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Midtown street to be ceremonially named Benschoter Avenue

Reba Benschoter, PhD, was a groundbreaking UNMC faculty member in distance learning and telemedicine, and her husband, Benny, was a pioneer in broadcasting.

Sep 24, 2024

Reba Benschoter is in the video control room at Nebraska Psychiatric Institute in 1967.

Reminder: Community partner fair is today

It is set for 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Clarkson Tower, lower Storz Pavilion.

Sep 19, 2024

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Recognizing Constitution Day

The U.S. Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

Sep 17, 2024

A picture of the American flag with the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in the background

Legislative candidate Dave Wordekemper visits UNMC

Wordekemper and his wife Barb received a tour of the Davis Global Center and the iEXCEL program.

Sep 16, 2024

Legislative candidate Dave Wordekemper (at right), with his wife Barb, listen to a presentation by iEXCEL's Moriah McCune about a high-tech health care simulation manikin.

UNMC for the record, Sept. 13, 2024

Items on an event at the Community Wellness Collaborative, a College of Medicine retreat, campus retirements and food vendors.

Sep 13, 2024

UNMC logo

Statewide meetings show BHECN-ARPA support benefits Nebraska

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska hosted workshops with organizations that received ARPA funding allocated by the Nebraska Legislature.

Sep 12, 2024

BHECN Central Director Krista Fritson, PsyD, center, talks at a gathering of ARPA awardees at the University of Nebraska at Kearney in June.

Science Café to highlight the ’selfless gift’ of anatomical donations

Travis McCumber, PhD, UNMC associate professor and director of the Nebraska Anatomical Board, will discuss the importance and process of donations.

Sep 12, 2024

Travis McCumber, PhD

Dr. Davies visits Macy on community outreach trip

The interim chancellor attended a Umoⁿhoⁿ Tribe powwow, met with local leaders and listened to hear the issues that are important in the northeast Nebraska community.

Sep 9, 2024

From left, Lisa Spellman, tribal leader Dustin Lovejoy, Siobhan Wescott, MD, and UNMC Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD

Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, installed as ninth University of Nebraska president

Dr. Gold advanced the theme of ‘From Excellent to Extraordinary,’ saying that ‘our legacy of excellence is a solid foundation to build upon, but is not adequate.’

Sep 6, 2024

NU System President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, speaks at Thursday's ceremony.

BHECN launches East Site to address Omaha-area workforce challenges

The new location is at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Grace Abbott School of Social Work.

Sep 5, 2024

Marley Doyle, MD