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McMorris is keynote speaker at Monday’s MLK event
The second annual recipient of the med center’s Unsung Hero Award also will be announced.
Jan 11, 2023
![Kenny McMorris, CEO of Charles Drew Health Center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/KennyMcMorris011223.jpg)
Hero’s message: Have courage as Martin Luther King Jr. did
MMI’s Jacqueline Hankins Berry was honored in 2022 as the med center’s inaugural Unsung Hero Award recipient.
Jan 11, 2023
![Jacqueline Hankins Berry](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/JacquelineHankinsBerry010523-900x600.jpg)
MMI’s adaptive toys program keeps spreading skills
A special toy adapting event was funded through a grant by the Munroe-Meyer Guild.
Jan 11, 2023
![Monica Pleiss, Jamie Gehringer, PhD, and Korey Stading](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PleissGehringerStading010523.jpg)
MMI event offers a warm winter welcome
The Munroe-Meyer Institute’s first Winter Event drew about 40 kids and their families.
Jan 11, 2023
![Micky and Minnie Mouse and Frozen's Olaf welcomed MMI patients and their families at the institute's first Winter Event, held Dec. 16.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MMIwinter1122022-900x600.jpg)
Team steps up to support Hispanic Little Angels
MMI’s UCEDD team held a holiday drive-thru with Santa for the support group.
Jan 11, 2023
![Student volunteers, along with Santa Claus, at the Hispanic Little Angels holiday drive-thru held Dec. 9](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HispanicLittleAngels2011223-900x600.jpg)
Nebraska’s COVID cases remain low; variant driving increases elsewhere has arrived
Jan 10, 2023
Pathology services and Kearney Regional mark 5 years
The institutions joined up in 2017 to improve access to pathology services in rural Nebraska.
Jan 5, 2023
![Representatives from the UNMC and Kearney Regional Medical Center during their visit](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Partnership010523.jpg)
Timothy Blecha, MD, receives Koefoot Award
Dr. Blecha, recognized as an outstanding preceptor, practices in Superior, Nebraska.
Dec 29, 2022
![From left, UNMC Family Medicine Medical Student Clerkship Director Mindy Lacey, MD, Timothy Blecha, MD, and UNMC Family Medicine Chair Jeffrey Harrison, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BlechaKoefootCOM1222.jpg)
The senator met with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, talked with the BHECN team and toured iEXCEL.
Dec 28, 2022
![Nebraska State Sen. Mike Jacobson tours UNMC's iEXCEL program with Michael Hollins, associate executive director, community and business strategy.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SenJacobsonTour122822.jpg)
Joseph Williams, a true ‘only in Nebraska’ story, leaves $20 million gift to UNMC
Dec 23, 2022