Outreach
Juneteenth events set at medical center
Events include speakers, a celebration Friday at the Omaha campus and more.
Jun 13, 2023
![Rae Blaylark, president and CEO of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota, will speak on sickle cell disease at a June 20 webinar.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RaeBlaylark061323-1.jpg)
Med center grant will aid vision care in West Africa
UNMC’s Steven Yeh, MD, secured a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Jun 13, 2023
![Steven Yeh, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/StevenYeh030223-900x600.jpg)
UNMC to train Ukrainian emergency and public health professionals
Scholarships will allow up to 10 Ukrainians to pursue training at the UNMC College of Public Health.
Jun 8, 2023
![Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, dean of the UNMC College of Public Health](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AliKhan101422-900x600.jpg)
Agreement will expand efforts to account for missing service members
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will draw on expertise and resources across the NU System.
Jun 8, 2023
![University of Nebraska President Ted Carter, right, and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director Kelly McKeague sign a memorandum of understanding expanding collaborations between the two institutions.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/NU-DPAA-Signing060723-900x600.jpg)
UNMC training proves valuable in Sudan
UNMC’s Community Medical Response team is having an impact, seeking support in war-torn country.
Jun 5, 2023
![From left, Hadeel Mohamed, MBBS, who recently ran a clinic in Sudan, UNMC’s Nada Fadul, MD, and Abrar Alaliem, president of SuDRO-Sudan](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fadul2.jpg)
Dean’s message: VA work was fulfilling career chapter
After near four decades, Dr. Britigan steps away from his work with the VA.
May 31, 2023
![Bradley Britigan, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BRADLEYBRITIGAN090122-e1677601344141.jpg)
UNMC training proves valuable in Sudan
Members of UNMC’s Community Medical Response team having impact, seeking support in war-torn country.
May 31, 2023
![From left, Hadeel Mohamed, MBBS, who recently ran a clinic in Sudan; UNMC’s Nada Fadul, MD; and Abrar Alaliem, president of SuDRO-Sudan](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fadul2.jpg)
‘Science of Raptors’ is topic of June 6 Science Café
This month’s UNMC Science Café is offered in partnership with Fontenelle Forest.
May 30, 2023
![Denise Lewis of Fontenelle Forest](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DeniseLewis053023.jpg)
Med center experts test readiness of the National Quarantine Unit
A three-day exercise, led by the Global Center for Health Security at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, was held in April.
May 23, 2023
![The National Quarantine Unit tabletop exercise was held in the Sorrell Center on April 25.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NQUExercise052323-900x600.jpg)
Air Force officials tour UNMC as part of ongoing partnership
Visitors included new Air Force Associate Deputy Surgeon General Stephen Mounts.
May 19, 2023
![Stephen Mounts, U.S. Air Force associate deputy surgeon general, tours the UNMC Davis Global Center on May 4.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CSTARS051923-900x600.jpg)