Press Release

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.

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

College of Nursing designated U.S. Army ROTC Nursing Center of Excellence

One of only 47 designated programs in the country

Nov 14, 2016

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.

Nov. 15 Omaha Science Cafe to focus saving two endangered species

Franklin West, Ph.D., an associate professor of regenerative medicine at the University of Georgia, will discuss how he is using science to try to save the Sumatran tiger and clouded leopard at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., Nov. 15 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. The Sumatran tiger and clouded leopard […]

Nov 7, 2016

UNMC College of Nursing in Scottsbluff to hold health fair Nov. 17

Will feature health education, screenings, flu shots, fun

Nov 7, 2016

UNMC seeks volunteers for research registry

Participants will be asked to participate in mind/brain health research

Nov 1, 2016

Matthew Rizzo, M.D.

UNMC partners with community health providers to improve patient transitioning

One impetuses for the grant is a study by the U.S. Office of the Inspector General that cited a loss of $2.8 billion in 2014 because of poor transitions from acute care into skilled nursing facilities

Oct 31, 2016

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine awarded $20 million to develop national training center

Center to be located in iEXCEL facility that will soon be built on UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus

Oct 28, 2016

Here's a rendering of the iEXCEL facility that will soon be constructed on the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus. The new training facility will be located on the first floor of this building.

$20 million research grant is largest ever for UNMC

Will focus on clinical/translational research, developing early career researchers into independent scientists

Oct 25, 2016

Some of the steering committee members of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network include: (left-right) Ted Mikuls, M.D., Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., Ashok Mudgapalli, Ph.D., Fang Yu, Ph.D., Jim McClay, M.D., Matt Rizzo, M.D., Mary Cramer, Ph.D., Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., and Karla Klaus. NOTE: Dr. Fruhling is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. All others in the photo are from UNMC. Those UNMC steering committee members missing from the photo are: Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D., Lani (Chi Chi) Zimmerman, Ph.D.,  Jane Meza, Ph.D., and Babu Guda, Ph.D.