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UNMC student enrollment sets record for 16th straight year

Enrollment increases by 1.9 percent to 3,861 students

Sep 7, 2016

19th Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference offers new health insights

The conference, which is open to the public, offers a day of new health insights, encouraging and empowering messages, health screenings, exhibits and fun.

Sep 1, 2016

UNMC, Purdue Pharma enter partnership to advance new drug development

The partnership kicks off today with UNMC and Purdue Pharma leaders attending a scientific symposium at UNMC

Aug 31, 2016

Sex Trafficking in Nebraska is topic of Sept. 6 Omaha Science Cafe

Shireen Rajaram, Ph.D., an associate professor of health promotion, social and behavioral health in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will discuss sex trafficking in Nebraska at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., Sept. 6 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Dr. Rajaram, and Sriyani Tidball, […]

Aug 29, 2016

Dr. Davies helps develop guidelines on parental presence when child has Ebola

Guidelines appear in September issue of the journal Pediatrics

Aug 26, 2016

Dele Davies, M.D.

Oct. 14 conference to address opioid abuse in Nebraska

Since 1999, rate of overdose deaths involving opioids has nearly quadrupled

Aug 24, 2016

UNMC opens new home for College of Pharmacy

The University of Nebraska Medical Center celebrated the grand opening today of the UNMC Center for Drug Discovery and Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences and Education. The new $35 million home for UNMC’s College of Pharmacy boasts state-of-the-art laboratories and education space equipped with next-generation technology and simulation and experiential-learning tools designed to help prepare […]

Aug 23, 2016

UNMC to award degrees to 144 students Aug. 19

UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha) Bachelor of Science in Nursing Beaver City — Justina Snider Bristow — Danika Hansen Fremont — Jaimee Lucas Louisville — Amanda Strain UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha) Master of Science in Nursing South Sioux City — Christina Green Niles, OH — Christine Nyako UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha) Doctor of […]

Aug 18, 2016

UNMC announces Richard Holland Future Scientist Award winners

Ten undergraduate students from seven Nebraska colleges and universities recently received the 2016 Richard Holland Future Scientist Award from the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures. The students received cash prizes totaling $5,000 at the annual INBRE (Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Program) conference on Aug. 9 in Nebraska City. The awards […]

Aug 16, 2016

UNMC receives $300,000 grant to improve adult immunization rates

Ultimate goal is to improve adult immunization rates in Nebraska, Iowa

Aug 15, 2016