Outreach
From social media: Dr. Lawler reviews omicron trends
UNMC Global Center for Health Security provides a pandemic update on the fast-spreading new variant.
Dec 30, 2021
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UNMC sponsors free week of Omaha.com content
Partnership with the Omaha World-Herald allows open access to digital content over the holiday week.
Dec 21, 2021
![Ava Thomas (center), publisher of the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald, toured the Davis Global Center with Vice Chancellor for External Relations Bob Bartee, at right, and Michael Hollins, director of community and business engagement with iEXCEL.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AvaThomas121321.jpg)
Longstanding UNMC-military partnership will continue
The Interservice Physician Assistant Program, renewed for five more years, originally was established in 1996.
Dec 17, 2021
![IPAP graduates at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center were conferred master's degrees in 2011 from the University of Nebraska and became Army physician assistants.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IPAPgraduates121721.jpg)
Toyota and UNMC to study medical data from high-tech cars
Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center will work with the university to find signs of diseases from driving behavior.
Dec 17, 2021
![The Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center calls the project, "My Car the Doctor."](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MyCarTheDoctor121721.jpg)
UNMC co-sponsors international COVID-19 conference
Abstract submissions on Middle East/North Africa region sought for May forum in Turkey.
Dec 17, 2021
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AAP awards honor faculty and food truck schedule for the week ahead.
Dec 10, 2021
![Jean Ballweg, MD, associate professor, division of pediatric cardiology.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JeanBallweg1210211.jpg)
UNMC for the holidays: ‘Gremlins’ on screen
UNMC and Film Streams are presenting the 1980’s classic with a discussion of the science that might apply in the real world.
Dec 10, 2021
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Councilwoman Johnson makes first official visit
Council member, elected earlier this year, says she was impressed by med center staying on the cutting edge of technology.
Dec 9, 2021
![Omaha City Council member Juanita Johnson tours the Davis Global Center with Michael Hollins, director of community and business engagement with iEXCEL.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JuanitaJohnson120921.jpg)
LiveGreen: Human Rights Day connects to sustainable development
The day of commemoration, Dec. 10, recognizes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its global impact.
Dec 7, 2021
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MLK Day celebration will be held virtually Jan. 17
Event will include presentation of med center’s first Unsung Hero Award; nominations being sought.
Dec 7, 2021
![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)