Press Release
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center gains international partner
Sister institution agreement with Hubei Cancer Hospital is 2nd one with Chinese hospital
Dec 1, 2016
![Attendees at the Nov. 14 signing ceremony included: Front row (left-right) - UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. and Shaozhong Wei, M.D., Ph.D., president of Hubei Cancer Hospital; Back row - Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center; Deb Thomas, vice chancellor for business and finance; Huiting Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Jun-qui Yue, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, Ph.D., associate dean for academic programs, UNMC College of Nursing; Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., professor and chair, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Steven Hinrichs, M.D., professor and chair, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; and Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC Office of International Relations.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ChinasigningE.jpg)
UNMC appoints new assistant vice chancellor of business and finance
Will take on additional responsibilities in accounting, compliance, finance and payroll.
Dec 1, 2016
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UNMC study uses technology to improve fitness in rural men
Activity trackers, text messaging, self-monitoring app provide help to 12 study participants
Nov 23, 2016
![Chris Johnson, of Bloomfield, Neb., was one of 12 rural northeast Nebraska men who took part in a recent UNMC pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of the use of health-related text messages and an activity monitor with its companion app to self-monitor eating and activity.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RuralFitnessStudy.jpg)
Four participate in Public Health Early Admissions Student Track program at UNMC
Program designed to recruit, educate and graduate public health leaders
Nov 22, 2016
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Dr. Jane Meza to assume interim leadership role for global engagement
Will lead international efforts for UNMC, UNO, Nebraska Medicine
Nov 22, 2016
![Jane Meza, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Meza2016horizontal.jpg)
Center and library floor named after current UNMC faculty
Recognition given to Drs. James Armitage and Robert Wigton
Nov 18, 2016
![James Armitage, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Armitage1.jpg)
UNMC ice skating rink to open Nov. 26
This year, the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s event will begin on Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. and end Jan. 28 at 2 p.m.
Nov 15, 2016
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College of Nursing designated U.S. Army ROTC Nursing Center of Excellence
One of only 47 designated programs in the country
Nov 14, 2016
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UNMC’s agricultural safety/health grant renewed for $6.9 million
Will focus on innovative projects to address emerging, persistent safety/health issues in agriculture
Nov 9, 2016
![The health and safety of native and non-native bison herd workers is the focus of one UNMC agriculture center research project. At least seven projects have been identified.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Buffalo1109.jpg)
UNMC College of Nursing in Scottsbluff to hold health fair Nov. 17
Will feature health education, screenings, flu shots, fun
Nov 7, 2016
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