UNMC Today - Today's Headlines
New Investigator: Jennie Hill, Ph.D.
Dr. Hill’s research focus is childhood obesity treatment and prevention.
Feb 14, 2020
![Jennie Hill, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hill021420.jpg)
Palliative Care Symposium open for registration, and other news and notes from the Omaha community.
Feb 14, 2020
![Jim Pillen](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Pillen021420.jpg)
New Investigator: Satyanarayana Rachagani, Ph.D.
Dr. Rachagani’s research focus is pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.
Feb 13, 2020
![Satyanarayana Rachagani, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rachagani021320.jpg)
Impact in Education: Pamela Carmines, Ph.D.
Dr. Carmines will receive the Visionary Leadership in Education Award.
Feb 13, 2020
![From left, Dele Davies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs, Pamela Carmines, Ph.D., and Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., at the Impact in Education Awards.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PamGPSpring.jpg)
Candidates meet with High School Alliance students
Grant Sorrell and Evan Schmeits, candidates for local boards, learned more about UNMC collaborates with public schools.
Feb 13, 2020
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Fulbright Scholar Program honors UNMC
University has been named a top producing institution for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Feb 13, 2020
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Full-service Starbucks planned for Durham Outpatient Center
Targeted opening date is May 2021.
Feb 13, 2020
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Music as Medicine series continues Feb. 20
Vocalist Camille Metoyer Moten will perform in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Lobby.
Feb 13, 2020
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New Investigator: Mohd Wasim Nasser, Ph.D.
Dr. Nasser’s research focus is brain metastasis, breast cancer and lung cancer.
Feb 12, 2020
![Mohd Wasim Nasser, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Nasser021220.jpg)
Author to discuss campus sexual assault at UNO, UNMC
Jennifer Hirsch, Ph.D., co-author of “Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus,” will be in Omaha Feb. 27.
Feb 12, 2020
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