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State boosts commitment to pediatric cancer research

Nebraska lawmakers approved an additional annual investment of $2.7 million this past legislative session.

Aug 21, 2023

Don Coulter, MD

Economists get ‘impressive’ look at UNMC’s advances

About 20 members of the National Business Economic Issues Council visited the med center Aug. 7.

Aug 17, 2023

Chris Kratochvil, senior advisor to UNMC’s Global Center for Health Security and interim vice chancellor of external relations, shows economists with the National Business Economic Issues Council an austere training environment housed within the Davis Global Center.

Resident finds smooth transition as house officers arrive

The Office of Graduate Medical Education onboarded more than 200 house officers this summer.

Aug 16, 2023

Chydubem Nwaiwu, MD

Dr. Gundry named chair of cellular and integrative physiology

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, also will be appointed the Stokes-Shackleford Professor of Physiology. 

Aug 15, 2023

Rebekah Gundry, PhD

New nursing dean highlights priorities during campus forum

Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, has heard from Nebraskans about the critical role UNMC plays in the state.

Aug 14, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, UNMC College of Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, and Jane Meza, PhD, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, global engagement and strategic planning

iEXCEL showcases advances as host of simulation conference

SimGHOSTS USA 2023 welcomed health care simulation specialists from around the nation and across the globe.

Aug 11, 2023

Devin Marble of ImmersiveMedical speaks at the SimGHOSTS USA 2023 conference, held on the UNMC campus in Omaha earlier this month.

New public art celebrates what abounds in Williams Science Hall

The artwork, with warm, inviting colors and a geometric design reminiscent of DNA, is called ‘De Nobis Abundans.’

Aug 10, 2023

Goal: Path to new treatments for vision-destroying disease

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD, received a National Institutes of Health grant to explore innate immune responses to acute retinal necrosis.

Aug 9, 2023

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD

Dr. Ratnapradipa now leading BHECN’s research work

A key focus for Dr. Ratnapradipa will be to oversee workforce analysis research.

Aug 8, 2023

Kendra Ratnapradipa, PhD

Summer health professions students see what’s possible

Almost 80 undergrads spent four weeks at UNMC through the Summer Health Professions Education Program.

Aug 7, 2023

At center, Wayne Howell, a surgical simulation specialist and a 2017 alumnus of the Summer Health Professions Education Program, works with SHPEP students visiting the iEXCEL program.