Press Release
UNMC study reveals organ transplant patients can fight off sepsis infection
For years, Andre Kalil, M.D., observed with awe how solid organt transplant patients who acquired sepsis, a potentially life-threatening infection, would get well. Considering that transplant patients need to take lifelong medications to lower their immune system in order to avoid rejection, this was surprising to him. “They would be really sick and amazingly come […]
Jan 20, 2015
GMA correspondent, Amy Robach, to be honored with Ambassador of Hope Award
Will be recognized for her battle with breast cancer at March 21 gala at CenturyLink Center
Jan 19, 2015
Booths, community hosts sought for 2015 Nebraska Science Festival
Submit proposals by Feb.1 for consideration
Jan 14, 2015
Fifth annual UNMC Skate-a-thon to raise funds for Parkinson’s research
24-hour event will take place Jan. 23-24 at UNMC Ice Rink; open to public
Jan 13, 2015
UNMC earns prestigious Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement designation
The University of Nebraska Medical Center was cited this month as the only academic health science center in the United States to be awarded the “Community Engagement” designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching this year. The classification recognizes UNMC’s commitment of more than six decades to Nebraska’s urban and rural communities […]
Jan 12, 2015
Meyer Foundation for Disabilities announces 2015 grants
Seven organizations were awarded a total of $40,909 in grants for the year.
Jan 9, 2015
UNMC’s ‘lightly embalmed’ cadaver program provides innovative learning tool
The innovative training program helps better prepare surgeons and serves as a national model.
Jan 8, 2015
Former UNMC College of Medicine dean, Dr. John Gollan, dies at age 72
Consummate gentleman, facilitator helped transform pediatric care in Nebraska
Jan 8, 2015
UNMC and primary care practitioners launch project focused on healthy behaviors
In an effort to improve the health of their communities, practitioners from six rural Nebraska towns came together with metropolitan practitioners and faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center to launch a project focused on encouraging healthy behaviors. The research project is aimed at understanding factors that lead to obesity and ways to reverse […]
Jan 6, 2015
Rev. Darryl Eure to headline Jan. 19 MLK event
Rev. Darryl Eure will deliver the annual keynote address to honor slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on Monday, Jan. 19. As one of the city’s best attended events on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the program, which starts at noon, is […]
Jan 5, 2015