Community
Thank a resident (and some very good pups)
Check out this deal available for Thank A Resident Week, along with others for the UNMC community.
Feb 22, 2023
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Sitting too much? Study looks at sedentary time
Allied health’s Yvonne Golightly, PhD, is working with a team of researchers from multiple universities.
Feb 20, 2023
![Yvonne Golightly, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/YvonneGolightly070622.jpg)
Registration open for March 5 Walk & Roll for Disabilities
The annual event raises funds for adult programming at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Feb 20, 2023
![Participants make their way around Oak View Mall during the Meyer Foundation for Disabilities' 2022 Walk & Roll for Disabilities.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/WalkAndRoll020623-900x600.jpg)
Work approaching around Saddle Creek Development
Street work will be happening, along with construction of a parking garage, the Catalyst project and CORE building.
Feb 20, 2023
![A rendering of the Catalyst project, which will house UNMC's Innovation Hub](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SaddleCreek022023.jpg)
Speaker addresses need for culturally responsive care
Kia Noelle Johnson, PhD, says the real work in DEI must go beyond presentations and committees.
Feb 20, 2023
![Kia Noelle Johnson, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/KiaNoelleJohnson020123.jpg)
More community health workers crucial for underrepresented communities
Conversations for Inclusive Excellence discussed the issue and ways the med center is helping find solutions.
Feb 17, 2023
![Sheritta Strong, MD, assistant vice chancellor of inclusion for UNMC, and Anece McCloud, author and UNMC’s first minority student affairs officer](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SherittaStrong020323-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, Feb. 17, 2023
News items on the regents’ leadership, Black History Month trivia answers, MS Strong race and volunteering for HOSA.
Feb 17, 2023
![Regents Tim Clare, JD, and Rob Schafer, JD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RegentsClareSchafer021723.jpg)
Bob Bartee and family announce ‘community engagement’ lectureship
Speakers will discuss how scientists can engage the community and build scientific literacy.
Feb 15, 2023
![Bob Bartee](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BobBartee090822-900x600.jpg)
Meeting to discuss Saddle Creek Campus public improvements
UNMC and the City of Omaha will host the meeting set for Wednesday at the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
Feb 13, 2023
![UNMC emblem](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UNMC_EmblemGrey-900x600.jpg)
Black History Month: Quiz on African American history
Explore Black history with these trivia questions, and submit answers by 3 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Feb 12, 2023
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