Munroe-Meyer Institute

Project SEARCH graduates latest class

All nine graduates of the med center’s program have job offers.

May 23, 2017

Project SEARCH graduates, include from left, back: Michael Lentz, Cheryl Lux, Vincent Lewis, Matt Mulligan, Blake Hodgen; from left, front: Ann Marie Joyce, Schala McGee, Juwan Mountain, Michele Hagan.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

May 19, 2017

Easi-CRISPR a breakthrough in genome engineering

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., M.V.S.C. (D.V.M.), is primary investigator on study published Wednesday in Genome Biology.

May 18, 2017

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., M.V.S.C. (D.V.M.), associate professor of developmental neuroscience at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute

April, May retirements announced

Six of the retiring employees had more than 20 years of service.

May 16, 2017

Don Dickmeyer, an April retiree, was only one week shy of 44 years of service.

Lookin’ at U: Jacqueline Hankins

Hankins is an administrative associate at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

May 11, 2017

J.P. Lord, MMI help celebrate student’s art

Sixth-grader Robin Ventura-Rosas’ work will be seen on a billboard throughout the month of May.

May 10, 2017

Robin Ventura-Rosas and J.P. Lord Principal Laura Mac-Holmes

MMI to deliver all SLP services at Nebraska Medicine

MMI SLPs will provide all services at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha and Bellevue.

May 8, 2017

Amy Nordness, Ph.D.

Camp Munroe celebrates 35th year on June 4

The MMI program is the longest running special-needs camp experience in Nebraska.

May 8, 2017

A former camper enjoys the pool at Camp Munroe.

Education department collaboration has CLASS

When Kari Price was an elementary school teacher, she had classes, but no CLASS. CLASS is the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, part of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) Step Up to Quality Initiative. The CLASS tool — which encompasses an Infant CLASS, Toddler CLASS, Pre-K CLASS, K-3 CLASS, Upper Elementary CLASS, and Secondary CLASS […]

May 8, 2017

From left, Abbey Siebler, Kari Price and Colleen Schmit

Twitter chat will discuss shortage of psychiatrists

UNMC’s Howard Liu, M.D., will take part in Tuesday’s discussion of new recommendations on the nationwide shortage of psychiatrists.

May 8, 2017

Howard Liu, M.D.