Press Release

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 24-25

24-hour ice skating event – now in its 10th year at UNMC – has raised more than $210,000

Jan 14, 2020

The UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's is open to the public.

All-American gymnast Anthony Stephenson embarks on medical school career

Anthony Stephenson will receive the NCAA Top Ten Athlete award on Jan. 22.

Jan 14, 2020

Photo courtesy of: University of Nebraska Athletic Communications

UNMC College of Nursing ranks among nation’s best online programs

The college offers a variety of master’s and doctoral of nursing practice degree specialties that use online and other teaching formats.

Jan 14, 2020

UNMC names Emily McElroy as dean of McGoogan Library

Library serves UNMC students, faculty, and staff, as well as licensed Nebraska health professionals and residents of the state.

Jan 13, 2020

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine to host annual Martin Luther King Jr. event Jan. 20

Dell Gines, senior community development advisory with Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is featured speaker.

Jan 10, 2020

Creation of UNMC Division of Allergy and Immunology reflects growing demand

A native of Grand Island, Nebraska, Dr. Poole received her medical degree in 1999 at UNMC and completed her internal medicine residency in 2002 at Washington University at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Jan 9, 2020

Jill Poole, M.D.

Glaucoma expert to speak during UNMC Camras Lecture Jan. 16

Talk targeted to area ophthalmologists

Jan 8, 2020

Steven Gedde, M.D.
Jeff Harrison, MD (right), is the new chair of UNMC Department of Family Medicine. He succeeds Michael Sitorius, MD (left), who held the post for 30 years.

New cystic fibrosis drug is major breakthrough for patients

FDA approval of Trikafta will benefit 90% of cytstic fibrosis patients

Dec 27, 2019

Members of the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine team providing clinical care to cystic fibrosis patients include: Front Row (left-right) - Jill Rollins, Heidi Klasna, Meilinh Thi, D.O., Jill Fliege and Stacy Millikan; Middle Row - Janelle Sorensen, Sandy Wahl, Cristine Batten and Jennifer Rounds; Back Row - Peter J. Murphy, M.D., John Dickinson, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph Poler, Psy.D., Molly Stirek and Laura Romero.

UNMC study: Marijuana use in e-cigarettes increases among youth

Among all students, the proportion who reported ever using marijuana in an e-cigarette increased from 11.1% in 2017 to 14.7% in 2018.

Dec 18, 2019