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Office of inclusion starts ‘Coffee & Conversations’
New event, which will be held virtually for now, is inviting open discussions in a casual setting. First conversation is Friday.
Jan 5, 2022
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New faculty spotlight: Darby Kurtz
Kurtz is an assistant professor, archivist and public historian with McGoogan Health Sciences Library.
Jan 5, 2022
![Darby Kurtz, assistant professor, archivist and public historian, McGoogan Health Sciences Library](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DarbyKurtz010522.jpg)
Three nurse faculty appointed to endowed positions
Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD, now among endowed positions in UNMC College of Nursing.
Jan 5, 2022
![Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EndowedChairs010522.jpg)
From social media: Abraham Killanin, human of UNMC
UNMC’s Instagram account profiles the people you meet each day around campus.
Jan 4, 2022
![Abraham Killanin, graduate research assistant in pharmacology/experimental neuroscience](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AbrahamKillanin010422.jpg)
OPS superintendent to speak at MLK celebration
Cheryl Logan, EdD, will speak at the virtual event co-hosted by UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Jan 4, 2022
![Cheryl Logan, EdD, has served as superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools since 2018.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Logan0201.jpg)
LiveGreen: Sustainable New Year’s resolutions
Making a resolution this year? Here are some ideas that keep the planet’s health in mind.
Jan 4, 2022
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UNMC’s Simulation in Motion-Nebraska program brings critical emergency medical training to rural first responders.
Jan 4, 2022
![On the Road Again](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/truck-hero-900x600-1.jpg)
Financial disclosure forms available Jan. 17
Form will be released in COI-Smart and is due March 31.
Jan 3, 2022
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Virtual all-campus forum set for Thursday
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security, and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Jan 3, 2022
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC; and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoldMezaBartholomew010322.jpg)
Matthew Van Hook, PhD, awarded glaucoma grant
The research will explore the breakdown between the eye and brain that leads to the condition.
Jan 3, 2022
![Matthew Van Hook, PhD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MattewVanHook0103222.jpg)