Education

Work groups set roadmap for information management

Discussions began last fall to address IT growth challenges, and some changes already are being implemented.

Jun 29, 2023

Anne Barnes, vice chancellor for business, finance and business development, and Ken Bayles, PhD, vice chancellor for research

Drs. MacDonald, Hershberger awarded Hirschmann Prize

The annual award from the UNMC College of Medicine graduating class honors teaching excellence.

Jun 28, 2023

Richard MacDonald, PhD, and Daniel Hershberger, MD

28th annual pharmacological conference set for July

Registration for the event, sponsored by the UNMC College of Nursing, is due by July 6.

Jun 28, 2023

INBRE a part of UNO researcher’s retirement plan

After seeing INBRE’s impact as a UNO faculty member, he will join the external advisory board.

Jun 27, 2023

Bill Tapprich, PhD, at left, at the ASM conference on viral manipulation of nuclear processes in Charlston, South Carolina, with Bejan Mahmud (now a PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis) and former INBRE Scholars Sara Smith (now in a genetic counseling program) and Quinn Nelson (now enrolled in medical school).

Meet New EAB Member: Cheri Barta, PhD 

The former UNK faculty member now is director of undergraduate research in the department of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jun 26, 2023

Cheri Barta, PhD, with her family at Disneyland. Pictured are Dr. Barta, at left, Henry, 5, Evelyn, 10, Amelia, 8, and husband Nick Rossi.

Meet DRPP Awardee: Kelley Hammond, PhD 

The Creighton University faculty member researches skeletal muscle biology and neuromuscular function in aging and Parkinson’s disease.

Jun 26, 2023

Kelley Hammond, PhD

Meet DRPP Awardee: Clifford Gee, PhD 

The Creighton University faculty member researches bacterial peptide-transporter proteins and trains undergraduate students to be interdisciplinary researchers.

Jun 26, 2023

Clifford Gee, PhD

Meet DRPP Awardee: Yipeng Sui, PhD 

The UNK faculty member studies the molecular mechanisms of Cannabidiol on dyslipidemia mediated by Pregnane X receptor.

Jun 26, 2023

Yipeng Sui, PhD

Meet DRPP Awardee: Ryan Wong 

The UNO faculty member’s research goal is to understand the neuromolecular basis of stress and cognition.

Jun 26, 2023

Ryan Wong, PhD

Goldwater Scholar driven to succeed 

The Creighton senior loves the trial-and-error process of research and credits her mentors for helping her learn to maintain a positive mindset while dealing with setbacks in the lab.

Jun 26, 2023

Olivia Nicholson