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IT to hold weekly sessions on academic technologies
One-hour information sessions with IT experts begin Wednesday with discussion of Canvas.
Jan 8, 2020
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Hobbies the focus of next Olson Center event
Reservations being accepted for presentation on “Health, Happiness & Harmony: The Holistic Essentiality of Hobbies.”
Jan 8, 2020
![Jerry Walker, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Walker010620.jpg)
Dr. Jeff Harrison named chair of UNMC Department of Family Medicine
Succeeds Dr. Michael Sitorius who held the post for 30 years
Jan 8, 2020
![Jeff Harrison, MD (right), is the new chair of UNMC Department of Family Medicine. He succeeds Michael Sitorius, MD (left), who held the post for 30 years.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Sitorius_Harrison.jpg)
Under the microscope: 2020 wellness resolutions
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., talks with Steven P. Wengel, M.D., about making and completing New Year’s resolutions for individual wellness.
Dec 30, 2019
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New cystic fibrosis drug is major breakthrough for patients
FDA approval of Trikafta will benefit 90% of cytstic fibrosis patients
Dec 27, 2019
![Members of the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine team providing clinical care to cystic fibrosis patients include: Front Row (left-right) - Jill Rollins, Heidi Klasna, Meilinh Thi, D.O., Jill Fliege and Stacy Millikan; Middle Row - Janelle Sorensen, Sandy Wahl, Cristine Batten and Jennifer Rounds; Back Row - Peter J. Murphy, M.D., John Dickinson, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph Poler, Psy.D., Molly Stirek and Laura Romero.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CFTeam2121219.jpg)
MMI director named to Special Olympics International board
Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., has devoted his life to creating an inclusive, welcoming world
Dec 18, 2019
![Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dr_Karoly_Mirnics_0612.jpg)
UNMC seeking study participants for two HIV studies
Will use neuroimaging to determine how HIV affects brain activity/cognitive function
Dec 12, 2019
![The magnetoencephalography (MEG) unit at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/meg_landscape.jpg)
Children’s, UNMC strengthen partnership
Will allow two institutions to extend affiliation agreement to include other UNMC academic units in addition to College of Medicine
Dec 3, 2019
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. (left), and Rodrigo López, interim president and CEO, Children's Hospital & Medical Center](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/gold_lopez.jpg)
Former UNMC Chancellor Charles Andrews, M.D., dies at age 94
Helped transform UNMC into major academic medical center by building transplantation, research programs
Nov 20, 2019
![Former UNMC Chancellor Charles Andrews, M.D. (left), talks to Bob Bartee, vice chancellor for external relations, at a 2018 retirement party for Bruce Buehler, M.D., former director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/AndrewsandBartee.jpg)
UNMC Ice Rink to open Nov. 29 through Feb. 2
Admission price for general public lowered to $5; public encouraged to check out “hidden gem” in heart of UNMC campus
Nov 19, 2019
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