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Transition begins for new oncology leadership
Administrative oncology leadership will transition from Theresa Franco to Kyle Skiermont, PharmD.
Nov 4, 2021
![From left, Theresa Franco and Kyle Skiermont, PharmD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FrancoSkiermont110521.jpg)
Annual employee giving drive kicks off next week
Chancellor Gold asks UNMC to show it stands behind the community at a difficult time.
Nov 4, 2021
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Giving110421.jpg)
A top-down intensive therapy program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute helps a child with a genetic brain disorder.
Nov 2, 2021
![Hitting New Strides](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mmibentley041-900x600-1.jpg)
![Catherine Mello, director of the Department of Alumni Relations](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cathernine_Mello_0008.jpg)
Dr. Are honored by American College of Surgeons
Chandra Are, MBBS, is inaugural recipient of the ACS Academic Global Surgeon Award.
Oct 28, 2021
![Chandra Are, MBBS](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Are011420.jpg)
UNMC marks Native American Heritage Month
UNMC will mark month with Zoom events, social media offerings.
Oct 27, 2021
![From left, Mona Zuffante will discuss "COVID-19 Response - Doing it Our Way," and Grace Johnson will present "American Indians in the U.S. and Cultural Resiliency" as part of Native American Heritage Month.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GraceMona102721.jpg)
Grant will fund study on negating lung injury from biohazard, and other College of Medicine stories from earlier this month.
Oct 27, 2021
![Jill Poole, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Poole031021.jpg)
Six new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine this month.
Oct 26, 2021
![Chengfeng Bi, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BiCOM.jpg)
From the DEI Office: Native American Heritage Month
The rich history of Native Americans in Nebraska goes back hundreds of years.
Oct 26, 2021
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NAHM102221.jpg)
Breakthrough Thinking series kicks off Oct. 29
UNMC’s Siobhan Wescott, MD, and Jane Jih, MD, from the University of California San Francisco, will speak during program.
Oct 22, 2021
![Siobhan Wescott, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WescottNEW102221.jpg)