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LiveGreen: A new way to recycle lab coats
More than 900 pounds of lab coats were collected to be shredded into insulation.
Oct 27, 2022
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$1.5 million grant will support Public Health Scholarship Program
The program aims to grow workforce in tribal, rural and under-resourced communities.
Oct 26, 2022
![Brandon Grimm, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BrandonGrimm102722-900x600.jpg)
Felesia Bowen, PhD, to deliver Jensen Cramer Lectureship
The Nov. 10 event will be in person at the Center for Nursing Science and also offered via Zoom.
Oct 26, 2022
![Felesia Bowen, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FelesiaBowen102722-900x600.jpg)
Candidate George Dungan tours UNMC
Dungan met with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and learned about iEXCEL and behavioral health efforts.
Oct 26, 2022
![At left, Benjamin Stobbe, assistant vice chancellor for clinical simulation with iEXCEL, shows the iEXCEL Laser CAVE to legislative candidate George Dungan.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GeorgeDungan102722-900x600.jpeg)
Adopt a family in need again this holiday season
Departments can choose to purchase gift cards for a patient and their family this holiday season.
Oct 25, 2022
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Events set for Native American Heritage Month
The NE-HEALING program in the UNMC College of Public Health and Nebraska Medicine are sponsors.
Oct 24, 2022
![Steve Tamayo](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/StevenTamayo102522.jpg)
Grant will aid UNMC in building community health workforce
Nearly $3 million in funding will allow UNMC College of Public Health to recruit 240 workers over the next three years.
Oct 23, 2022
![Dejun Su, PhD, associate professor at the UNMC Department of Health Promotion](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DejunSu102422-900x600.jpg)
Bridge to Care Refugee Health Fair set for Nov. 12
The event will be held at Omaha Benson High School.
Oct 20, 2022
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Browning prairie plants provide vital cover
The UNMC campus has prairie plantings by the Trulsen Eye Institute and lot 64.
Oct 20, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Prairie2102122-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, Oct. 21, 2022
A Medicaid award for nursing’s Mark Darby, and the campus food truck schedule.
Oct 20, 2022
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