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Keith Olsen, Pharm.D., named dean of UNMC College of Pharmacy
Nebraska native is returning home after three-year stint as pharmacy dean in Arkansas
Oct 31, 2018
![Keith Olsen, Pharm.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OlsenKeithUNMC.jpg)
Anhydrous ammonia safety training offered to public
Nov. 29 class will be held at Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs
Oct 30, 2018
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Dr. Cowan to step down as cancer center director
Has accomplished numerous milestones over past two decades
Oct 23, 2018
![Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ken_Cowan_0739.jpg)
Glidden Receives Inaugural Excellence Award
Tim Glidden, CRNA and director of nurse anesthesia, received the first-ever 2018 APRN/PA Excellence Award during a leadership meeting on Oct. 18.
Oct 23, 2018
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UNMC chancellor named board chair of graduate medical education organization
Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold succeeds another UNMC physician, Dr. Rowen Zetterman, who held position past two years
Oct 17, 2018
![Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. (left) and Rowen Zetterman, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Gold_Zetterman.jpg)
Nebraska Science Festival registration opens Oct. 24
Teachers encouraged to register classes early for 2019 student expos
Oct 12, 2018
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Cleveland Clinic doctor to head UNMC/Nebraska Medicine ophthalmology program
Ronald Krueger, M.D., is international expert in refractive surgery
Oct 11, 2018
![Ronald Krueger, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Krueger.jpg)
Dr. Michaelis appointed to State Board of Medicine and Surgery
Maria Michaelis, M.D., was recently appointed by the Nebraska State Board of Health to serve on the Board of Medicine and Surgery as a Medical School Faculty Member.
Oct 5, 2018
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Sommer, Acute Pain PA, Awarded by Colleagues
Acute Pain Physician’s Assistant Lea Sommer was awarded Provider of the Quarter by her colleagues on the 4/5 Lied Quality Improvement Team.
Oct 5, 2018
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Cattlemen’s Ball raises nearly $1.75 million
Amount raised is second highest in 21-year history
Oct 4, 2018
![Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D. (third from left), director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, went to Hebron, Neb., on Sept. 6 to receive a proceeds check of more than $1.55 million from the planning committee for this year's Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Nancy McGill)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Cowan_Hebron_CBall.jpg)