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UNeTech partner patents hands-free treadmill
Omaha-based Impower Health Inc. works with UNMC and UNO’s research capacity as it develops the technology for market.
Jan 12, 2022
![A prototype of the Impower Health hands-free treadmill.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Impower2011222.jpg)
UNMC history: Civil War veterans and college founders
Physicians who were tested by war came to Omaha, where they founded the Omaha Medical College.
Jan 12, 2022
![Robert Livingston, MD (1827-1888), was a co-founder of the Omaha Medical College and ostensibly served as dean.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LivingstonRobert011222.jpg)
Med center virtual forum addresses omicron variant
Mark Rupp, MD, and Armando De Alba Rosales, MD, answered people’s COVID-19 questions on Facebook Live.
Jan 12, 2022
![Mark Rupp, MD, chief of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, and Armando De Alba Rosales, MD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Family Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Rupp_deAlba011222.jpg)
Analisa McMillan, PhD, named IAE associate director
Dr. McMillan brings expertise in distance learning and instructional design to Interprofessional Academy of Educators.
Jan 11, 2022
![Analisa McMillan, PhD, the new associate director of the Interprofessional Academy of Educators at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AnalisaMcMillan011122.jpg)
From social media: Dr. Lawler projects hospital wave
UNMC Global Center for Health Security studies case and hospital numbers from Europe and East Coast for a look at what’s likely here.
Jan 11, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CoronavirusUpdates123021.jpg)
NIH changes to impact UNMC investigators
Requirement for changing format of ‘other support’ documentation effective Jan. 25. Drop-in training sessions offered online.
Jan 11, 2022
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Artist to share work on infant feeding through history
Lindsey Beal of Rhode Island will give a presentation Jan. 25 via Zoom.
Jan 11, 2022
![Lindsey Beal, a photo-based artist in Providence, Rhode Island.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LindseyBeal011122.jpg)
LiveGreen: Sustainability council starts its sixth year
The Executive Sustainability Council helps plan the med center’s future of responsible resource use.
Jan 11, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/LiveGreenNew.jpg)
From social media: Hannah Tandon, human of UNMC
UNMC’s Instagram account profiles the people you meet each day around campus.
Jan 10, 2022
![Hannah Tandon, vice president of the student senate and student in the UNMC College of Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HannahTandon010722.jpg)
Cancer center looking to fund pilot research projects
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s community outreach and engagement effort is requesting applications for 2022 pilot projects.
Jan 10, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BuffettCancerCenter1216211.jpg)