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University of Nebraska has record year in philanthropic support
Gifts supported many UNMC programs and initiatives.
Aug 31, 2021
![The new Munroe-Meyer Institute building was one project that received philanthropic support in 2021.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOAR052721.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Daphne Ly, MD
Dr. Ly is an associate professor in the UNMC Division of Surgical Oncology and a surgical oncologist at Nebraska Medicine.
Aug 30, 2021
![Daphne Ly, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ly083021.jpg)
Dr. Shillcutt receives Walling Yanney Professorship
Sasha Shillcutt, MD, is the second holder of the endowed professorship in anesthesiology.
Aug 30, 2021
![Sasha Shillcutt, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Shillcutt0121.jpg)
Cancer center announces seed grant opportunity
Grant funds are from the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.
Aug 30, 2021
![Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Cowan07051.jpg)
Leaders to host a special COVID-19 family forum
Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, MD, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will speak on Wednesday, Sept. 1.
Aug 30, 2021
![From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and James Linder, MD, CEO of Nebraska Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GoldLinder081921.jpg)
Nebraska’s directed health measure: What it means for us
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts issued an executive order and a Directed Health Measure to assist the state’s hospitals.
Aug 30, 2021
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Annual PEN retreat, Dunkin’ holds grand opening at ice rink today, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.
Aug 27, 2021
![Research award winners with Keshore Bidasee, PhD, (far left), chair of the neuroscience graduate program, and Howard Gendelman, MD (far right), chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PEN0827211.jpg)
Dr. Nickel was at UNMC for more than three decades.
Aug 27, 2021
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New faculty spotlight: Lauri Vargo, MD
Dr. Vargo is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology.
Aug 27, 2021
![Lauri Vargo, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vargo082621.jpg)
State Sen. Megan Hunt tours UNMC
Hunt praises med center for ‘leadership’ during the pandemic.
Aug 27, 2021
![From left, Emily McElroy, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, and Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hunt2082421.jpg)