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UNMC chancellor named board chair of graduate medical education organization

Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold succeeds another UNMC physician, Dr. Rowen Zetterman, who held position past two years

Oct 17, 2018

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. (left) and Rowen Zetterman, M.D.

Nebraska Science Festival registration opens Oct. 24

Teachers encouraged to register classes early for 2019 student expos

Oct 12, 2018

Cattlemen’s Ball raises nearly $1.75 million

Amount raised is second highest in 21-year history

Oct 4, 2018

Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D. (third from left), director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, went to Hebron, Neb., on Sept. 6 to receive a proceeds check of more than $1.55 million from the planning committee for this year's Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Nancy McGill)
Image with caption: UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have responded to a request from an international agency to send a team of infectious diseases experts to Uganda to help prevent the spread of Ebola.

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have responded to a request from an international agency to send a team of infectious diseases experts to Uganda to help prevent the spread of Ebola.

Remembering: Bruce Buehler, M.D.

Visionary leader directed Munroe-Meyer Institute for 24 years and UNMC Department of Pediatrics for 16 years

Sep 19, 2018

Bruce Buehler, M.D.

Chicago physician to lead pediatrics for UNMC, Children’s Hospital

Anna Spagnoli, M.D., comes from Rush University Children’s Hospital/Rush University Medical Center

Sep 19, 2018

Anna Spagnoli, M.D.

Renowned pediatric oncologist/cancer researcher joins UNMC/Children’s Hospital

Donald Durden, M.D., Ph.D., brings more than $9 million in NIH grant support

Sep 19, 2018

Donald Durden, M.D., Ph.D.

New farm safety website to debut for National Farm Safety Week, Sept. 22-26

Features firsthand accounts by farmers of agriculture-related incidents

Sep 14, 2018

One of the stories in the Telling the Story Project includes a farm fatality caused by hydrogen sulfide gas at an open lagoon.  (Photo courtesy Stephanie Leonard, Telling the Story Project)

Free seminar seeks to improve services for Nebraskans with disabilities

Sept. 21-22 event will build leadership skills, target underserved groups

Sep 13, 2018

Lightning is underrated killer responsible for 47 deaths per year

Farmers at greater risk than average population

Sep 7, 2018