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Talk IT Thru: Zoom virtual backgrounds
Information technology offers some tips on selecting and uploading special backgrounds.
Dec 13, 2021
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International visitors resume with new system
Two-step registration process now established, and training on the new system is available.
Dec 13, 2021
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COVID-19 testing site change, holiday hours announced
Free testing available at Nebraska Medicine Doctors Building South. Williams Science Hall site is anticipated to reopen for the spring semester.
Dec 13, 2021
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It’s commencement time: In-person ceremony is Friday
Information to know: Academic attire pick-up, livestream info, #UNMCGrad and more.
Dec 13, 2021
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Live presentation skills rusty? This workshop can help
The in-person, highly interactive sessions will help faculty prepare for live conferences and meetings to reopen.
Dec 10, 2021
![Remember live presentations? The "Power Presentations" workshop will get faculty ready for them again.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Presentations121021.jpg)
AAP awards honor faculty and food truck schedule for the week ahead.
Dec 10, 2021
![Jean Ballweg, MD, associate professor, division of pediatric cardiology.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JeanBallweg1210211.jpg)
UNMC for the holidays: ‘Gremlins’ on screen
UNMC and Film Streams are presenting the 1980’s classic with a discussion of the science that might apply in the real world.
Dec 10, 2021
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UNMC snow day policies for employees, students
Reminder: The Omaha campus does not close during extreme weather.
Dec 10, 2021
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UNMC for the holidays: Holiday Skate Day is today
Ice skating event is a go, even though the weather has been warmer.
Dec 10, 2021
![Holiday Skate Day will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HolidaySkate120321.jpeg)
Case is retiring having left a mark in rheumatology
She joined UNMC in human resources and leaves as a research nurse in rheumatology.
Dec 9, 2021
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