Student News

Three UNMC students named Purdue Pharma Scholars

Program provides funding for UNMC graduate students conducting neuroscience research.

Feb 20, 2017

From left, Justin Grassmeyer, Richard Sleightholm and Jamie Gehringer

Kari Byron to headline 2017 Nebraska Science Festival

Keynote is host of popular reality-based science shows

Jan 11, 2017

Kari Byron

Board of Regents approves two allied health measures for UNMC

New department created, master’s program established in teaching, technology

Sep 26, 2016

Kyle Meyer, Ph.D.

Incoming CSC student profiles: Yanqiu Li

Incoming student profile of Yanqiu Li, Ph.D. student in Oral Biology.

Aug 16, 2016

Yanqiu Li, incoming CSC Ph.D. student in Oral Biology.

Incoming CSC student profiles: Anqi Zhang

Profile of Anqi Zhang, incoming CSC DPT student.

Aug 11, 2016

Incoming CSC Physical Therapy student Anqi Zhang.

Incoming student profiles: Tong Wang (DDS)

Profile of incoming China Scholarship Council DDS student Tong Wang.

Aug 8, 2016

Tong Wang at his graduation.

Tekamah woman’s trust helps fund UNMC medical nutrition scholarship

Sandra Stork and her former student, Barbara Robertson, provide funding

Jul 5, 2016

Rich and Carol Smiley of Tekamah, representing Sandra Stork's family, joined Barbara Robertson, center, at UNMC's celebration of the endowment of the Stork Robertson Medical Nutrition Scholarship.

UNMC College of Nursing Students Discuss China Rotation

Two nursing students from UNMC discuss their experiences at a hospital in Shanghai.

Mar 10, 2016

Amber Gerweck (center left) and Capri Juilfs (center right) with nephrology nurses in Shanghai.

Fourth-year Medical Students Return from International Medicine Rotation

Rachel Watson and Matthew Hessel, both fourth-year medical students at UNMC, recently returned from a month-long international medicine rotation in Shanghai. The pair studied at the 10th People’s Hospital of Shanghai, which is affiliated with Tongji University School of Medicine.

Mar 4, 2016

Matthew Hessel practices the Traditional Chinese Medicine technique of cupping (creating a vacuum in a glass cup and placing it on the skin) with Rachel Watson.

SHARING board members attend national conference

Annual conference for the Society of Student Run Free Clinics was held in January.

Feb 22, 2016

UNMC students attending the conference included: Front row, left to right, Stephanie Nitz, Michael Visenio, Erika Fennen, Michael Blaha, Terrence Brown; back row, left to right, Derek Vogel, Austin Dudzinski. Not pictured: Molly Finn, Jacqueline Clark, Jennifer Shehan, Laura Miotke, Brian Coburn.