Press Release

Virtual Science Café to address Indigenous cancer research

Regina Idoate, PhD, and Aislinn Rookwood, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present “Indigenous Cancer Research Education for Environmental Justice.”

Apr 12, 2024

Regina Idoate, PhD; Aislinn Rookwood

For the Greater Good attracts record-setting 2,062 gifts

Second annual giving day raises $767,919 to support UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

Mar 29, 2024

The second annual For the Greater Good March 27-28, 2024, was a phenomenal success with 2,062 gifts raising $767,919 to support the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine.

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute pilots new autism diagnostic tool

EarliPoint™ Evaluation for Autism technology could drastically cut wait times for diagnoses.

Mar 27, 2024

EarliPoint™ Evaluation for Autism tracks eye movement 120 times per second and has shown a high degree of accuracy in identifying children on the autism spectrum. Photo courtesy EarliTec Diagnostics, Inc.

Annual tractor and equipment safety training dates set for late May, early June

Registration now is open for the two-day safety trainings.

Mar 25, 2024

Certification received through this course grants an exemption to the law allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to drive a tractor and to do field work with certain mechanized equipment.

Support the future of Nebraska health care during For the Greater Good

Second annual UNMC and Nebraska Medicine giving day will be March 27-28.

Mar 25, 2024

The Healing Arts Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine is one of the many areas that donors can support during For the Greater Good.

Nebraska Science Festival to offer activities for all ages

Mark your calendars for a myriad of science and technology-related activities scheduled throughout the month of April. 

Mar 21, 2024

140 UNMC medical students learn residency assignments on Match Day

A total of 140 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, learned about their residency assignments March 15 during an event at the Scott Conference Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Mar 20, 2024

Human DNA Identification Lab at UNMC gains new accreditation

The lab is one of six accredited to perform Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy analysis to assist in cold case investigations.

Mar 5, 2024

Mellissa Helligso

UNMC to offer Doctor of Nutrition and Dietetics program

The new program will be offered in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions.

Feb 12, 2024

Health facility’s ‘topping-off beam’ to be available for signing in events across the state

A steel beam that will top off a new health education facility in Kearney will make its way across the state this spring, providing Nebraska citizens the opportunity to sign a piece of the structure that will educate hundreds of the state’s health care workers in decades to come.

Feb 9, 2024

Several officials signed the beam, which will crown the new Rural Health Education Building in Kearney at a ceremony later this spring.