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Nominations open for Community Service to Research Award
The award honors people and groups in the community supporting UNMC’s research mission.
Aug 31, 2022
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Rick Contreras’ retirement reception is Sept. 7
The celebration for the technician runs from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Truhlsen Events Center in the Sorrell Center.
Aug 31, 2022
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Sidewalk closure starting Sept. 6
As part of the ongoing site development at the former Munroe-Meyer Institute, a nearby sidewalk will be closed for the foreseeable future.
Aug 31, 2022
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Med center steps forward for Stop the Bleed training
More than 500 members of the med center community participated in the first of two training events.
Aug 30, 2022
![Sara Bills, DPT, an assistant professor and associate director of the UNMC Division of Physical Therapy Education, trains with a tourniquet with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Austin Brake, program coordinator for the UNMC HEROES Program, during Monday’s Stop the Bleed training.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/StopTheBleed1083122-900x600.jpg)
Innovation Awards will return Oct. 13
UNeMed’s annual Innovation Week will include an in-person awards banquet.
Aug 30, 2022
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Registration is open for UNMC fall intramurals
Sign up by Sunday, Sept. 4, to secure a spot in the soccer, kickball or sand volleyball leagues.
Aug 30, 2022
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New faculty spotlight: Hesham Ghonim, MD
Hesham Ghonim, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department Of Neurological Sciences and a neurology and epilepsy physician with Nebraska Medicine.
Aug 30, 2022
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Innovation Design Unit wraps up first phase of planning
Architects, colleagues, physicians and faculty now are working together on a design for the new inpatient unit, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2024.
Aug 30, 2022
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Anece McCloud to give author talk Sept. 16
McCloud, UNMC’s first director of minority affairs, wrote “Seeking Personal Validation: The Life and Times of an African American, Female, Academic.”
Aug 29, 2022
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New faculty spotlight: Haley Phillips, MD
Haley Phillips, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences and epilepsy physician at Nebraska Medicine.
Aug 29, 2022
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