College of Medicine
Spotlight on new faculty: Kristin Rooney, M.D.
New Olson Center urogynecologist works collaboratively with her patients.
Jul 11, 2014
![Kristin Rooney, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Rooney0911.jpg)
UNMC researcher plays key role in Nature study
Robert Norgren, Ph.D., creates high quality genome of rhesus macaque monkey.
Jul 11, 2014
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UNMC supporter Virginia Grissom to be honored
UNMC community is invited to 95th birthday celebration.
Jul 10, 2014
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Wellness Wednesday: Light up the night at OwL Ride
Registration still open for Saturday’s event, which supports programs at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Jul 9, 2014
![Riders from a previous OwL Ride.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Owl0611.jpg)
UNMC researcher plays key role in study in this week’s Nature journal
Dr. Robert Norgren creates high quality genome of rhesus macaque monkey
Jul 9, 2014
![This diagram represents the location and structure of the ATM gene on chromosome 11 of the rhesus macaque genome.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/BigLetters21.png)
UNMC will collaborate in web-based dementia study
UNMC’s Steven Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D., will collaborate with University of California San Francisco researchers to create a web-based model of dementia care.
Jul 3, 2014
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Retirement reception Monday for Kathy Austin
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences staffer will retire after more than 20 years.
Jul 2, 2014
![Kathy Austin](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Kathy0630.jpg)
Former UNMC Chancellor Robert Sparks, M.D., dies
Served as UNMC’s second chancellor from 1972-1976
Jul 2, 2014
![Robert Sparks, M.D., stands outside a conference room named in his honor inside the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Sparks2011.jpg)
![Bradley Britigan, M.D., president of the clinical enterprise and dean of the UNMC College of Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Britigan512.jpg)
How often should I get my eyes checked? (Featuring Patti Fries, O.D., UNMC College of Medicine)
Jul 1, 2014