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State Sen. Megan Hunt tours UNMC
Hunt praises med center for ‘leadership’ during the pandemic.
Aug 27, 2021
![From left, Emily McElroy, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, and Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hunt2082421.jpg)
UNMC study confirms COVID air transmission
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review.
Aug 27, 2021
![From left, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, John Lowe, PhD and St. Patrick Reid, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Aerosol082721.jpg)
Annual PEN retreat, Dunkin’ holds grand opening at ice rink today, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.
Aug 27, 2021
![Research award winners with Keshore Bidasee, PhD, (far left), chair of the neuroscience graduate program, and Howard Gendelman, MD (far right), chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PEN0827211.jpg)
Dr. Nickel was at UNMC for more than three decades.
Aug 27, 2021
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New faculty spotlight: Anne Williamson, DDS
Dr. Williamson is a professor and director of postgraduate endodontics in the UNMC Department of Surgical Specialties, College of Dentistry.
Aug 26, 2021
![Anne Williamson, DDS](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Williamson082321.jpg)
Pilot grant provides impetus for health inequities curriculum
A recently published paper described the development of the curriculum.
Aug 26, 2021
![From left, Rohan Khazanchi and Jasmine Marcelin, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/KhazanchiMarcelin082521.jpg)
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Trial explores hyperoxygen therapy in brain injuries
The Hyperbaric Medicine Center is one of 11 units around the nation to take part in new trial.
Aug 26, 2021
![Jeffrey Cooper, MD, director of hyperbaric medicine for Nebraska Medicine and associate professor of emergency medicine at UNMC](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cooper083121.jpg)
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USAF surgeon general tours UNMC
Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, MD, praised partnership between UNMC, Air Force.
Aug 25, 2021
![James Lawler, MD, executive director of international programs and innovation at the Global Center for Health Security, escorts Gen. Robert Miller, MD, the surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force, during his visit to UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Miller082621.jpg)