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Annual faculty awards: Don Ronning, PhD
Dr. Ronning is a professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences at the UNMC College of Pharmacy.
Apr 9, 2024
![Don Ronning, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/RonningAFM040424-900x600.jpg)
Kimberley Nichols, MD, to give Walling Yanney lecture
Dr. Nichols will speak on April 17 on ‘Building Work Communities Where People Can Thrive.’
Apr 9, 2024
![Kimberley Nichols, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KimberleyNichols040824.jpg)
Nursing’s creative writing award announces winners
Students and alumni wrote entries under the theme of ‘Nursing Does That.’
Apr 9, 2024
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GME research symposium set for April 22
House officers will present research in clinical outcomes, basic science, education, business and other areas.
Apr 9, 2024
![Chandra Are, MBBS, associate dean of graduate medical education](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ChandraAre081423-900x600.jpg)
New pipeline will develop virtual reality for medical education
UNMC and UNeTech are partners in the Omaha Virtual Reality Pipeline, recently established through a federal grant.
Apr 8, 2024
![Joseph Siu, PhD, and Joe Runge, JD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SiuRunge040824-900x600.jpg)
Annual faculty awards: Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD
Dr. Byrareddy is a professor in the department of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience at the UNMC College of Medicine.
Apr 8, 2024
![Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Byrareddy040424-900x600.jpg)
Protect your eyes while watching today’s solar eclipse
The med center’s Rao Chundury, MD, explains the risk and how to safely view a solar eclipse.
Apr 8, 2024
![The Truhlsen Eye Institute is offering free eclipse viewing glasses, limit one per person, while supplies last.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TruhlsenEyeInstitute-900x600.jpg)
Reminder: Chancellor’s all-campus forum is today
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by Chris Kratochvil, MD, UNMC’s vice chancellor for external relations.
Apr 8, 2024
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Chris Kratochvil, MD, UNMC’s vice chancellor for external relations](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GoldKratochvil020724-900x600.jpg)
Ellen Tilden, PhD, is featured speaker for nursing lectureship
The Anna Marie Jensen Cramer Memorial Lectureship in Women’s and Children’s Health and Family Nursing will be April 30.
Apr 8, 2024
![Ellen Tilden, PhD, of Oregon Health and Science University](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EllenTilden040824-900x600.jpg)
Carl Smith, MD, will step down as obstetrics and gynecology chair
Dr. Smith has led the growth and development of the department for 22 years.
Apr 5, 2024
![Carl Smith, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CarlSmith040524-900x600.jpg)