Munroe-Meyer Institute
Need for respite caregivers is growing, training offered
As the demand grows for respite caregivers to work with elderly and disabled patients, the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Nebraska Respite Program, are expanding training and assistance.
Jan 26, 2016
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Excellence in Education: UNL students design possible UNMC facility
Some Interior Design and Architecture students at UNL could be seeing their hard work come to life. They’re working with UNMC on a new facility.
Jan 25, 2016
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Wellness: Walk and Roll set for March 6
The event is a fundraising drive for the Meyer Foundation for Disabilities (MFD), which supports programming at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Jan 20, 2016
![Walk and Roll participant Tom Keenan meets some friends at the 2015 event.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Walk20120.jpg)
Funding from the Meyer Foundation for Disabilities
MFD is not a service-provider. Rather, we raise and administer funds that pay for services provided by our community partners, including the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC. Here are the services recently funded by MFD.
Jan 18, 2016
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College of Architecture Students Work with UNMC and MMI on Facility Design
Nothing is more exciting to a design student than the possibility of their designs actually being used in real-world situations.
Jan 12, 2016
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Denim for Disabilities begins next week
The event supports the recreational therapy programming at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Jan 11, 2016
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Third MMI director finalist visits campus this week
Scott Kollins, Ph.D., will give a public presentation from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Jan 6, 2016
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![College of Allied Health Profession radiation science and technology students at an elementary school, delivering coats, gloves and hats.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/HOliday1222.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Peng Jiang, Ph.D.
New Munroe-Meyer Institute faculty member fascinated by the mysteries of the brain.
Dec 18, 2015
![Peng Jiang, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Peng1214.jpg)