Outreach

Flocking fun aims to raise awareness

Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Flamingo Flocking Fundraiser for Disabilities Awareness began last week.

Mar 10, 2020

From left, MMI Department of Community Engagement team members Nikki Hackendahl, Melonie Welsh and Jackie Hankins display an example of the lawn flamingo flocks they will be using to spread awareness during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.

Nominations open for student organization service awards

UNMC Office of Community Engagement Service Awards’ nominations will close March 27.

Mar 5, 2020

Heidi Keeler, Ph.D., director of the office of community engagement, Megan Vandergriend, president of UNMC's chapter of American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), Kelsie Post, Operation Immunization co-chair, Emily Casey Tomes, Operation Immunization co-chair, and Dele Davies, M.D., senior vice chancellor of academic affairs, at last year's awards ceremony.

Armando De Alba Rosales, M.D., is IDEA winner

The award recognizes University of Nebraska faculty whose work has had a significant impact on students, the university and the state.

Mar 2, 2020

Armando De Alba Rosales, M.D., assistant professor in the UNMC College of Public Health, is a 2020 Innovation, Development and Engagement Award (IDEA) winner.

UNMC provides CPR training to North Omaha youth

The Center for Continuing Education sponsored the program for students from Sacred Heart School.

Feb 28, 2020

Twenty-three students attended a CPR certification course taught by a UNMC mentor.

Memory is topic of March 3 Science Cafe

Nadia Pare, Ph.D., of the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, is the featured speaker.

Feb 24, 2020

Nadia Pare, Ph.D.

Third annual ‘I Love NU’ Day is March 10

Event an opportunity to show support for the university and visit with state senators about the work and impact of NU’s campuses.

Feb 20, 2020

(Photo by Mawhamba.net/Wikimedia Commons)

College of Nursing featured on NU podcast

Episode discusses UNMC’s statewide reach in preparing next generation of nurses and nurse educators.

Feb 20, 2020

Nora Arellano, a UNMC alum, and Liane Connelly, Ph.D., assistant dean for the College of Nursing's Northern Division, are featured on the latest "Leading Nebraska" podcast.

Quarantine Unit to be used to monitor America from docked cruise ship

Some have tested positive for COVID-19; only those with mild symptoms coming here

Feb 17, 2020

Dr. Woodruff Jameson spearheads transportation efforts

Access to transportation has huge quality-of-life impact for persons with disabilities.

Feb 12, 2020

Annie Woodruff Jameson, D.P.T.

Med Center partners with feds to monitor Americans returning from China

Individuals will be monitored 14 days at Camp Ashland, an Army National Guard facility outside of Ashland, Neb.

Feb 6, 2020

Left to right: Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., chancellor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eric Kasowski, M.D., Quarantine Ashland Team Lead, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; James Lawler, M.D., executive director, international programs & innovation, Global Center for Health Security at UNMC; Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, adjutant general, Nebraska National Guard; Shelly Schwedhelm, M.S.N., executive director, Emergency Management and Biopreparedness Nebraska Medicine; and Capt. Dana Hall, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response