hinrichs, M.D., professor and chair, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; and Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC Office of International Relations.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ChinasigningE.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Abdulrahman Morad, M.D.
Dr. Morad is an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine.
Nov 30, 2016
![Abdulrahman Morad, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Morad1114.jpg)
Dr. Varghese seeks to minimize ventilator usage
Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S., and team recently had a study published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Nov 28, 2016
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New faculty spotlight: Megan Fuller, M.D.
Dr. Fuller: “I feel immensely privileged to do work I love that can impact the entire trajectory of a child’s life.”
Nov 28, 2016
![Megan Fuller, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fuller1128.jpg)
UNMC to partner on Air Force contract
UNMC’s Keely Buesing, M.D., will collaborate with researchers in Lincoln and Boulder, Colo.
Nov 23, 2016
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New faculty spotlight: Aishwarya Patil, M.D.
A visit to a veterans’ center led Dr. Patil to physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Nov 23, 2016
![Aishwarya Patil, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Patil1118.jpg)