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Increased grain bin hazards can result from recent floods

Numerous obvious/unseen dangers can result from flood-damaged grain bins

Apr 15, 2019

Grain bins impacted by the recent flooding in the Midwest can pose obvious and unseen dangers. (Photo by Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., director of the Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health in the UNMC College of Public Health)

At No. 19, Nebraska seeks to improve its maternal mortality rate

April 5 conference in Grand Island will bring together health professionals to address problem

Apr 2, 2019

Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, professor in the UNMC Division of Neonatology and chief of newborn medicine for Nebraska Medicine

Two veteran faculty members receive UNMC’s highest educational award

Drs. James O’Dell and Paul Paulman recognized as Varner Educator Laureates

Apr 1, 2019

Paul Paulman, M.D., (left) and James O'Dell, M.D., received UNMC's top award for educators being named the Varner Educator Laureates for 2018-19.

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.