Press Release

Scottsbluff nursing students recognized with awards during annual conventions

Ervin vonSeggern, a December 2020 graduate of the accelerated BSN program, was named as the Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year. He also received the Individual Community Health Award.

Apr 28, 2021

UNMC first-in-nation school project reveals much higher COVID infections

OPS PROTECTS studied asymptomatic spread of COVID-19

Apr 20, 2021

Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD

UNMC, Nebraska Extension announce June statewide tractor safety course for teens

The course will be held in early June at five sites across Nebraska.

Apr 19, 2021

Regents approve UNMC master’s program in biostatistics

A master’s degree in biostatistics is often the entry degree in the job market for biostatisticians.

Apr 15, 2021

Ying Zhang, PhD

MMI opens vision clinic for those with intellectual, developmental disabilities

The clinic is a collaboration with the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Truhlsen Eye Institute

Apr 14, 2021

From left, technician Alison Erickson, clinic director Karen Wilson, OD, and optician Lori Cervantes at the Munroe-Meyer Institute's Caring for Champions Program Vision Clinic.

McGoogan Library event April 29 explores how medical ‘quackery’ evolved

The McGoogan Library Speaker Series highlights faculty, staff and clinician authors from UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

Apr 13, 2021

New allergy, immunology fellowship approved to meet growing demand

Demand for the specialty is high, the fellowship will help alleviate a shortage of physicians trained in this specialty

Apr 8, 2021

Clinical trial to test if COVID-19 vaccine prevents infection, spread

Study expects to enroll more than 12,000 students ages 18-26 across the U.S.

Apr 6, 2021

NETEC helps develop strategy for National Special Pathogen System of Care

NETEC is a consortium of the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine; Emory University; and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. It is funded by ASPR and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Apr 2, 2021

UNMC, international team study first Ebola relapse case to cause more infections

Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Apr 2, 2021

Michael Wiley, PhD and Catherine Pratt