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Badge access allows for 24/7 shopping
A new badge reader and self-checkout allow colleagues to shop anytime at the C-store located on level three of University Tower.
Apr 8, 2022
![A new badge reader and self-checkout will allow 24/7 access at the C-store located on level three of University Tower.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CStore2040822.jpeg)
UNMC for the record, April 8, 2022
David Carver, PhD, helps lead ombuds standards update, a campus supply drive for the homeless and food trucks on campus.
Apr 8, 2022
![David Carver, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Carver0304.jpg)
Stephen Smith, a stickler for quality, is Gold U winner
Smith, who has been with UNMC for 24 years, works as an instructional technologist and with the HEROES program.
Apr 8, 2022
![Stephen Smith, UNMC's winner of the April Gold U Award. (Rich Watson/UNMC)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/StephenSmith040822.jpg)
Legislature OKs UNK-UNMC Rural Health Complex funding
Bill now moves to Gov. Ricketts’ desk for consideration.
Apr 8, 2022
![The Health Science Education Complex on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/HSEC1130.jpg)
MMI names new director for integrated autism center
Alice Shillingsburg, PhD, will join the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute in July and lead the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Apr 8, 2022
![Alice Shillingsburg, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AliceShillingsburg0408221.jpg)
Second vaccine booster approved for people over 50
Booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are not required for UNMC faculty, staff and students but are strongly encouraged.
Apr 7, 2022
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COVID-19 boosters focus of April’s campus forum
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, also addressed numerous points of progress around UNMC.
Apr 7, 2022
![Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC, and Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MezaGold111121.jpg)
Howard Fox, MD, PhD, receives university’s ORCA Award
Dr. Fox honored by University of Nebraska System for outstanding research and creative activity.
Apr 7, 2022
![Howard Fox, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Fox2040722.jpg)
The med center will hold events throughout April.
Apr 7, 2022
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Shelter your meetings against Zoom-bombing
Here are some tips and recommendations to make sure a video meeting is secure.
Apr 7, 2022
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