Press Release

Educating world on Ebola care topic of Oct. 14 Panhandle Science Cafe

Two University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing staff – instructor, Elizabeth L. Beam, Ph.D., and instructional technologist, Stephen Smith – will discuss educating the world on Ebola care, at 6pm on Oct. 14 at the Steel Grill, 2800 10th St., in Gering, Neb. Dr. Beam and Smith were both heavily involved in creating […]

Sep 28, 2015

UNMC College of Nursing to hold three events for prospective doctoral students

Several factors make this perfect opportunity for students to pursue graduate degree

Sep 25, 2015

Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D.

Rural health symposium at Peru State College scheduled for Sept. 25

The community is invited to attend a symposium on rural health on Friday, Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. in the Black Box Theater, V.H. Jindra Hall at Peru State College. The event will highlight issues in rural health and feature panelists in health care from southeast Nebraska, as well as faculty and administration from the […]

Sep 18, 2015

UNMC, partners receive $3 million NIH grant to study ‘snail fever’

Will collaborate with Australian, Swiss researchers to seek new drug therapies

Sep 17, 2015

Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D.

18th Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference set for Oct. 30

The 18th annual Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 30, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the La Vista Conference Center, 12520 Westport Parkway. The conference, which is open to the public, offers a day of new health insights, encouraging and empowering messages, health screenings, exhibits, and fun. The conference […]

Sep 16, 2015

UNMC College of Dentistry Dental Museum open house set for Sept. 21-26

The UNMC College of Dentistry Museum, featuring a collection of dental artifacts that chart the history and evolution of the profession, will be open to the public for free Sept. 21-26. “This display represents one of the largest collections of historic dental items dating from the 1850s to the present in the United States," said […]

Sep 9, 2015

UNMC student enrollment sets record for 15th straight year

Increase of 94 students brings total to 3,790

Sep 8, 2015

UNMC Truhlsen Eye Institute receives prestigious designation

The Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has been selected as only the second institute in the country to be designated as a Cochrane Eyes and Vision (CEV) Center for Evidence-based Medicine. The Truhlsen Institute joins the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University as the only CEV centers in the […]

Aug 28, 2015

$8 million program project grant renewed for fourth cycle

UNMC research team has brought in $32 million since 1999 in studying chronic heart failure

Aug 25, 2015

The UNMC research team (left-right) of Harold D. Schultz, Ph.D., Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D., and Kaushik P. Patel, Ph.D., has brought in $32 million over the past 16 years to study chronic heart failure.

Health Science Ed Complex opens on UNK campus

More than 700 attend Health Science Ed Complex grand opening

Aug 25, 2015