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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Regents approve library recognition for Dr. Leo McCarthy

Dr. McCarthy is a 1964 UNMC medical school graduate.

Aug 6, 2015

Regents approve interim appointments for two key positions

Deb Thomas, Wayne Stuberg, Ph.D., receive interim appointments.

Aug 6, 2015

First pediatric hematologist/oncologist in Nebraska dies at age 81

Rashid Al-Rashid, M.D., was on UNMC faculty for 25 years

Jul 23, 2015

Rashid Al-Rashid, M.D.

UNMC’s Deb Thomas named interim vice chancellor for business and finance

Thomas has been with UNMC since 2006 when she joined as associate vice chancellor for finance and business services.

Jun 17, 2015

UNMC’S unprecedented building boom continues

Tower cranes dot the landscape on UNMC’s Omaha campus as work continues on the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, the Lauritzen Outpatient Center, and the Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences and Education/ UNMC Center for Drug Discovery.

Jun 11, 2015

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, expected to be completed in 2017, will include three areas dedicated to cancer.
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