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UNL-UNMC initiative kicks off with retreat

Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Initiative will expand collaborations.

Mar 1, 2016

Virtual Incision mini-robots conduct first known human surgery

UNMC’s Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., teams with UNL’s Shane Farritor, Ph.D., for miniaturized robotically assisted surgery.

Mar 1, 2016

Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., a UNMC professor of surgery, operates a surgical robot as in the background Shane Farritor, Ph.D., a UNL engineering professor, adjusts the camera on the surgical subject in this 2015 photo illustration. The two developed the robot for minimally invasive surgeries. Their startup company, Virtual Incision, announced March 1 the first use of its miniaturized robot in human surgery.

Honeycutt is inaugural Gilg Professor at CAHP

Karen Honeycutt is named the Clarence and Nelle Gilg Professor for Teaching Excellence and Innovation in Allied Health.

Feb 29, 2016

Karen Honeycutt

Coach Osborne: Mentors make a difference

Former Husker football coach brought message to campus last week.

Feb 29, 2016

Tom Osborne, Ph.D.

Joslyn art presentation explores American frontier

Joslyn curator Toby Jurovics will discuss the exhibit “Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.”

Feb 29, 2016

Image credit: Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830-1902), The Last of the Buffalo, ca. 1888, oil on canvas, 60.25 x 96.5 inches, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund Purchase, 2.60.

Under the Microscope: Cyber security

Dr. Gold talks with Sharon Welna, information security officer, about email phishing, lost devices and information security.

Feb 29, 2016

Student spotlight: Meet Logan Franck

Pharmacy student enjoys new places, experiences and friends.

Feb 26, 2016

Logan Franck

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 26, 2016

Denise Waibel-Rycek, instructor for the UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division, describes the functions of the birthing manikin in the Simulation Suite at the new Health Science Education Complex at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The building, which opened in August, houses more than a dozen UNMC nursing and allied health programs. Ryan Splittgerber, Ph.D., assistant professor with the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions - Kearney Campus, also talked about new technology in the building.

Samuel Bierner, M.D., to head new PM&R program

Texas physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist will begin April 1.

Feb 26, 2016

Samuel Biemer, M.D.

UNMC creates an administrator’s guide

Guide will provide one stop for key information and resources.

Feb 26, 2016

Deb Thomas, interim vice chancellor of business and finance