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Hard times couldn’t stop UNMC nursing graduate

A drive to succeed kept UNMC nursing grad Fallon Switzer on the road to her degree.

Apr 30, 2024

Fallon Switzer

UNMC seeking leader for Kearney medical school expansion

The inaugural regional associate dean of medicine will be based at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Apr 30, 2024

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine

Former Sen. Stinner, others recognized by BHECN

Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska at UNMC held its annual awards dinner in Omaha on April 16.

Apr 23, 2024

Top row from left, former Sen. John Stinner and Kenton Shaffer, MD. Bottom row from left: Cecilia Poon, PhD, Laurie Halpenny and Robin Conyers.

Dr. Gold marks a decade of growth, with more on the way

In his state-of-the-campus address, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, thanked ‘all of you’ for seeing through the med center’s exceptional accomplishments.

Apr 18, 2024

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, gives his annual state-of-the-campus address Tuesday.

MD-PhD program receives $1.1 million in NIH funding

UNMC’s rural commitment helped land the federal grant.

Apr 9, 2024

Justin Mott, MD, PhD

UNMC graduates 42 new community health workers

The trainees took part in the UNMC College of Public Health’s three-year Community Health Worker Training Program.

Apr 4, 2024

Dejun Su, PhD

UNK, UNMC celebrate future of health care education during beam-raising ceremony

Dr. Gold: The Rural Health Education Building sends a ‘powerful message’ to students who want to live and work in rural communities.

Apr 2, 2024

The final structural beam for the new Rural Health Education Building is placed Monday morning during a ceremony at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

For the Greater Good attracts record-setting 2,062 gifts

The second annual giving day raised $767,919 to support UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

Mar 29, 2024

The second annual For the Greater Good March 27-28, 2024, was a phenomenal success, with 2,062 gifts raising $767,919 to support UNMC and Nebraska Medicine and events around campus, including this one for students at the Sorrell Center that drew UNMC Student Senate President and Student Regent Katie Schultis.

‘Heart to Heart’ talks with Dr. Watanabe-Galloway

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, meets with Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, to discuss a range of issues around cancer care.

Mar 29, 2024

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD

UNMC for the record, March 29, 2024

News items on the Nebraska LEAD fellows visiting campus and food vendors for the week.

Mar 29, 2024

Fellows with the Nebraska LEAD Program exit the Durham Research Center on a UNMC campus tour in March.