Outreach

Grant fills need for rural behavioral health services

College of Nursing working to make services more accessible.

Aug 17, 2021

From left, staff members at a recent open house at the Heartland Health Center in Ravenna are Sheila Lockhorn, Tami Smith, Stephanie Burge, DNP, Abby Cronin, Megan Dahlke and Michelle Clark.

UNMC in Kearney to hold free sports physicals Sept. 11 for Special Olympics athletes

The health screenings allow athletes to be eligible to compete in 19 different sports that Special Olympics Nebraska offers year-round.

Aug 17, 2021

NU Board of Regents approve UNMC respiratory therapy program

New master’s program will address workforce needs

Aug 16, 2021

Kyle Meyer, PhD

Grant to increase COVID-19 testing availability

UNMC, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center awarded NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy.

Aug 9, 2021

Russell McCulloh, MD

NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy

The team will work through the state of Nebraska Migrant Education Program to help migrant families in central Nebraska living primarily in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties.

Aug 9, 2021

Russell McCulloh, MD

UNMC, iEXCEL offer new look at Delta variant

James Lawler, MD, unveiled new video animation explaining how Delta variant attacks healthy cells and why COVID vaccines are the best defense.

Aug 6, 2021

James Lawler, MD, uses video animation developed at UNMC's Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning to show how the COVID-19 Delta variant attacks cells and affects patients' lungs.

Camp Munroe holds first sessions in new home

Director: New facility is a 'game-changer.'

Aug 2, 2021

A new, larger game room is one of several amenities at the new home of MMI, which is hosting Camp Munroe.

Nebraska AG announces $26 billion agreement with opioid companies

Work continues for UNMC and members of the Nebraska Coalition to End Opioid Misuse.

Jul 22, 2021

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson

Step-Up program returns to UNMC Omaha campus

The program has more than doubled in size since it began in 2016.

Jul 20, 2021

From left, this year's UNMC Step-Up interns are Andrea Martinez-Ramirez of Omaha South High School, Cecilia Cruz of Metropolitan Community College, TuWanajha Marion of Benson High School, Jermaine Jones of Burke High School, Randy Smith of Omaha North High School, Terenthia Gibson of Neville High School in Monroe, Louisiana, Lena Edwards of Burke High and and A'Mya Shelly of Omaha North. (Not pictured is Paw Soe of Benson High School.)

Dr. Marcelin discusses idea of ‘healthcare heroes’

View the recent TEDxOmaha talk by Jasmine Marcelin, MD.

Jul 20, 2021

Jasmine Marcelin, MD