Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Cancer short course focuses on glycoimmunology
The event organized by the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer will be June 27 and 28.
Jun 21, 2024
![Prakash Radhakrishnan, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PrakashRadhakrishnan062124-900x600.jpg)
From social media: Misty Pocwierz-Gaines, human of UNMC
UNMC’s social media accounts profile the people you meet each day around campus.
Jun 19, 2024
![Misty Pocwierz-Gaines, cancer research training and education program manager](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MistyPocwierzGaines061924-900x600.jpg)
Joann Sweasy, PhD, honored by Penn radiation oncology
Dr. Sweasy, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, was an award recipient and lecturer through Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology.
Jun 12, 2024
![Joann Sweasy, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sweasy-900x600.jpg)
Interventional Radiology first in the region to use revolutionary cancer treatment
Pulsed electrical fields to target tumors may have more benefits beyond removal of those tumors.
Jun 4, 2024
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Free cancer risk assessment available for UNMC employees
UNMC employees can take five minutes to protect their health by completing this quick and easy assessment.
May 30, 2024
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Haji Zoona Band lecture will explore cancer biology
UNMC’s Hamid Band, MD, PhD, and Vimla Band, PhD, are honoring Hamid’s mother, who died of cancer.
May 22, 2024
![UNMC's Hamid Band, MD, PhD, with his mother, Haji Zoona Band](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BandCancerBiologyLecture052224-900x600.jpg)
Cancer center announces new community outreach leaders
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center team will be key in developing community partnerships, cancer education and screening events.
May 15, 2024
![Clockwise from top left: Keyonna King, DrPH, Patrick Maloney, PhD, Rachael Schmidt, DNP, and Juan Santamaria, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OfficeofCommunityOutreachandEngagement051524-900x600.jpg)
Cancer center to display ‘Finding: Works by Linda Fleming’
The exhibition will run from May 3 through Nov. 3.
Apr 30, 2024
![Two of the items on display in "Finding: Works by Linda Fleming" are, from left, Heat Lightening (chromed steel from 2016) and Faceted Jug (graphite on rag paper from 1989).](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HealingArts4050124-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Gold marks a decade of growth, with more on the way
In his state-of-the-campus address, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, thanked ‘all of you’ for seeing through the med center’s exceptional accomplishments.
Apr 18, 2024
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, gives his annual state-of-the-campus address Tuesday.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DrGoldFacultyMeeting1041824-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, April 12, 2024
News items on a course on sickle cell care, UNMC retirements and the food vendor schedule for the week.
Apr 12, 2024
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