Press Release
UNMC in Kearney to hold free sports physicals Sept. 11 for Special Olympics athletes
The health screenings allow athletes to be eligible to compete in 19 different sports that Special Olympics Nebraska offers year-round.
Aug 17, 2021

NU Board of Regents approve UNMC respiratory therapy program
New master’s program will address workforce needs
Aug 16, 2021

NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy
The team will work through the state of Nebraska Migrant Education Program to help migrant families in central Nebraska living primarily in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties.
Aug 9, 2021

UNMC study sheds more light on COVID, lung disease
Using several UNMC bio-banks, researchers found that IL-33 was profoundly depleted – essentially absent – in the lungs of all eight COVID-19 patients who did not survive COVID-19.
Jul 30, 2021

UNMC researchers discover new, potential target for pancreatic cancer
“The ability to ‘turn on’ SIRT5 in pancreatic cancer cells inhibits tumor growth. Developing drugs that do this is the next step and will help diminish tumors in patients with low SIRT5 expression in the tumors.”
Jul 28, 2021

Siobhan Wescott, MD, named endowed professor of American Indian health at UNMC
Dr. Wescott is the inaugural holder of the Dr. Susan and Susette (Inshata Theumba) LaFlesche Professorship in Public Health
Jul 15, 2021

UNMC dedicates Wigton Heritage Center
Highlights history of state’s academic health science center with exhibits, vast special collections, artifacts, archives, rare books, University Hospital’s historic façade and iconic columns
Jun 29, 2021

UNMC survey shows vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge in the state
Issue of vaccine hesitancy to be addressed June 28 during Nebraska Forward program on News Channel Nebraska
Jun 25, 2021

Collection details UNMC’s early LGBTQ+ education efforts
The Medder Collection includes the M4 LGBTQ+ course syllabus, a flier for the LGBT Pride Alliance, and fliers for the UNMC Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Clinic.
Jun 25, 2021

UNMC study shows need to re-examine organ transplant allocation
Nationally, more than 90,000 patients are on the waiting list for a kidney.
Jun 24, 2021
