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Former UNMC anesthesiology chair, John Tinker, M.D., dies at age 74
John Tinker, M.D., professor and chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology from 1997-2008, died Feb. 17 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was 74. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Rasmusson-Bacon Funeral Home, 1418 Fawcett Parkway, in Nevada, […]
Feb 19, 2016
![John Tinker, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DSC_0420Mod.jpg)
Vanderbilt administrator named director of Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC
Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., will assume position in July
Feb 4, 2016
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UNMC technology officer named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Rod Markin joins prestigious group that includes 27 Nobel Laureates
Dec 15, 2015
![Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Rodney-Markin-Pathology.jpg)
UNMC College of Pharmacy dean receives prestigious Fellow designation
Recognized for his life-changing research with HIV/AIDS
Nov 30, 2015
![Courtney Fletcher, Pharm.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Fletcher_3701.jpg)
UNMC Alumni Association recognizes five health professionals with awards
More than 350 attend reunion for colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy
Oct 20, 2015
![Phil Smith, M.D., was one of the five people honored at this year's UNMC Alumni Reunion.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Phil_Smith_0130_5.jpg)
UNMC, UNL research duo wins major award for surgical robot
Prestigious Game Changer Award goes to Drs. Oleynikov, Farritor
Oct 1, 2015
![Shane Farritor, Ph.D. (left) and Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Shane0929.jpg)
UNMC cancer researcher, Dr. Sidney Mirvish, dies at age 86
His research led to changes in way lunch meats, hot dogs, sausages were made
Aug 25, 2015
![Sidney Mirvish, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mirvish.jpg)
Public invited to view rare works of famous anatomist at UNMC McGoogan Library
Born about 500 years ago in Brussels, Belgium, Vesalius was descended from a family of prominent physicians in Wesel, Germany.
Aug 14, 2015
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Topping off ceremony recognizes major milestone in cancer center construction
$323 million project on course for completion in 2017
Aug 11, 2015
![A construction prepares to raise a beam to the top floor of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beam_construction_worker.jpg)
Regents approve library recognition for Dr. Leo McCarthy
Dr. McCarthy is a 1964 UNMC medical school graduate.
Aug 6, 2015
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