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New World-Herald publisher tours med center
Publisher Ava Thomas met with UNMC leadership, participated in rural health meeting and visited the Davis Global Center.
Dec 16, 2021
![Ava Thomas (center), publisher of the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald, toured the Davis Global Center with Vice Chancellor for External Relations Bob Bartee, at right, and Michael Hollins, director of community and business engagement with iEXCEL.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AvaThomas121321.jpg)
UNMC keeping up COVID safety, campus growth
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, offers updates on campus pandemic protocols and development initiatives in his latest forum.
Dec 16, 2021
![Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC, joined UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, in Monday's virtual forum.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MezaGold111121.jpg)
Internationally recognized physician-scientist to lead pancreas cancer program
Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD, is inaugural Nancy Armitage Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research Presidential Chair.
Dec 16, 2021
![Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD, is the inaugural recipient of the Nancy Armitage Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research Presidential Chair and the first director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Hingorani121621.jpg)
Library looking to build selection of ‘human books’
Two-part series involving McGoogan Library and UNO’s Criss Library will allow people to connect through candid conversations.
Dec 15, 2021
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University to give leave-eligible staff two days off
UNMC employees will receive two ‘banked holiday’ days of paid leave.
Dec 15, 2021
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Inclusive Excellence: Face your own biases
Presenter urges people to acknowledge their preconceived notions, take bold steps to address them.
Dec 15, 2021
![Sheritta Strong, MD, assistant vice chancellor of inclusion.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/InclusiveExcellence1215211.jpg)
Unwind & Create: Resetting perspective
Registration is due Friday for guided art class on charcoal drawing.
Dec 14, 2021
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LiveGreen: Take note of med center’s urban prairies
Native planting spots, funded by Nebraska Environmental Trust grant, offer lessons on helping the environment.
Dec 14, 2021
![An urban prairie at the med center funded by a Nebraska Environmental Trust grant.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UrbanPrairie1121421.jpg)
Dr. Larsen plans to step down from vice chancellor role
UNMC’s second vice chancellor for research, who is not retiring, has elevated the university’s research enterprise.
Dec 14, 2021
![Jennifer Larsen, MD, will step away as UNMC's vice chancellor for research.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Larsen0128.jpg)
UNMC’s skate day makes a fun and icy return
After being cancelled last year as a COVID-19 precaution, Holiday Skate Day brought the tradition back to the UNMC Ice Rink.
Dec 14, 2021
![Holiday Skate Day drew about 115 people in all to the UNMC Ice Rink.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SkateDay11214211.jpg)