Outreach
Walter Gilliam, PhD, named president of Zero to Three board
Dr. Gilliam is executive director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and a professor at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Feb 7, 2024
![Walter Gilliam, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WalterGilliam2020724.jpg)
Applications open for women in STEAM program
Opportunity Corps is a partnership of UNMC’s UNeTech Institute, the AIM Institute and Nebraska Tech Collaborative.
Jan 30, 2024
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NIH director to join UNMC chancellor on ‘Rural Health Matters’
Monday night’s guest, Monica Bertagnolli, MD, is the first surgeon and second woman to serve as NIH director.
Jan 29, 2024
![Monica Bertagnolli, MD, Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Christina Loren](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RuralHealthMatters012924.jpg)
Medica Foundation provides support to BHECN’s Project Peace
A funding award will advance BHECN’s goal of helping primary care providers treat behavioral health conditions.
Jan 24, 2024
![Riley Machal, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RileyMachal012424-900x600.jpg)
Distance diagnostic cytology grads gather to mark commencement
UNMC’s first class of master’s degree diagnostic cytology grads come from across the United States.
Jan 22, 2024
![The diagnostic cytology class of 2023](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ClassOf2023012224-900x600.jpg)
Winter camp brings taste of summer to MMI
Two-week winter session offers shortened version of summer’s popular Camp Munroe.
Jan 19, 2024
![Staffers help a camper swim during winter camp at MMI. Campers also got to make crafts and snacks, and play games.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MMIPool011824-900x600.jpg)
Erin Schneider, EdD, named BHECN deputy director
The promotion recognizes Dr. Schneider’s work guiding the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska.
Jan 16, 2024
![Erin Schneider, EdD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ErinObermeierSchneider011724-900x600.jpg)
UNMC welcomes Defense Health Agency for health security tour
A DHA team heard about the med center’s military and federal partnerships and biosecurity expertise.
Jan 15, 2024
![At center, Lt. Col Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD, led (at left) Major Gen. George Appenzeller, MD, special assistant to the Defense Health Agency director, on a tour of the negatively pressurized CONEX unit in December along with (at right) Chris Kratochvil, MD, UNMC vice chancellor for external relations.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DHAtour1011324-900x600.jpg)
Jennifer Blackford, PhD, named chair of NIH study section
Dr. Blackford, the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s director of research, will chair the NIH behavioral neuroscience fellowship study section.
Jan 12, 2024
![Jennifer Blackford, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/JenniferBlackford102023-900x600.jpg)
‘Heart to Heart’ talks with BHECN’s Marley Doyle, MD
Podcast host Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, UNMC’s chancellor, speaks with Dr. Doyle about Nebraska’s shortage of behavioral health professionals.
Jan 11, 2024
![Marley Doyle, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MarleyDoyle021723-900x600.jpg)