Newsroom
Back to campus: Safety information to know
Here’s a useful guide with phone numbers and links for all things public safety at UNMC.
Aug 23, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Evans1a-e1685668536368.jpg)
Olson Center will host its second annual book club
The virtual book club will discuss how to more effectively approach life’s hurdles by promoting ‘presence.’
Aug 23, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BookClub082322.jpg)
Goat yoga? Med center community can give it a try
The Center for Healthy Living will hold two goat yoga sessions at the Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza following Wednesday’s #WeAreUNMC BBQ.
Aug 23, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GoatYoga082322.jpg)
Retirement reception set for Ronnie Powell
The event will be Aug. 23 for the refrigeration tech who spent nearly a half-century on campus.
Aug 22, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Ronniecover0827.jpg)
Monkeypox is focus of Sept. 1 Science Cafe
Mark Rupp, MD, will discuss antivirals, the Monkeypox vaccine and how to prevent spread of the virus.
Aug 22, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MarkRupp2082222.jpg)
As seen on campus: Welcome back, UNMC
After a time of preparation and orientation, including last week’s Chalk the Walk event, the campus is back and ready for the 2022-23 academic year.
Aug 22, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ChalkWalk1082222.jpg)
CultureFest 2022 postponed until a later date
UNMC’s annual celebration of culture, inclusion and diversity had been scheduled for Aug. 26.
Aug 22, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ScottStudentPlaza080922.jpg)
Fant, a star High School Alliance alum, praises program
Noah Fant, now a tight end with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, praises UNMC’s high school program in an interview in Seattle.
Aug 19, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fant0430.jpg)
Retirement event scheduled for two nursing veterans
Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Rebecca Keating-Lefler, PhD, will retire from the UNMC College of Nursing in September.
Aug 19, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CONRetirements081922.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Sydney Blount, MD
Sydney Blount, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and a diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism physician with Nebraska Medicine.
Aug 19, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SydneyBlount081922.jpg)