Inside UNMC
Expecting acceptance: A parent’s perspective
My son has been embraced by many people and organizations during his journey.
Apr 7, 2022
![Tom and his brother Joe headed to a Kansas City Chiefs-Denver Broncos game.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tom040422.jpg)
MMI names new director for integrated autism center
Alice Shillingsburg, PhD, will join the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute in July and lead the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Apr 7, 2022
![Alice Shillingsburg, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AliceShillingsburg040822.jpg)
The med center will hold events throughout April.
Apr 7, 2022
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Shelter your meetings against Zoom-bombing
Here are some tips and recommendations to make sure a video meeting is secure.
Apr 7, 2022
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Holi Festival of Colors is Saturday at UNMC
The celebration will include Indian food, Bollywood music and the traditional color toss.
Apr 7, 2022
![UNMC's Holi Festival of Colors event will be on the green space of the Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza to the east of the ice rink.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/HoliFestival040722.jpg)
MMI community bids farewell to beloved home
Supporters honor the caring and care that took place in the former Munroe-Meyer Institute building as progress moves forward.
Apr 6, 2022
![Denise Gehringer, past president of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Board of Directors, offered a personal and emotional farewell to the former MMI building. (Photos by Kent Sievers/UNMC)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MMIGoodbye040622.jpg)
Drs. Buckley and England to receive research award
Shannon Buckley, PhD, and Bryant England, MD, PhD, today will be awarded the Joseph P. and Harriet K. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award.
Apr 6, 2022
![Shannon Buckley, PhD, and Bryant England, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BuckleyEngland040622.jpg)
Sidewalks closing around former MMI building
People walking from Saddle Creek Road into the med center are advised to route either to Farnam Street or Emile Street.
Apr 6, 2022
![Access around the former MMI building will be shifted to the 44th Street side of the building.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MMI44th040622.jpg)
Pancreatic cancer center funded in state budget
Governor signs budget package with a $15 million investment in the UNMC Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence, along with other university-supported proposals.
Apr 6, 2022
![The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BuffettCancerCenter1216212.jpg)
Reminder: Virtual chancellor’s forum is today
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined online by Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security.
Apr 5, 2022
![Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MezaGold111121.jpg)