Press Release

Livestock owners urged to safely dispose of animal carcasses in flood aftermath

Decomposing carcasses can transmit disease to humans, other animals

May 23, 2019

For routine management of animal carcasses, the carcasses are usually composted in a windrow (shown in photo).

UNMC faculty, students honored by Kinman Oldfield Family Foundation awards

Foundation recognizes those who work with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease

May 22, 2019

UNMC to co-host a child agricultural injury prevention workshop in Des Moines

Workshop designed for those who work in or with the agriculture industry, and want to establish and enhance child injury prevention strategies for their organizations.

May 21, 2019

51st annual Munroe-Meyer Guild Garden Walk June 9

New additions include food tastings and classic cars.

May 21, 2019

Tattoo artists enlisted in fight against sex trafficking

Free meeting will be held on May 23 to bring partners together

May 21, 2019

Undergrads from across the state attend AHEC workshop at UNMC

The students were on campus for a week-long, one-credit course, “Health Professions Opportunities Workshop: Integration of Prevention and Population Health Across the Health Professions,” led by AHEC in the Department of Family Medicine.

May 17, 2019

Reacting to a simulated cardiac arrest are, from left, Tobi Lawani, Emily Hand, Madison Coulter and Jarred Glinn.

Popular Owl Ride event returns on Saturday, July 13

Nighttime bike ride assists adults with developmental disabilities

May 16, 2019

Marv Welstead, 98, has been a driving force in raising money in the Fremont area that will go toward Alzheimer's research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Welstead's wife, Jean, died in 2009 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer's.

Potential disease-modifying drug for osteoarthritis is identified

Breakthrough by UNMC/Children’s researchers is published in major scientific journal

May 15, 2019

Anna Spagnoli, M.D., and Tieshi Li, Ph.D., headed the research team that discovered a potential disease-modifying drug for osteoarthritis.

Zachary Meyer, M.D., of Grand Island receives 2019 Koefoot Award

The Koefoot Award was created in 2005 in memory of Theodore Koefoot, M.D. He was a charter preceptor for UNMC’s Rural Family Medicine Preceptorship.

May 13, 2019