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Bob Bartee, others honored at BHECN awards dinner
Bartee is recognized for service to the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, which he helped found.
May 1, 2023
![Bob Bartee](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BobBartee050123-900x600.jpg)
Commencement info to know for UNMC’s Omaha ceremony
Academic attire must be picked up Wednesday or Thursday, and the ceremony will be livestreamed.
May 1, 2023
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Webinar to address ‘Decreasing Compassion Fatigue’
The event with Amy Mead is presented by the Olson Center for Women’s Health and UNMC College of Nursing.
May 1, 2023
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UNMC to confer nearly 1,000 degrees at May commencement ceremonies
Bob Bartee and Iftikher Mahmood, MD, will be honored at the Omaha ceremony to be held at Baxter Arena.
Apr 28, 2023
![Bob Bartee and Iftikher Mahmood, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BarteeMahmood.jpg)
Lunch vendors returning to campus starting next week
Vendors will set up inside Sorrell Center and Durham Research Center. See the schedule here.
Apr 28, 2023
![The Sorrell Center is one of two buildings where food vendors will set up on a weekly basis.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SorrellCenter042823-900x600.jpg)
Brand Wise offers guidelines to make Ellie the Lab a perfect pup
UNMC strategic communications has outlined graphic design rules around colors, sizing and other elements.
Apr 28, 2023
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UNMC for the record, April 28, 2023
Items on a pediatric cancer e-Learning module and a wellness initiative at the UNMC College of Public Health.
Apr 28, 2023
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UNMC’s new mascot made official: The Labs
Thanks to a student-led initiative, the Labs joins the University of Nebraska’s Cornhuskers, Mavericks and Lopers.
Apr 27, 2023
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Dr. Rathore awarded national patient advocate of the year
Geetanjali Rathore, MD, is the first pediatric neurologist to receive the AAN’s advocate award.
Apr 27, 2023
![Geetanjali Rathore, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GeetanjaliRathore2042723.jpg)
Dispelling more myths about med center waste and recycling
One important piece of advice to help the recycling process: When in doubt, leave it out.
Apr 27, 2023
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