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Grad school memories prompt faculty member’s gift
Longtime educator Tom McDonald, PhD, looks to support young scientists.
Feb 23, 2024
![Tom McDonald, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/McDonaldCOM-900x600.jpg)
Impact in Education: Elizabeth Harlow, MD
Dr. Harlow is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.
Feb 23, 2024
![Elizabeth Harlow, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ElizabethHarlow022424-900x600.jpg)
Retirees visit UNMC to tour cancer center, Davis Global Center
The group, which included UNMC Board of Counselor member Peg Gilbert, saw some of UNMC’s newest facilities and latest innovations.
Feb 23, 2024
![UNMC visitor Ann Tanis stepped into iEXCEL's five-sided virtual reality laser-CAVE.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tour021624-900x600.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Emily McCormick Kraus, PhD
Dr. McCormick Kraus is an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the UNMC College of Public Health.
Feb 23, 2024
![Emily McCormick Kraus, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EmilyKraus022324-900x600.jpg)
‘Soup On’ with turkey and black bean chili today
Register for the virtual cooking demonstration, which starts at 11:30 a.m., via Bridge.
Feb 23, 2024
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UNMC for the record, Feb. 23, 2024
New appointments in allied health, a discussion on multiple sclerosis, news from Metro Credit Union, UNMC retirements and campus food vendors.
Feb 23, 2024
![Amber Donnelly, PhD, and Tammy Webster, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DonnellyWebster022324-900x600.jpg)
Remembering Bruce Lauritzen, visionary business and philanthropic leader
The former Nebraska Medicine chairman and First National Bank president made a tremendous impact on health care in Nebraska.
Feb 22, 2024
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‘Heart to Heart’ welcomes new cancer center leader
Joann Sweasy, PhD, talks with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, about joining the med center’s ‘all in’ fight against cancer.
Feb 22, 2024
![Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, joins UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, in his latest “Health Care Heart to Heart” podcast episode.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Podcast_DrSweasy022224-900x600.jpg)
Impact in Education: Amy Cannella, MD
Dr. Cannella holds the Gerald F. Moore Professorship in Rheumatology at UNMC.
Feb 22, 2024
![Amy Cannella, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AmyCannella2022224-900x600.jpg)
New software offered for screen reading, magnification
The program called Fusion is an accessibility tool designed to assist individuals with vision impairment.
Feb 22, 2024
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