Munroe-Meyer Institute

Director’s column: Giving everyone access to good jobs

Reflecting on National Disability Employment Awareness Month, MMI has much to take pride in.

Oct 31, 2024

Rachel Ray, assistant professor

Wheel Club offers inclusion and independence

Wheel Club is open to individuals with developmental disabilities as well as their family and friends. Many club members are regulars, signing up year after year. But new riders join sessions, too.

Oct 31, 2024

Talisa Stumpf, right, rides with Gracie Streblow during a Wheel Club session.

Hundreds turn out for annual trick-or-treat event

More than 700 guests flowed through trick-or-treating stations set up on the first floor of the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Oct 30, 2024

Garrett Palmer, 4, poses for a photo during MMI's Trick or Treat event.

MMI continues to see growth, change

Annual clinical visits, grant funding and community engagement involvement all have grown over the last year at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Oct 30, 2024

Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute

MMI faculty recognized as UNMC Circle of Distinction

The four MMI professors were part of 50 faculty members and their corresponding benefactors who were honored during the event.

Oct 23, 2024

The Circle of Distinction event, held Oct. 1, recognized the recipients of endowed chairs, professorships and fellowships.

RiteCare Conference offers education, networking

More than 80 attendees from a dozen states attended the RiteCare Conference hosted by the Munroe-Meyer Institute in September.

Oct 23, 2024

The Munroe-Meyer Institute hosted this year's RiteCare Conference in late September.

MMI grant to improve job access for individuals with disabilities

The $9.9 million federal grant will help ensure individuals with disabilities between ages 14 and 24 have good job opportunities.

Oct 16, 2024

Rachel Ray and Mark Shriver, PhD

MMI earns grant to improve job opportunities for individuals with disabilities

The $9.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education is designed to ensure individuals with disabilities between ages 14 and 24 have access to in-demand, good-paying jobs.

Oct 7, 2024

Rachel Ray, assistant professor, and Mark Shriver, PhD, director of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Technician Johnny Fichter truly cares for MMI’s new facility

For his attention to his tasks and respect for the new Munroe-Meyer Institute building, Fichter is receiving UNMC’s Gold U Award for October.

Oct 3, 2024

Johnny Fichter, October 2024 Gold U winner

Event draws questions about drinking, ‘sober curious’

Guest speaker Marisa Silveri, PhD, and a panel of UNMC experts led the Sept. 13 discussion at the Wigton Heritage Center.

Oct 1, 2024

From left, guest speaker Marisa Silveri, PhD, Alëna Balasanova, MD, Jennifer Blackford, PhD, and Todd Wyatt, PhD