Press Release
Warm weather rest of this week will further delay opening of UNMC ice rink
The forecast calls for temperatures in the 50s for the rest of the week.
Nov 27, 2017
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UNMC seeks participants for Alzheimer’s disease prevention trial
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
Nov 22, 2017
![Daniel Murman, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Murman.jpg)
UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute adds 3 genetic counselors
Indicative of how genetics field is exploding
Nov 16, 2017
![Omar Rahman, M.D., is director of the Department of Genetic Medicine at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Rahman0810.jpg)
$75,000 gift to enhance UNMC training for rural first responders, health care
Program makes use of vehicles outfitted with realistic equipment and high-fidelity patient simulators
Nov 16, 2017
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Two common mental illness meds could pose health risk for certain individuals
Combined UNMC, Vanderbilt research team reports results in leading scientific journal
Nov 14, 2017
![Zeljka Korade, D.V.M., Ph.D. (left), and Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ZeljkaKaroly_BT_2017_cropped.jpg)
Research suggests potential treatment for autism, intellectual disability
Findings published in Nature Neuroscience online issue
Nov 10, 2017
![Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Kim_Ph_D_510.jpg)
Cattlemen’s Ball presents Buffett Cancer Center with $904,000 check
Proceeds also used for numerous local heath care needs
Nov 9, 2017
![Organizers and hosts of the 2017 Cattlemen's Ball present a $904,000 check to Dr. Kenneth Cowan of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at University of Nebraska Medical Center on Sept. 23. From left: Don and Deb Cantrell; Jeff and Karen Evans; Jeff Johnson, host; Dr. Cowan; Lisa Johnson, host; and Cindy and Jim Duncan. Photo courtesy of Becky Finney.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CattlemensBall2017.jpg)
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Opioids, addiction to be focus of Nov. 14 Science Cafe
Alena Balasanova, M.D., will be featured speaker.
Nov 7, 2017
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UNMC students to provide education, services during Refugee Health Fair
Free services will include flu immunizations as well as vision, dental and blood pressure and glucose level screenings.
Nov 7, 2017
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