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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

UNMC's Center for Healthy Living held a goat yoga session on May 24.

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

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

Ronnie Powell

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

Mark Rupp, MD

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

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

Noah Fant when he was a member of the 2015-16 UNMC High School Alliance class and a future NFL tight end

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

Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler (left), PhD, and Rebecca Keating-Lefler, PhD

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

Sydney Blount, MD

UNMC for the record, Aug. 19, 2022

News items on a distinguished fellow selection, a placement for two search committees, a financial wellness series and a volunteer effort from the Emerging Professionals Program.

Aug 19, 2022

Melissa Soester, PhD

UNMC Student Senate leadership is named

Medical students Nicole Kent and Katie Schultis will serve as Student Senate president and vice president for the 2022-23 school year.

Aug 19, 2022

UNMC Student Senate officers for 2022-23 are, from left, Nicole Kent (president), Katie Schultis (vice president), Jordan Knapp (chief of staff) and Ben Bonebrake (treasurer).