Press Release

Keith Olsen, PharmD, to retire as pharmacy dean

Donald Klepser, PhD, will become interim dean effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Nov 8, 2024

Keith Olsen, PharmD, will retire as the dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy at the end of the year.

UNMC breaks ground on student housing facility

Under overcast skies, University of Nebraska Medical Center and community leaders broke ground Monday on a new on-campus student housing facility, fulfilling a longstanding request from its biomedical graduate and health profession students. Construction work already has begun on the $66 million, 200,000-plus-square-foot residence hall that will accommodate approximately 300 UNMC students on the east […]

Nov 6, 2024

From left, Phil Covington, EdD, UNMC associate vice chancellor for student success; Pranita Devaraju, president, UNMC Student Senate; Curt Witzenburg of Holland Basham Architects; UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD; University of Nebraska President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; and Dan Ridder of Hausmann Construction.

BHECN-sponsored Wholeness Healing Center program helps behavioral health providers build resilience

Grand Island-area program helps clinicians deal with stress so they can better serve their patients.

Oct 24, 2024

Jessica Kingsley of Wholeness Healing Center

uBEATS program now reaches across country as use soars

UNMC’s free online program for middle and high school is reaching more students and more states.

Oct 15, 2024

Peggy Moore, EdD, director of the UNMC Office of Interactive E-Learning

Learn about the science of fingerprints at next Science Café

Josh Connelly will discuss fingerprinting at Oct. 15 event.

Oct 11, 2024

Josh Connelly, latent print examiner and technical lead with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Services Bureau

EDGE District is new name of UNMC development west of Saddle Creek

District will become a dynamic hub for health-focused scientific discovery.

Oct 10, 2024

View north of Farnam Street looking south into EDGE District and main UNMC campus.

UNMC expands nursing partnerships in western Nebraska

Agreements with Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff Public Schools will build rural nursing pipeline.

Oct 3, 2024

From left, UNMC Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, President Greg Dart of Western Nebraska Community College, and UNMC College of Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, at the Western Nebraska Community College signing event.

UNMC announces summer 2024 dean’s list

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced its summer 2024 dean’s list for students enrolled in nursing and the allied health professions.  

Sep 20, 2024

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Inaugural associate pharmacy dean named for Kearney campus

Linda Sobeski, PharmD, will lead the UNMC College of Pharmacy program based at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Sep 16, 2024

Linda Sobeski, PharmD

Statewide meetings show BHECN-ARPA support benefits Nebraska

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska held meetings with funding recipients this summer to discuss impacts.

Sep 12, 2024

BHECN Central Director Krista Fritson, PsyD, center, talks at a gathering of ARPA awardees at the University of Nebraska Kearney in June.