Inside UNMC
Rescheduled: Chancellor’s all-campus forum
Virtual forum, originally scheduled for today, now will be held next Wednesday.
Jan 6, 2022
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC; and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoldMezaBartholomew010322.jpg)
ICYMI: UNMC expects COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Over the break, the campus updated guidance as COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly.
Jan 5, 2022
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Emerging professionals holding ice rink social Friday
Two other Emerging Professionals Program events also scheduled for January and February.
Jan 5, 2022
![Jerry Walker, PhD, manager of psychology services at Nebraska Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JerryWalker010522.jpeg)
Three nurse faculty appointed to endowed positions
Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD, now among endowed positions in UNMC College of Nursing.
Jan 5, 2022
![Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EndowedChairs010522.jpg)
From social media: Abraham Killanin, human of UNMC
UNMC’s Instagram account profiles the people you meet each day around campus.
Jan 4, 2022
![Abraham Killanin, graduate research assistant in pharmacology/experimental neuroscience](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AbrahamKillanin010422.jpg)
OPS superintendent to speak at MLK celebration
Cheryl Logan, EdD, will speak at the virtual event co-hosted by UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Jan 4, 2022
![Cheryl Logan, EdD, has served as superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools since 2018.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Logan0201.jpg)
LiveGreen: Sustainable New Year’s resolutions
Making a resolution this year? Here are some ideas that keep the planet’s health in mind.
Jan 4, 2022
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UNMC’s Simulation in Motion-Nebraska program brings critical emergency medical training to rural first responders.
Jan 4, 2022
![On the Road Again](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/truck-hero-900x600-1.jpg)
Virtual all-campus forum set for Thursday
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security, and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Jan 3, 2022
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC; and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoldMezaBartholomew010322.jpg)
Matthew Van Hook, PhD, awarded glaucoma grant
The research will explore the breakdown between the eye and brain that leads to the condition.
Jan 3, 2022
![Matthew Van Hook, PhD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MattewVanHook0103222.jpg)