Community
Norfolk to hold free disability training seminar on March 15-16
Event aims to provide assistance/information for families with disabilities
Mar 5, 2019
![Helping families with disabilities is goal of UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MMI_Event.jpg)
UNMC grad student selected as Early-career Hill Day participant
Will meet today with members of Congress to provide input on importance of research funding
Feb 28, 2019
![Kimiko Krieger](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kimiko11.jpg)
Walk and Roll for Disabilities to be held March 3 at Oak View Mall
Proceeds benefit Munroe-Meyer Institute programs for adults with developmental disabilities
Feb 26, 2019
![The Walk and Roll for Disabilities benefits the adult recreational program at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Walk_Roll2018.jpg)
Nebraska Science Festival launches essay contest
Entries due March 15 with focus on robots
Feb 14, 2019
![Winners of the essay contest will get the chance to meet Grant Imahara, the keynote speaker on April 5 for the Nebraska Science Festival. Imahara is an expert on electronics and robots and appears on the Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters."](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/imahara_photo.jpg)
Grant Imahara to headline 2019 Nebraska Science Festival
Electronics/robots expert from Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters to kick off festival
Feb 12, 2019
![Grant Imahara](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/imahara_photo.jpg)
UNMC lab seeks volunteers for mind/brain research studies
Also recruiting volunteers to participate in research registry
Feb 6, 2019
![One of the research studies seeking volunteers involves using the advanced driving simulator in the UNMC Mind & Brain Health Labs.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DrivingSimulator.jpg)
UNMC psychiatrist, Marley Doyle, M.D., named director of BHECN
Succeeds Howard Liu, M.D., who has headed BHECN since 2014
Feb 4, 2019
![Marley Doyle, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MarleyDoyle.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink extends skating season through Feb. 17
Frigid weather forced rink to be closed most of this week
Feb 1, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Skate31.jpg)
Longtime UNMC ophthalmologist, Gerald Christensen, M.D, dies at age 83
Was one of lead donors in 2008 on special center at UNMC for people with low vision
Jan 30, 2019
![Gerald Christensen, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Christensen.jpg)
UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s brings in more than $20,000
More than 500 skaters participate in 24-hour event
Jan 26, 2019
![It was a family affair for the Cary family. The three sons of Stephen and Jeanne Cary all skated in the event. Stephen, 70, has been battling Parkinson's disease for 13 years. Back row (left-right) -Tyler Cary, Bryce Cary, Stephen Cary, Felicia Cary (Ryan Cary's wife), Jeanne Cary and Ryan Cary. Front row (left-right) Rylee Cary, daughter of Ryan and Felicia, and Jocelyn Cary, Bryce Cary's daughter.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CaryFamily1.jpg)