College of Medicine
MD-PhD program supports future physician-scientists
The program continues to evolve to serve the medical students who can’t bear to leave the lab.
Aug 26, 2021
![Linda Huynh is an MD-PhD student who will be moving into the lab next year.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Huynh082521.jpg)
COM holds design thinking workshop for students
Theme of event was ‘interprofessional care.’
Aug 26, 2021
![Kate Fiandt, PhD, of the UNMC College of Nursing, was one of the faculty members who worked with medical students at the workshop.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Fiandt082521.jpg)
Immersive Spanish course adapts for COVID-19
COM DEI teams with the Office of Global Engagement to continue the course despite travel bans.
Aug 26, 2021
![Sara Pirtle, at right, with a tour guide (third from left) and students in Xalapa in 2019.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Xalapa082521.jpg)
Medical students welcomed at White Coat Ceremony
Annual event returns to Orpheum Theater with COVID-19 guidelines in place.
Aug 26, 2021
![Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, speaks to incoming medical students at last week's White Coat Ceremony.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WCoat082621.jpg)
Delta variant, vaccine myths highlight Science Cafe
Speakers will discuss COVID-19 vaccine and virus myths and the recent surge in cases.
Aug 25, 2021
![From left, James Lawler, MD, and Angela Hewlett, MD, will speak Aug. 30 at the next Science Cafe.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cafe082421.jpg)
USAF surgeon general tours UNMC
Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, MD, praised partnership between UNMC, Air Force.
Aug 25, 2021
![James Lawler, MD, executive director of international programs and innovation at the Global Center for Health Security, escorts Gen. Robert Miller, MD, the surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force, during his visit to UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Miller082621.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Matthew Stephany, MD
Dr. Stephany is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology and director of general dermatology.
Aug 25, 2021
![Matthew Stephany, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Stephany082421.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Ben LaCrosse, MD
Dr. LaCrosse is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Radiology.
Aug 24, 2021
![Ben LaCrosse, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LaCrosse082421.jpg)
Lynell Klassen, MD, discusses UNMC career
Dr. Klassen retired earlier this year after a 48-year career in academic medicine.
Aug 24, 2021
![Lynell Klassen, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Klassen082021.jpg)
Nebraska Medical Center to change surgery schedules
Effective Aug. 30, new caps will be in place for surgical cases requiring an admission at Nebraska Medical Center.
Aug 24, 2021
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