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LiveGreen: A new way to recycle lab coats
More than 900 pounds of lab coats were collected to be shredded into insulation.
Oct 27, 2022
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Professional Conduct Committee is chosen for 2022-23
UNMC’s Wael ElRayes, MBBCh, PhD, is chair of the six-member committee.
Oct 27, 2022
![Wael ElRayes, MBBCh, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WaelElRayes102822-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, Oct. 28, 2022
News items on an award, a board, mentors and Ebenezer Scrooge.
Oct 27, 2022
![Maurice Godfrey, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MauriceGodfrey102822-900x600.jpg)
$1.5 million grant will support Public Health Scholarship Program
The program aims to grow workforce in tribal, rural and under-resourced communities.
Oct 26, 2022
![Brandon Grimm, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BrandonGrimm102722-900x600.jpg)
Benefits briefing: Health insurance options and Q&A
As open enrollment approaches for benefits, here are some things to know about the University of Nebraska medical plan.
Oct 26, 2022
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Felesia Bowen, PhD, to deliver Jensen Cramer Lectureship
The Nov. 10 event will be in person at the Center for Nursing Science and also offered via Zoom.
Oct 26, 2022
![Felesia Bowen, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FelesiaBowen102722-900x600.jpg)
Candidate George Dungan tours UNMC
Dungan met with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and learned about iEXCEL and behavioral health efforts.
Oct 26, 2022
![At left, Benjamin Stobbe, assistant vice chancellor for clinical simulation with iEXCEL, shows the iEXCEL Laser CAVE to legislative candidate George Dungan.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GeorgeDungan102722-900x600.jpeg)
New faculty spotlight: Pooneh Bagher, PhD
Dr. Bagher is director of the vascular research program for UNMC’s Center for Heart and Vascular Research.
Oct 26, 2022
![Pooneh Bagher, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PoonehBagher102722-900x600.jpg)
Opportunity came knocking, Shaw answered the call
After nearly 30 years, Cory Shaw to leave Nebraska Medicine on Nov. 30
Oct 25, 2022
![Cory Shaw's last day with Nebraska Medicine will be Nov. 30.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/COREYSHAW.jpg)
Marius Florescu, MD, receives NIH accelerator funding
Dr. Florescu’s invention, BioFlow, may help with vascular access for dialysis treatment.
Oct 25, 2022
![Marius Florescu, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MariusFlorescu102622-900x600.jpg)