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Reminder: All-campus forum for May is today
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by vice chancellor Anne Barnes and associate vice chancellor Jennifer Bartholomew.
May 6, 2024
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Anne Barnes, vice chancellor for business, finance and business development, and Jennifer Bartholomew, associate vice chancellor for UNMC and vice president for Nebraska Medicine facilities management and planning](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GoldBarnesBartholomew050224-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Gold to receive inaugural ‘Heartland Hero Award’
The award comes from Rural Media Group, which broadcasts ‘Rural Health Matters,’ a live weekly program Dr. Gold hosts on RFD-TV.
May 6, 2024
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Gold062623-900x600.jpg)
Global engagement announces photo contest winners
A total of 83 photos were submitted for the fourth annual International Photo Contest.
May 6, 2024
![“Eye of Andros,” taken by Jaime Yrastorza, is the grand prize winner of UNMC's Fourth Annual International Photo Contest.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/InternationalPhotoContest050624-900x600.jpeg)
Katie Schultis’ father shows her the way
After graduating, Schultis will continue her medical training at the Mayo Clinic, where her late father had received a kidney transplant.
May 3, 2024
![Katie Schultis with her parents, Aaron and Lisa](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SchultisFamily050324-900x600.jpg)
Pharmacy grad mixes coaching with academic, clinical duties
Lindsey Tjards will graduate with her PharmD degree from the UNMC College of Pharmacy, having kept up soccer coaching at Elkhorn South.
May 3, 2024
![Lindsey Tjards at the UNMC College of Pharmacy convocation held Friday, May 3 at the Holland Performing Arts Center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LindseyTjards-900x600.jpg)
UNMC’s Omaha commencement ceremony is Saturday
Here are some things to know for the ceremony, which starts at 9 a.m. at Baxter Arena.
May 3, 2024
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Take Care: Is it just normal sadness or more?
UNMC’s Steve Wengel, MD, discusses how people can tell when ‘feeling blue’ might be clinical depression.
May 3, 2024
![Steve Wengel, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/StevenWengel042423-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, May 3, 2024
The Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Camp Munroe is looking for camp volunteers, and food vendors are set for next week.
May 3, 2024
![Volunteers are needed for seven weeks of Camp Munroe this summer.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camp0423-900x600.jpg)
From Angola to Atlanta, Ewing to UNMC – and beyond
UNMC College of Medicine graduate Edson DeOliveira expresses his gratitude for the experiences that led him to this point.
May 2, 2024
![Edson DeOliveira](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdsonDeOliveira2050224.jpg)
Bos turns her vision diagnosis into OTD experience
Allison Bos is in the first graduating class of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions’ new Occupational Therapy Doctorate program.
May 2, 2024
![Allison Bos](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AllisonBos3050224.jpg)