Multimedia Stories

Women in STEM: Four UNMC trailblazers – Rebekah Gundry, PhD

Dr. Gundry has a passion for exploring new scientific frontiers.

May 21, 2024

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, in the Durham Research Center

Women in STEM: Four UNMC trailblazers – Breanna Hetland, PhD

Dr. Hetland pushes the boundaries of traditional nursing practice to address the holistic well-being of patients.

May 21, 2024

Breanna Hetland, PhD

Women in STEM: UNMC trailblazer Beth Beam, PhD

The innovative nurse-scientist always considers what’s possible.

May 20, 2024

Dr. Beam, with her prototype for a refined air purifying helmet to protect health care workers

Women in STEM: UNMC trailblazer Daisy Dai, PhD

The big data expert thrives on stepping into a knowledge gap.

May 20, 2024

For Daisy Dai, PhD, numbers have held fascination since childhood. In college, she found her niche in statistics as a framework for understanding uncertainty and making informed decisions.

The Magicians of Medical Imagery

A specialized team of designers, artists and animators is building the next-level 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality content in UNMC’s iEXCEL program. Read about their skills and their stories.

May 3, 2024

Making It Personal 

Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD, could do little when his father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1998. At UNMC, he’s working to settle the score.

May 9, 2023

Finding Hannah’s Voice

The UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute’s RiteCare Clinic in Hastings is teaching a 5-year-old girl the speech skills to match her outgoing personality – and highlighting the importance of that therapy to central and western Nebraska.

Apr 5, 2023

Making his own luck

St. Patrick Reid, PhD, is a crucial contributor to the discovery, by UNMC scientists, that the SARS-CoV-2 vir virus spreads through airborne transmission.

Mar 16, 2023

Making His Own Luck

Transformando el lenguaje del cuidado

Los médicos, investigadores e intérpretes médicos de UNMC están cerrando la brecha entre las preguntas y las respuestas para los pacientes que no hablan inglés.

Sep 12, 2022

Transforming the language of care

A look at how UNMC physicians, researchers and medical interpreters are bridging the gap between questions and answers for non-English speaking patients.

Sep 12, 2022