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Chill out: De-Stress Week is next week
Events will run Monday, Dec. 5, through Friday, Dec. 9.
Dec 1, 2022
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UNMC hosts luncheon for departing legislators
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, thanked the senators for their service and support of UNMC.
Dec 1, 2022
![From left, Senators Steve Lathrop, John McCollister, Matt Williams, Mark Kolterman and Patty Pansing Brooks, with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, at center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/StateSenators120222-900x600.jpg)
Senator-elect Jana Hughes tours UNMC
Hughes met with university leaders, received an update on UNMC’s rural health initiatives and toured iEXCEL.
Dec 1, 2022
![Jana Hughes tours UNMC's iEXCEL program with Benjamin Stobbe, assistant vice chancellor for clinical simulation with iEXCEL.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/JanaHughes120222-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, Dec. 2, 2022
Cancer center search committee gains new members and nursing’s Anna Schwartz, PhD, shares her medical research expertise.
Dec 1, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CancerCenter120222-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Swindells co-edits ID journal supplement
Susan Swindells, MBBS, is one of three co-editors of a new supplement to the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Nov 30, 2022
![Susan Swindells, MBBS](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SusanSwindells120122-900x600.jpg)
Knedler promotes equal access to health sciences education
Jacque Knedler is director of the Accessibility Services Center at UNMC.
Nov 30, 2022
![Jacque Knedler](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JacqueKnedler120122.jpg)
Discussion reflects on building the nursing workforce
The first Breakthrough Thinking of this season focuses on creating the post-pandemic nursing workforce.
Nov 30, 2022
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Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM graduates 19 fellows
UNeTech Institute partnered with Bio Nebraska and received funding through the Kauffman Foundation.
Nov 30, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OpportunityCorps120122-900x600.jpg)
Reminder: All-campus forum is Thursday, Dec. 1
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by UNMC’s Jane Meza, PhD.
Nov 30, 2022
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for the Office of Health Security](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GoldMeza090222.jpg)
Lydia Kang, MD, travels to a galaxy far, far away in writing a Star Wars novel that will release next year.
Nov 29, 2022
![Lydia Kang, MD and Star Wars author](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LydiaKang113022.jpeg)