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UNMC for the record, Aug. 25, 2023
Items on med center reps in Leadership Omaha and an upcoming address, conference and parking garage project.
Aug 25, 2023
![Bill O'Neill](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BillONeill082523-900x600.jpg)
NIH visitors praise SHPEP-WISH, I-SPARK programs
Programs provide ‘exceptional learning experiences.’
Aug 24, 2023
![From left, Maurice Godfrey, PhD, visits with Rita Devine, PhD, assistant director for science administration in the division of intramural research at the National Institutes of Health, and Nancy Bowen, DrPH, with the office of the scientific director for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the NIH.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SEPA082423-900x600.jpg)
UNMC announces Holland Future Scientist award winners
Ten undergraduate students received a total of $5,000 in awards from Nebraska Cures.
Aug 24, 2023
![From left, oral presentation winners Sunayan Cheku, Hannah Ladwig, Emma Foley, Brigid Toomey and Noah Shackelford](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/INBRE1082423-900x600.jpg)
Med center heals local landscapes with NET Prairie Grant
Grant helped transform 1.65 acres on the med center campus into native prairie.
Aug 24, 2023
![Prairie plantings sequester carbon while cooling and cleaning the air.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Truhlsen082423-900x600.jpg)
Chancellor’s message: Welcome students!
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, welcomes UNMC students to campus and to today’s We Are UNMC BBQ.
Aug 23, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BBQ22082323-900x600.jpg)
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All-campus BBQ moves indoors for Wednesday
UNMC’s annual #WeAreUNMC BBQ this week will be held in the Center For Healthy Living gym.
Aug 22, 2023
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State boosts commitment to pediatric cancer research
Nebraska lawmakers approved an additional annual investment of $2.7 million this past legislative session.
Aug 21, 2023
![Don Coulter, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DonCoulter081623-900x600.jpg)
Gov. Pillen to attend Pediatric Cancer Research Symposium
The governor will join a panel with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center CEO Chanda Chacón.
Aug 21, 2023
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Economists get ‘impressive’ look at UNMC’s advances
About 20 members of the National Business Economic Issues Council visited the med center Aug. 7.
Aug 17, 2023
![Chris Kratochvil, senior advisor to UNMC’s Global Center for Health Security and interim vice chancellor of external relations, shows economists with the National Business Economic Issues Council an austere training environment housed within the Davis Global Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EconomicIssuesTour1081423-900x600.jpg)