Inside UNMC
Grant Imahara to headline 2019 Nebraska Science Festival
Electronics/robots expert from Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters to kick off festival
Feb 12, 2019
![Grant Imahara](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/imahara_photo.jpg)
UNMC psychiatrist, Marley Doyle, M.D., named director of BHECN
Succeeds Howard Liu, M.D., who has headed BHECN since 2014
Feb 4, 2019
![Marley Doyle, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MarleyDoyle.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink extends skating season through Feb. 17
Frigid weather forced rink to be closed most of this week
Feb 1, 2019
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Skate31.jpg)
Longtime UNMC ophthalmologist, Gerald Christensen, M.D, dies at age 83
Was one of lead donors in 2008 on special center at UNMC for people with low vision
Jan 30, 2019
![Gerald Christensen, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Christensen.jpg)
UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s brings in more than $20,000
More than 500 skaters participate in 24-hour event
Jan 26, 2019
![It was a family affair for the Cary family. The three sons of Stephen and Jeanne Cary all skated in the event. Stephen, 70, has been battling Parkinson's disease for 13 years. Back row (left-right) -Tyler Cary, Bryce Cary, Stephen Cary, Felicia Cary (Ryan Cary's wife), Jeanne Cary and Ryan Cary. Front row (left-right) Rylee Cary, daughter of Ryan and Felicia, and Jocelyn Cary, Bryce Cary's daughter.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CaryFamily1.jpg)
Howard Liu, M.D., named chair of UNMC Department of Psychiatry
Has been campus leader on several initiatives over past decade
Jan 23, 2019
![From left, Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, M.D., Howard Liu, M.D., chair of the department of psychiatry, and Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Linder_Liu_Britigan.jpg)
World-renowned UNMC pathologist, Sonny Johansson, M.D., Ph.D., dies at age 76
His expertise included kidney, thyroid disease as well as head and neck cancer
Jan 15, 2019
![Sonny Johansson, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sonny_JohannsonCROP.jpg)
American to be monitored at Medical Center after possible Ebola exposure
Monitoring at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine could last up to two weeks.
Dec 29, 2018
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2_shot_panaromic_of_Campus_.jpg)
Former Alliance resident delivers keynote address for UNMC graduate students
Colin Weekes, M.D., Ph.D., is now on faculty at Harvard Medical Center and an oncologist for Massachusetts General Hospital
Dec 14, 2018
![Dr. Weekes delivers keynote address at UNMC Honors Convocation for Graduate Studies.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Colin_Weekes_keynote.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink to open Friday, Nov. 30
UNMC Ice Rink to open Friday, Nov. 30
Is open to the public; UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s is set for Jan. 25-26
Nov 27, 2018
![The UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's will be held Jan. 25-26. This will mark the ninth consecutive year the Skate-a-thon has been held at the UNMC Ice Rink. In this photo, six ice skaters who skated all 24 hours "chill out" on the ice after the Skate-a-thon.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Skaters_24hours.jpg)