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Thank you snow much: Employee event set for Jan. 16
The quarterly employee appreciation event, hosted by UNMC Human Resources, will be held in the Wigton Heritage Center.
Jan 10, 2025
![A quarterly employee appreciation pop-up was held Thursday, October 24, 2024, at the Center for Healthy Living. There were food trucks, carnival games, line dancing, and prizes available.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EmployeeAppreciation2011025-900x600.jpg)
Sustainability survey: How the med center sees sustainability
The med center’s 2024 Sustainability Engagement Survey garnered almost 1,000 more responses from across the campus.
Jan 10, 2025
![The LiveGreen Ambassadors participate in sustainability efforts around the med center, including campus clean-ups.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LiveGreenAmbassadors071024.jpg)
Nebraska Medical Orchestra winter concert is Jan. 29
The concert, to be held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, was rescheduled from its earlier date in December.
Jan 10, 2025
![The Nebraska Medical Orchestra](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NMOrchestra120321-e1732728605819.jpg)
Remembering pulmonologist, researcher, mentor Joe Sisson, MD
Dr. Sisson was respected as ‘the best of what it means to be a physician-scientist.’
Jan 8, 2025
![Joseph Sisson, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JoeSisson010825-900x600.jpg)
Anesthesiology annual report: Highlighting transformative growth
The extensive new report details the work of the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology’s dedicated faculty, house staff and nurse anesthetists.
Jan 8, 2025
![Michelle Iverson, DO, leads residents through a simulation exercise.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Anesthesiology3010825-900x600.jpg)
BHECN announces personnel changes
Katrina “Kati” Cordts, PhD, and Chuck Brown will take on new roles at the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska.
Jan 8, 2025
![Katrina “Kati” Cordts, PhD, and Chuck Brown](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CordtsBrown010825-900x600.jpg)
Reminder: Register for med center’s Jan. 20 MLK event
The theme for this year’s event, which is being hosted both in person and virtually, is service in action.
Jan 8, 2025
![Christopher McCroy, executive director of 100 Black Men of Omaha Inc.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ChristopherMcCroy121024-900x600.jpg)
Guiding principles for legislative session
University employees can engage with elected officials as private individuals but must take care representing themselves.
Jan 8, 2025
![The Nebraska State Capitol](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/StateCapitol011823-900x600.jpg)
Olson Center presentation to focus on scrapbooking
The Jan. 14 event is part of the center’s Wellness Through Doing series.
Jan 8, 2025
![Jennifer Harmon](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JenniferHarmon010825.jpg)
In accordance with Thursday’s National Day of Mourning to honor the passing of President Jimmy Carter, eligible UNMC employees will be granted declared leave for the day, and scheduled classes across all UNMC locations will be canceled. UNMC Today will not publish on Thursday and will resume publication on Friday.
Jan 8, 2025
![UNMC emblem](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UNMCemblemred-1024x683-2.jpg)