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2024 Wellness Fair features health information, testing and giveaways

The Oct. 8 fair will be held in the Sorrell Center.

Oct 3, 2024

The 2023 wellness fair

New faculty spotlight: Aaron Deeds, MD

Dr. Deeds is an instructor in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.

Oct 3, 2024

Aaron Deeds, MD

Legislative candidate Jared Storm visits UNMC

Storm toured the iEXCEL program at the Davis Global Center and receiving an overview of the program’s training opportunities.

Oct 3, 2024

Jared Storm

‘You gave me my life back’

Nebraska’s first Ebola patient marks 10 years with gratitude for his care team.

Oct 2, 2024

Rick Sacra, MD, spoke with news media as he returned to the med center 10 years after being the first Ebola patient treated in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit.

Registration open for research network’s annual scientific meeting

The Great Plains IDeA-CTR will hold its meeting Oct. 21 at UNO’s Scott Conference Center.

Oct 2, 2024

Annual Scientific Meeting promotional graphic

Professional development sessions offered for Employee Learning Week

Five virtual discussions will be held, including a UNMC session on change with Anthony Ashby, president of CHI Health Immanuel.

Oct 2, 2024

UNMC emblem

Events set to celebrate Campus Sustainability Month

Participate in the med center’s LiveGreen Ambassador ERG, join a campus cleanup and more.

Oct 2, 2024

LiveGreen Logo

All-campus forum will be held Oct. 7 

Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, will have a discussion on his first 100 days in the position.

Oct 1, 2024

Dele Davies, MD

Event draws questions about drinking, ‘sober curious’

Guest speaker Marisa Silveri, PhD, and a panel of UNMC experts led the Sept. 13 discussion at the Wigton Heritage Center.

Oct 1, 2024

From left, guest speaker Marisa Silveri, PhD, Alëna Balasanova, MD, Jennifer Blackford, PhD, and Todd Wyatt, PhD

Diabetes symposium to discuss managing glucose in pregnancy

Registration is open until Friday for the Oct. 11 event, which will be held at the Truhlsen Campus Events Center.

Oct 1, 2024

A selection of healthy foods