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UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 27-28

24-hour ice skating event – now in its 7th year at UNMC – has raised more than $155,000

Jan 9, 2017

Simple pre-surgery questions save lives, Omaha study finds

A seven-year study of patients at the VA Medical Center in Omaha showed that screening patients before an operation to determine how frail they are can save lives after surgery. The screening test is so simple and the results so profound that the procedure is beginning to be implemented in other places, said Dr. Jason […]

Dec 19, 2016

First Thanksgiving

Former UNMC faculty member Mary McNamee, Ph.D., R.N., hosts Chinese visitors for their first Thanksgiving.

Dec 7, 2016

Munroe-Meyer leader Dr. Paul Pearson was passionate about people

Dr. Paul Pearson, founding director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute, died Sept. 8. He was 95.

Oct 3, 2016

Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Medical Center

Though separated from their families by thousands of miles, UNMC students and faculty found ways to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Sep 20, 2016

Longtime UNMC College of Pharmacy faculty member dies at age 67

Peter Gwilt, Ph.D., remembered for gentle manner, wit, teaching, mentorship

Aug 5, 2016

Peter Gwilt, Ph.D.

Nebraska Science Festival activities stretch from Omaha to Scottsbluff

Nebraskans engage in 88 different events at 48 participating sites

Jun 2, 2016

Fremont physician, Thomas McKnight, M.D., receives UNMC 2016 Koefoot Award

A 1977 graduate of UNMC, Dr. McKnight practices at Prairie Fields Family Medicine in Fremont.

May 6, 2016