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Featured videos

Enjoy these two brief videos — they will be well worth your time.

Jul 16, 2018

Stress-busting techniques shared with first responders

Steven Wengel, M.D., and Jonathon Sikorski, Ph.D., of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, offer strategies in community presentations.

Jul 16, 2018

Steven Wengel, M.D., second from left, and Jonathon Sikorski, Ph.D., at right, with service members following a presentation at Offutt Air Force Base.

Taking a (purple) stride against pancreatic cancer

As med center readies for establishment of Center for Excellence in Pancreatic Cancer, event aims to raise funds for research.

Jul 16, 2018

Med center orchestra to serve as creative outlet

Faculty, staff and students invited to participate in inaugural campus orchestra.

Jul 13, 2018

University ranks among world’s top 100 at earning patents

A new report ranks the University of Nebraska among the top 100 universities worldwide in earning U.S. patents to protect innovative research and discoveries.

Jul 13, 2018

From left, Shane Farritor, Ph.D., Virtual Incision's co-founder and chief technology officer, and Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., chief of minimally invasive surgery at UNMC and co-founder and chief medical officer of Virtual Incision. The University of Nebraska is among the top 100 universities univiersities worldwide in earning U.S. patents, including the patent for the robotic surgical device designed by Drs. Oleynikov and Farritor.

COM resident program director of the month

Residency program director for oncology/hematology loves making music, training physicians of the future.

Jul 13, 2018

COM resident of the month

Second-year resident enjoys variety of patients that he encounters in family medicine.

Jul 13, 2018

Coming events

The UNMC campus is invited to attend a ribbon cutting for the EON Reality Virtual Reality Innovation Academy from 3-4:30 p.m. on July 25.

Jul 13, 2018

The ribbon cutting for the EON Reality Virtual Reality Innovation Academy will be from 3-4:30 p.m. on July 25.

New faculty

A total of 46 new faculty members have joined the College of Medicine. They include one professor, two associate professors, 27 assistant professor and 16 instructors.

Jul 13, 2018

Douglas Niemann, M.D., is a new radiologist at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine.

Research highlights

April and May were excellent months for UNMC College of Medicine investigators, as faculty received 38 grant awards representing more than $7.2 million in new funding.

Jul 13, 2018

Keely Buesing, M.D., received a $2.1 million grant from the Department of Defense to transform the military's care system for injured soldiers being transported to the hospital.