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Remembering Reba Benschoter, PhD, telemedicine vanguard
Dr. Benschoter pioneered what is credited as the nation’s first two-way closed-circuit telemedicine system.
Jan 9, 2023
![Reba Benschoter, PhD, in the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute Studio, circa 1967](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Benschoter1010923-900x600.jpg)
UNMC hosts Bangladeshi health delegation
The visit reflects UNMC’s efforts to expand its global health network.
Jan 9, 2023
![Delegates from the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare visited UNMC on Dec. 19 and 20, meeting with UNMC officials including Wael ElRayes (second from left), MBBCh, PhD, co-director of the UNMC College of Public Health’s Center for Global Health and Development.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BangladeshDelegation2010923-900x600.jpg)
Retirement celebration is Jan. 12 for Dr. Joe Norman
The physical therapy faculty member caps 30 years at UNMC.
Jan 9, 2023
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Nominations open for Faculty Awards
Awards recognize faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring or service.
Jan 9, 2023
![UNMC emblem](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UNMC_EmblemGrey-900x600.jpg)
Study shows proof-of-concept efficacy for a long-acting hepatitis B treatment
Lab findings for study at UNMC show therapy outperformed the existing standard of care, authors say.
Jan 6, 2023
![From left, corresponding authors Benson Edagwa, PhD, Natalia Osna, MD, PhD, and Larisa Poluektova, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EdagwaOsnaPoluektova-1.jpg)
UNMC researcher tracks changing liver cancer trends
Evi Farazi, PhD, of the UNMC College of Public Health, publishes a multiyear study on hepatocellular carcinoma.
Jan 6, 2023
![Evi Farazi, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EviFarazi010623-900x600.jpg)
Breakthrough Thinking explores workplace design
Design specialist Julia Cooper advises how to create spaces that connect to an organization’s strategic goals.
Jan 6, 2023
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Breakthrough0105212.jpg)
New NIH data policy: Sessions offered for researchers
UNMC researchers and staff who submit NIH applications are encouraged to attend.
Jan 6, 2023
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UNMC for the record, Jan. 6, 2023
UNMC College of Pharmacy establishes a new honor society, and registration opens for dodgeball tournament.
Jan 6, 2023
![College of Pharmacy Diamond Scholars Club members, Dong Wang, PhD; Luis Marky, PhD; Corey Hopkins, PhD; Keith Olsen, PharmD; Jonathan Vennerstrom, PhD; Yuri Lyubchenko, PhD, DSc; DJ Murry, PharmD; Courtney Fletcher, PharmD. Not pictured: Ram Mahato, PhD; David Oupicky, PhD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DiamondClub010623.jpg)
Diana Florescu, MD, named UNMC Scientist Laureate
Dr. Florescu, UNMC Distinguished Scientists and other researchers will be honored during a ceremony March 9.
Jan 5, 2023
![Diana Florescu, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DianaFlorescu010523-900x600.jpg)