Press Release

UNeTech Institute receives $150,000 prize from the Small Business Administration

Startup incubator is affiliated with UNO and UNMC

Sep 28, 2021

Jace Gatzemeyer, PhD, UNeTech's innovation development strategist

CS-CASH offers free online seminars for National Farm Safety and Health Week Sept. 19-25

Topics range from innovations in tractor and ag vehicle safety to a discussion of stress and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts on farmers

Sep 20, 2021

Brain health of youth football players is focus of Sept. 21 Science Cafe

Speaker is founder of The First Down Project, a decade long study that focuses on brain health in youth football players.

Sep 16, 2021

Thayne Munce, PhD

Study explores potential long-acting HIV, Hepatitis-B treatment

The article, “Transformation of tenofovir into stable ProTide nanocrystals with long-acting pharmacokinetic profiles,” is published today in Nature Communications.

Sep 16, 2021

UNMC receives $20.3 million research grant, largest in its history

The grant is a renewal of a record $20 million National Institutes of Health grant received in 2016.

Sep 15, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD, principal investigator of the grant.

24th Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference set for Oct. 8

The conference is free to the public via Zoom

Sep 10, 2021

UNMC enrollment at 4,387, sets record for 21st straight year

This represents an increase of 148 students, or 3.5% over last year’s record of 4,239.

Sep 8, 2021

Hyperbaric medicine and its impact on traumatic brain injury focus of new clinical trial

The Hyperbaric Medicine Center at the Nebraska Medical Center is one of 11 units taking part in HOBIT trial

Aug 31, 2021

Jeff Cooper, MD

UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal

UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.

Aug 26, 2021

Joshua Santarpia, PhD

COVID-19 Delta variant and myths surrounding the virus and vaccine highlight Aug. 30 Science Cafe

Speakers will discuss COVID-19 vaccine and virus myths and the recent surge in cases.

Aug 25, 2021