Newsroom
Holiday events mark season, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.
Dec 20, 2019
![The 2019 Chancellor's Holiday Tea was held on Dec. 12.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HolidayTea122019.jpg)
Time out with T.O. – The power of giving
Giving to others is at the heart of one family’s holiday tradition.
Dec 20, 2019
![Teresa and Matt Clark](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Clarks121820.jpg)
New international travel form aims to better serve NU travelers
New questionnaire will go into effect in January.
Dec 20, 2019
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Student group brings music to med center
Doc’Apella will perform at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center today.
Dec 20, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Docapella122019.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Amir Farhangpour, D.D.S.
Dr. Farhangpour is assistant dean for Omaha clinics and associate professor in the UNMC College of Dentistry Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry.
Dec 19, 2019
![Amir Farhangpour, D.D.S.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Farhangpour120919.jpg)
Dr. Cowan named Fred and Pamela Buffett Presidential Chair
The Presidential Chair Award is the highest academic honor the university can bestow on a faculty member.
Dec 19, 2019
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University to close on Dec. 24
Announcement follows a decision by President Trump to close federal offices.
Dec 19, 2019
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Platelet donations needed during holiday season
Nebraska Community Blood Bank is hosting a platelet donation drive Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.
Dec 19, 2019
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Ron Krueger, M.D., receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Director of the Truhlsen Eye Institute honored by the International Society of Refractive Surgery.
Dec 18, 2019
![From left, Ronald Krueger, M.D., the McGaw Professor and chairman of the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Truhlsen Eye Institute, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Krueger122419.jpg)
UNMC study: Marijuana use in e-cigarettes increases among youth
Hongying Dai, Ph.D., has study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dec 18, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Dai121819.jpg)