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Psychedelics in medicine is topic of Dec. 5 Science Café
UNMC associate professor Lou Lukas, MD, is the featured speaker.
Nov 30, 2023
![Lou Lukas, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LouLukas113023-900x600.jpg)
Respite needs expected to grow with aging population
Support is available for working caregivers, who are asked to take a short survey.
Nov 30, 2023
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UNMC joins with Girls Inc. to showcase radiology field
More than a dozen teenagers joined a “Rad Girls” activity at the Davis Global Center.
Nov 29, 2023
![Radiology resident Liz Pruss, MD, left, served as a teacher and role model for visiting teenagers during a recent "Rad Girls" experiential educational event put on by the UNMC College of Medicine's Radiology Interest Group, UNMC's iEXCEL program and Girls Inc. Omaha.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GirlsIncRadNight112923-900x600.jpg)
AI is focus of Breakthrough Thinking session Dec. 5
Maria Langworthy, PhD, co-founder of CampusEvolve, will discuss the potential and peril of generative AI in education.
Nov 29, 2023
![Maria Langworthy, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MariaLangworthy112923.jpg)
Emerging professionals wrapping up year with two events
A membership forum today will include a presentation on financial wellness and managing stress during the holidays.
Nov 29, 2023
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Retired nursing professor writes book on Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
Nancy Waltman, PhD, wrote “Healer: Susan La Flesche Picotte” on the first Native American doctor in the U.S.
Nov 29, 2023
![Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD,](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Picotte111720-e1700588924853.jpg)
Give With Your Heart on Giving Tuesday
On this Giving Tuesday, the NU Foundation is offering the Give With Your Heart drive to support UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Nov 28, 2023
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Farnam Street to reopen this week
The newly improved street will help improve traffic flow through UNMC’s Saddle Creek District.
Nov 28, 2023
![UNMC/Nebraska Medicine signage overlooking the intersection of Farnam Street and Saddle Creek Road on the west side of campus.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Campus_Farnam112823-900x600.jpg)
NSRI receives $5 million for defense threat reduction work
UNMC’s Eric Carnes, PhD, is among those joining the work through NU’s National Strategic Research Institute.
Nov 28, 2023
![The new funding for the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska allows additional NU researchers to join the team developing projects to counter weapons of mass destruction, including NSRI Fellow Eric Carnes, PhD, an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EricCarnes041723-900x600.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Brittney Dickey, PhD
Dr. Dickey is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Epidemiology.
Nov 28, 2023
![Brittney Dickey, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BrittneyDickey112223-900x600.jpg)