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Prominent Omaha couple to be next Face on Barroom Floor on April 13

Thomas and Aileen Warren have been longtime community leaders

Mar 29, 2019

Aileen and Thomas Warren

As flood waters recede, danger levels increase for farmers/ranchers

Safety concerns detailed by leading experts via on-demand webinar

Mar 26, 2019

Some of the flood devastation in Nebraska is obvious from this aerial photograph of farm property between Fremont and Omaha. (Photo by Zach Duysen)

Flood relief center established by UNMC/Nebraska Medicine, UNO

Public donations of protective equipment, cleaning supplies, hygiene products can begin March 26

Mar 25, 2019

Some of the flood devastation in Nebraska is obvious from this aerial photograph of farm property between Fremont and Omaha. (Photo by Zach Duysen)

Mother’s message: Don’t underestimate people with disabling conditions

6-year-old Ravenna, Neb., boy makes huge strides at Munroe-Meyer Institute
 

Mar 21, 2019

Wyatt Fisher, a 6-year-old from Ravenna, Neb., walks on the treadmill in the Munroe-Meyer Institute's Sensorimotor Learning Lab on the UNMC campus.
Some of the flood devastation in Nebraska is obvious from this aerial photograph of farm property between Fremont and Omaha. (Photo by Zach Duysen)

International expert in autism to head MMI’s integrated autism center

Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., to join UNMC after nine years at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Mar 18, 2019

Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., has been named director of the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD) at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Robert Lewis, Ph.D., honored as UNMC’s Scientist Laureate

23 other researchers, one organization also recognized at annual research awards ceremony

Mar 13, 2019

Robert Lewis, Ph.D., has been honored as UNMC's Scientist Laureate, the medical center's highest research honor.

Live On Nebraska receives UNMC’s Community Service to Research Award

Recognized for creating world’s largest interlinked database of human arteries

Mar 13, 2019

Live On Nebraska received UNMC's Community Service to Research Award earlier this month. Tom Woodford, chief operating officer for Live On Nebraska (holding plaque), and Kyle Herber, CEO for Live On Nebraska (to the right of Woodford) are seen here with three key people from UNMC (left-right) - Jason MacTaggart, M.D., associate professor, surgery; Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., UNMC chancellor; and Alexey Kamenskiy, Ph.D., associate professor, surgery.

Legendary UNMC supporter, Virginia Grissom, dies at age 99

Along with her late physician husband, Grissoms are considered one of most important families in UNMC history

Mar 6, 2019

Virginia Grissom celebrates her 95th birthday with friends at UNMC's EngAge Wellness Center.