Environmental
LiveGreen: Dispelling myths about waste and recycling
The reality is that the med center has vendors and procedures to handle its recycling items.
Mar 10, 2023
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LiveGreen: Campus BBQ minimizes its waste
Recycling and composting keep two-thirds of the event’s waste from the trash.
Sep 26, 2022
![UNMC Sustainability Manager Jerrod Bley, at right, during the #WeAreUNMC BBQ](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ZeroWaste092722-900x600.jpeg)
UNMC faculty among new NSRI fellows
Eight UNMC names among 49 new fellows announced Wednesday by the National Strategic Research Institute.
May 5, 2022
![Maj. Gen., USAF (Ret.) Rick Evans, NSRI director](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Evans010521.jpg)
Global Center names inaugural scholars class
Through the initiative, 16 med center experts will provide a new level of collaboration in advancing health security at UNMC.
Mar 29, 2022
![At right, David Brett-Major, MD, one of the newly named Global Center for Health Security scholars, talks with Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, surgeon general for the U.S. Air Force, during a 2021 tour of UNMC's Davis Global Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DavidBrettMajor032922.jpg)
Research leadership: Risto Rautiainen, PhD
Dr. Rautiainen’s research focus is health and safety in agriculture.
Feb 22, 2022
![Risto Rautiainen, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Raut022222.jpg)
Guidance on ordering, extending the use of KN95s
Mask’s effective duration varies depending on employee’s role, as well as care and use of mask.
Jan 24, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/KN95011422.jpg)
New investigator: Michael Wiley, PhD
Dr. Wiley’s research focus is infectious disease genomics.
Jan 19, 2022
![Michael Wiley, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Wiley011922.jpg)
Drs. Khan, Bell to contribute to climate change assessment
UNMC duo part of team of experts that will synthesize new climate science research for new assessment.
Oct 22, 2021
![From left, Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, and Jesse Bell, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BellKhan102221.jpg)
Douglas County health director tours UNMC
Lindsay Huse, DNP, visited the Omaha campus with county epidemiologist Anne O’Keefe, MD.
Sep 16, 2021
![From left, Lindsay Huse, DNP, and Anne O'Keefe, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Huse1.jpg)
Sen. Bostar met with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and members of the UNMC College of Public Health during his visit.
Sep 15, 2021
![State Sen. Eliot Bostar tours UNMC, including iEXCEL's Five-Sided Laser Cave.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bostar090321.jpg)