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ITEACH Awards honor contributions to student life
Students, student organizations, staff and faculty members were recognized at a ceremony April 17.
Apr 25, 2024
![As keynote speakers, Ashley Farrens, trauma program manager at Nebraska Medicine, and (at left) Charity Evans, MD, chief of the division of acute care surgery, shared their work with the hospital-based violence prevention programs Dusk to Dawn and ENCOMPASS Omaha.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/iTEACHAwards042524-900x600.jpg)
Public health leadership institute accepting applications
The Great Plains Leadership Institute, through the UNMC College of Public Health, will host its 19th cohort.
Apr 25, 2024
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Omaha Performing Arts offers discount to UNMC
Upcoming shows include Wheel of Fortune LIVE!, Joey Fatone and AJ McLean, and ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical.’
Apr 25, 2024
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‘Heart to Heart’ talks with Ally Dering-Anderson, PharmD
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Dr. Dering-Anderson discuss the importance of drug takeback programs.
Apr 24, 2024
![Ally Dering-Anderson, PharmD, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllyDeringAndersonPodcast042424-900x600.jpg)
Public forums today for NU president priority candidate Jeffrey P. Gold, MD
The forums will be held at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, in North Platte and in Scottsbluff.
Apr 24, 2024
![Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DrJeffreyPGold032124-900x600.jpg)
Peng Zhong, PhD, named Kinman Oldfield Scholar
The award will support his research into the neural connections between sleep disturbance and neurodegenerative disorders.
Apr 24, 2024
![Peng Zhong, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PengZhong042424-900x600.jpg)
UNMC’s community engagement survey extended
Data from the survey, which is open through April 30, will help as UNMC reapplies for a Carnegie Community Engaged Campus designation.
Apr 24, 2024
![UNMC held the Bridge to Care refugee health fair in November 2022 at Omaha's Benson High School.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BridgeToCare042424-900x600.jpg)
‘Go Labs!’: UNMC now has a fight song – with bark and bite
The UNMC Student Senate put out a call for lyrics and composers, and the original work debuted last Friday at the NU Board of Regents meeting.
Apr 23, 2024
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Regents schedule meeting for Friday on priority candidate
The board will continue to accept feedback through Thursday, ahead of Friday’s meeting in Lincoln.
Apr 23, 2024
![Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DrJeffreyPGold032124-900x600.jpg)
Former Sen. Stinner, others recognized by BHECN
Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska at UNMC held its annual awards dinner in Omaha on April 16.
Apr 23, 2024
![Top row from left, former Sen. John Stinner and Kenton Shaffer, MD. Bottom row from left: Cecilia Poon, PhD, Laurie Halpenny and Robin Conyers.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BHECNAwards042324-900x600.jpg)