Graduate Studies

Academic attire pickup Dec. 14 for commencement

Livestreaming also will be available for Dec. 16 ceremony.

Dec 9, 2016

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.

Graduate students stage ‘super’ event for patients

Members of the Graduate Student Association visit Nebraska Medicine in superhero garb.

Nov 29, 2016

Graduate Student Association members include, from left, Joel Frandsen (Batman), Beth Clymer (Supergirl), Lee Sleightholm (Spider-Man), Krysten Vance (Supergirl) and Fany Iseka (Wonder Woman).

Share your table for Thanksgiving dinner

Seeking holiday hosts for UNMC students.

Nov 8, 2016

International Week begins Monday

International Student Association to host several events to mark week.

Nov 3, 2016

Nominations for Student Impact Award now open

The Student Senate Student Impact Award will go to a student from each of the six UNMC colleges.

Nov 1, 2016

Ph.D. program spotlight: Environmental Health, Occupational Health & Toxicology

Chandran Achutan, Ph.D., C.I.H.Jonathan Ali is a third year Ph.D. student in Environmental Health, Occupational Health & Toxicology at UNMC. During the course of his studies, which focus on aquatic toxicology, he's been to Chile to explore agricultural runoff. "Our researchers do a lot of lab-based research, but we also do a lot of field […]

Oct 17, 2016

Dr. Fey takes his own path to excellence in mentoring

Paul Fey’s lab takes monthly hikes together, “much to the jealousy of the other labs on our floor,” said Cortney Halsey, a graduate research assistant. “We spend an afternoon every month in the outdoors discussing not only our science but a multitude of other topics. It is an activity that has been vital to keeping […]

Oct 17, 2016

Members of Paul Fey, Ph.D.'s lab, take monthly hikes together. Dr. Fey is shown in purple hat.

First year of IGPBS shows strength of new program

The first class has matriculated into the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS). The silos are falling. Horizons are expanding. Study and experience for Ph.D. students are becoming more and more interdisciplinary. Greater number of faculty are taking on greater roles. “This is the way science is going,” said Karen Gould, Ph.D., associate professor […]

Oct 17, 2016

Daniel Monaghan, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, and Karen Gould, Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair for graduate education, genetics, cell biology and anatomy

Student spotlight: Chris Thompson

Thompson wants to dedicate career to fight against cancer.

Oct 14, 2016

Chris Thompson