Press Release
Free ‘Exploring the Arts’ classes open to adults with disabilities
Registration is now open for fall series of classes
Aug 7, 2019
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UNMC students, faculty offer free sports screenings for Special Olympians
The health screenings allow athletes to be eligible to compete in the 19 different sports that Special Olympics Nebraska offers year-round.
Aug 2, 2019
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Former dean of UNMC College of Dentistry dies at age 83
Stephen Leeper, D.D.S., served as dean from 1988-2000
Aug 2, 2019
![Stephen Leeper, D.D.S.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Leeper.jpg)
Former UNMC College of Dentistry faculty member dies at age 75
An expert in endodontics, Tom Gound, D.D.S., was involved in several organizationsÂ
Aug 2, 2019
![Tom Gound, D.D.S.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Gound.jpg)
Omaha startup company receives $750,000 matching federal grant
Project will form university/community partnership to develop medical device pipeline
Aug 1, 2019
![Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D. (left), and Joe Runge head the leadership team for UNeTech.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MarkinRunge.jpg)
UNMC to hold graduation ceremony for 12 Step-Up participants
Several speakers including Willie Barney will present at July 31 event
Jul 24, 2019
![Step-Up interns at UNMC are joined by program coordinator Evelyn Grixby (fifth from left) and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Aileen Warren (second from right).](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/StepUp0715.jpg)
UNMC receives $3.7 million grant to address shortage of geriatricians
By 2025, an estimated deficit of 27,000 geriatricians will affect baby boomers
Jul 22, 2019
![Jane Potter, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/JanePotter.jpg)
UNMC, UNO leaders to visit McCook, Gothenburg, Holdrege July 30-31
Visits to include discussing efforts to increase health care workforce.
Jul 16, 2019
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UNMC research team makes ophthalmology breakthrough
Discovery could have major impact on future research on variety of eye, brain diseases
Jul 15, 2019
![The three lead researchers for UNMC were (left-right) Channabasavaiah (Guru) Gurumurthy, Ph.D., Justin Grassmeyer, Ph.D., and Wallace Thoreson, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Guru_Thoreson.jpg)
UNMC psychiatrist connects with U.S. surgeon general at AMA meeting
Alëna Balasanova, M.D., gets destigmatizing language resolution passed
Jul 12, 2019
![Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, M.D. (left), the U.S. surgeon general, with Alëna Balasanova, M.D., of UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Balasanova0628.jpg)