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UNMC for the record, July 26, 2024

News items on a UNMC leader named to Leadership Omaha, the Summer Chill event, fall textbooks and campus food vendors.

Jul 26, 2024

Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD

Agriculture Builders visit UNMC for summer tour

Agriculture Builders of Nebraska Inc. is a nonprofit that supports agriculture in Nebraska.

Jul 25, 2024

Nikki Carritt, assistant vice chancellor for health workforce education relations

Legislative candidate Dan Quick tours UNMC

Quick’s tour included iEXCEL, the McGoogan Health Sciences Library and other areas of campus.

Jul 24, 2024

Dan Quick toured the McGoogan Health Sciences Library as part of his visit to UNMC.

UNMC community partners offering family fun for summer

Among the available activities is The Durham Museum’s ‘Becoming Jane’ exhibit about Dr. Jane Goodall.

Jul 23, 2024

Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE

Step-Up interns gain a summer of experience at UNMC

Eight interns are receiving job shadowing, mentoring, career guidance and networking opportunities in departments around UNMC.

Jul 19, 2024

Front row from left: Evelyn Grixby, UNMC employee relations programs coordinator; Alona Wilson; Jennifer Esqueda; Amari Johnson; Lakeisha Bonam of Step-Up Omaha; and Linda Cunningham, associate director for UNMC Human Resources. Back row from left: NeRae Davis; Niara Bowie-Berry; Randy Smith; Mukundaha Devanaboyina; Julia Livingston of Step-Up Omaha; and John Skradski of Step-Up Omaha.

Call of the wild captivates Camp Munroe

Wildlife Encounters visits MMI’s summer camp for children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Jul 18, 2024

Wildlife Encounters visited the Munroe-Meyer Institute and brought animals to entertain Camp Munroe attendees on July 11.

Physician assistant alumnus promoted to general

Brig. Gen. Bill Soliz, commanding general of Medical Readiness Command, Pacific, received his MPAS degree from UNMC.

Jul 15, 2024

Brig. Gen. Bill Soliz, a UNMC College of Allied Health Professions alumnus,  became the first active-duty physician assistant to become a general in the U.S. Army. At a ceremony on May 11, his daughters, Army Staff Sgt. Jaline Soliz (left) and Air Force Staff Sgt. Nalani Soliz, pinned on his star. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

UNMC for the record, July 12, 2024

News items on the Munroe-Meyer Guild’s Garden Walk, a skywalk detour and campus food vendors for the week.

Jul 12, 2024

The 55th Annual Garden Walk drew nearly 1,200 guests through seven gardens.

In case you missed it: Saddle Creek Road traffic shifting

Street construction around Saddle Creek Road and Leavenworth Street will continue into December.

Jul 8, 2024

traffic safety roadwork signs and light

UNMC’s High School Alliance hosts summer camp

The pilot effort welcomed members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands-Millard Central Club.

Jul 1, 2024

UNMC College of Pharmacy’s Amber Hawk worked with visiting Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands-Millard Central Club members during a pilot summer camp hosted by the UNMC High School Alliance.