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As farmers age, physical changes can lead to greater injury risk
Weakened bones, slower reflexes, changes in memory, vision and hearing can take a toll
Dec 20, 2018
![Photo Credit: Jake Rogers Photography, http://www.jakerogersphoto.com/](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AgingFarmer.jpg)
Record turnout of more than 200 attends Nebraska Child Health & Education Summit
Meeting mental health needs of schools is key topic of discussion
Dec 11, 2018
![Sharon Hoover, Ph.D., co-director of the Center for School Mental Health, delivered the keynote address.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hoover12121.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink to open Friday, Nov. 30
UNMC Ice Rink to open Friday, Nov. 30
Is open to the public; UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s is set for Jan. 25-26
Nov 27, 2018
![The UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's will be held Jan. 25-26. This will mark the ninth consecutive year the Skate-a-thon has been held at the UNMC Ice Rink. In this photo, six ice skaters who skated all 24 hours "chill out" on the ice after the Skate-a-thon.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Skaters_24hours.jpg)
Keith Olsen, Pharm.D., named dean of UNMC College of Pharmacy
Nebraska native is returning home after three-year stint as pharmacy dean in Arkansas
Oct 31, 2018
![Keith Olsen, Pharm.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OlsenKeithUNMC.jpg)
Anhydrous ammonia safety training offered to public
Nov. 29 class will be held at Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs
Oct 30, 2018
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AnhydrousAmmonia.jpg)
Dr. Cowan to step down as cancer center director
Has accomplished numerous milestones over past two decades
Oct 23, 2018
![Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ken_Cowan_0739.jpg)
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.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Gold_Zetterman.jpg)
Nebraska Science Festival registration opens Oct. 24
Teachers encouraged to register classes early for 2019 student expos
Oct 12, 2018
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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)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Cowan_Hebron_CBall.jpg)
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine sends Ebola response team to Uganda
Five-member team to train providers
Oct 3, 2018
![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.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Uganda.jpeg)