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UNMC for the record, Dec. 22, 2023
Schedule changes, hours and some closures to note over UNMC’s holiday break.
Dec 22, 2023
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Dr. Anderson Berry featured on ‘Heart to Heart’ podcast
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, discuss pediatrics and the Child Health Research Institute.
Dec 21, 2023
![Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, director of the Child Health Research Institute, is the featured guest on the latest “Health Care Heart to Heart” podcast with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AnnAndersonBerry122023-900x600.jpg)
Employee Giving: The final numbers and prize winners
This year’s campaign supported the community through the United Way of the Midlands and Give Nebraska.
Dec 21, 2023
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New faculty spotlight: Matthew Fuglestad, MD
Dr. Fuglestad is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery.
Dec 21, 2023
![Matthew Fuglestad, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MatthewFuglestad122023-900x600.jpg)
White House pandemic preparedness director visits UNMC
Before receiving an honorary degree from UNMC, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD, toured the Davis Global Center.
Dec 20, 2023
![At right, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD, director of the new White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, visits with James Lawler, MD, director of international programs and innovation for the UNMC Global Center for Health Security, during a tour of the Davis Global Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Friedrich122023-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Friedrichs challenges med center to further breakthroughs
Major Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD, says innovative solutions will come from places like UNMC.
Dec 20, 2023
![Major Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Friedrichs121123.jpg)
Career Scholarships enhancing student success, workforce development
This academic year, half of the NU students who have received Career Scholarships are pursing health care-related degrees.
Dec 20, 2023
![Nursing is one of the eligible fields of study through the Nebraska Career Scholarships program.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NursingBuilding1214-e1703019752642.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Allie Burt, MD
Dr. Burt is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Psychiatry.
Dec 20, 2023
![Allie Burt, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AllieBurt122023-900x600.jpg)
UNMC hosts Ukrainian health care delegation
The international guests, who brought experiences shaped by war, praised the attitudes they found at the med center.
Dec 19, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, met with a visiting delegation from Ukraine during the group's visit to UNMC in November.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/UkraineDelegation121823-900x600.jpg)
AHEC program welcomes 74 new scholars
The program prepares health profession students to serve in rural and urban underserved areas.
Dec 19, 2023
![Lydia Sand, deputy director and program manager for the Nebraska AHEC program](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LydiaSand121923-900x600.jpg)