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UNMC history: Family medicine pioneers
Early faculty appointments and programs led the way in family practice and rural medicine.
Oct 10, 2023
![Fay Smith, MD, Francis Land, MD, and Margaret Faithe, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FamilyMedicinePioneers101023.jpg)
Scientific meeting for Great Plains IDeA-CTR is Oct. 16-17
The hybrid event, ‘Digital Health and the Exposome,’ is open to all interested in translational research.
Oct 10, 2023
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Boyd is ‘extremely dedicated to teamwork’
Jesse Boyd, anatomy education specialist, received the Catalyst for Education Award during the InnovatED Symposium.
Oct 9, 2023
![Jesse Boyd](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/JesseBoyd2100923-900x600.jpg)
Nebraska Ambassadors Forum will be held Oct. 23
The event, co-hosted by UNMC, will address the interrelationship between diplomacy and development.
Oct 9, 2023
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Allied health to hold distance education open house
The virtual information session is set for Thursday, Oct. 12, from 7-8 p.m.
Oct 9, 2023
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Reminder: Benefit open houses on campus Tuesday, Wednesday
The events are timed to the upcoming opening of NUFlex enrollment.
Oct 9, 2023
![UNMC emblem](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UNMC_EmblemGrey-900x600.jpg)
Project NExT moves to more detailed design phase
The NU Board of Regents’ vote allows the first phase of design and construction planning to move forward.
Oct 6, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, addresses the University of Nebraska Board of Regents during the board's meeting Thursday at UNMC's Wigton Heritage Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RegentsMeeting100623-900x600.jpg)
Regents approve UNMC’s program statement for office, research facility
Construction on the CORE Building will begin this fall, with completion expected in February 2026.
Oct 6, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Gold062623-900x600.jpg)
Community partners have full schedule of fall events
The Durham Museum, Omaha Children’s Museum and more have featured events throughout October.
Oct 6, 2023
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UNMC for the record, Oct. 6, 2023
Items on a free film screening on women in the opioid crisis open to the med center community and the weekly food vendor schedule.
Oct 6, 2023
![A free screening of "Attention Must Be Paid: Women Lost in the Opioid Crisis" will be held Oct. 23.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FilmScreening100623.jpg)