Press Release

Online graduate nursing program ranked among best by U.S. News & World Report

The program is tied for 61st out of 144 schools – moving up from 73rd in last year’s ranking.

Jan 12, 2017

HPV-associated cancers continue to rise; preventive vaccine underused

Omaha’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 68 other national cancer centers urge action to increase national vaccination rates

Jan 11, 2017

Kari Byron to headline 2017 Nebraska Science Festival

Keynote is host of popular reality-based science shows

Jan 11, 2017

Kari Byron

UNMC College of Public Health leaders to make 6-city ‘listening tour

Will meet with health departments in York, Grand Island, Hastings, Holdrege, McCook, North Platte

Jan 10, 2017

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 27-28

24-hour ice skating event – now in its 7th year at UNMC – has raised more than $155,000

Jan 9, 2017

UNMC researchers seek feedback on breast cancer survivor support program

The goal of the program is to reduce cancer-related distress to improve quality of life.

Jan 5, 2017

Wine is topic of Jan. 10 Omaha Science Cafe

Matthew Brown, advanced sommelier and manager of V. Mertz restaurant, will discuss the science of wine at the next Omaha Science Café being held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 10 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Brown will discuss soils and vines, the science of grape varieties, oxygen management and wine quality, wine production techniques, […]

Jan 4, 2017

Willie Barney to headline Jan. 16 MLK event at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine

On Jan. 16, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine will once again honor the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with a keynote presentation by Willie Barney, founder and president of the Empowerment Network. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from […]

Jan 3, 2017

UNMC part of consortium looking for new treatments for cardiovascular diseases

7 universities involved including UCLA, Caltech, Harvard, Oxford

Dec 28, 2016

Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D.

UNMC names new assistant dean for UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division

Since 2014, Dr. Carithers was director of the doctor of nursing practice program and clinical associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Dec 23, 2016

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