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EMBRACE program builds momentum in first year

Funding from the Clarkson Institute and DHHS support improved maternal and child health efforts in rural Nebraska.

Oct 21, 2026

Members of the EMBRACE program pose in front of the Durham Outpatient Center. From left, Neil Hamill, MD, EMBRACE medical director; Elizabeth Reisher, PhD, clinical informaticist; Lora Bogatz, manager of women and infants services; Rebecca Rimsza, MD, STAMPP medical director; Courtney Thomas, EMBRACE nurse care coordinator; Sarosh Rana, MD, EMBRACE founder and executive director; Briley Patterson, EMBRACE program manager; Mel Buman, EdD, STAMPP director, women and infant services director; Brianna Heneger, EMBRACE ultrasound lead; Michelle Pieters, clinical research projects coordinator; Chelsey McLaurine, clinical research projects coordinator; Sallie Weathers, marketing and communications specialist; Santiago Ortiz Barragan, clinical research projects coordinator; Destiny Cole, community health navigator; Rick Blum, UNMC Department of OB/GYN administrator; KP Gesch, EMBRACE maternal care educator; and Jasmine Fischer, EMBRACE maternal care educator.

Distinguished Scientist: Ruxana Sadikot, MD

Dr. Sadikot is the Margaret R. Larson Chair and Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, and chief of UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and  Sleep Medicine, UNMC College of Medicine.

Oct 21, 2026

Ruxana Sadikot, MD

Captions and transcripts: Why digital accessibility matters

For some, captions and other accessible ways of receiving audio information can be essential to participating in digital spaces.

Oct 21, 2026

For some people, captions and other accessible ways of receiving audio information are essential to participating in digital spaces.

Postdoctoral education annual event set for Oct. 26

Katie East, PhD, will deliver keynote address on ‘Science Communication.’

Oct 21, 2026

Katie East, PhD

New faculty spotlight: Charles Ung, PharmD

The new clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice and science loves helping both patients and students.

Oct 21, 2026

Charles Ung, PharmD

Discounted tickets available for ‘A Christmas Carol’

The special rates is offered for two performances only.

Oct 21, 2026

'A Christmas Carol' is being performed at the Omaha Community Playhouse for its 51st holiday season.

University leaders host Rep. Don Bacon to celebrate his support

The departing Nebraska congressman called a ‘stalwart champion’ for the university.

Oct 20, 2026

UNMC Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, left, and Chris Kratochvil, MD, vice chancellor for external relations for UNMC and vice president for external relations for the University of Nebraska System, gifted U.S. Rep Don Bacon, center, with a framed montage of photos of the congressman at various UNMC events.

Distinguished Scientist: Karuna Rasineni, PhD

Dr. Rasineni is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC College of Medicine.

Oct 20, 2026

Karuna Rasineni, PhD

Dr. Mohring named chief of general internal medicine

Stephen Mohring, MD, will assume the role Nov. 1.

Oct 20, 2026

Stephen Mohring, MD

Annual NUFlex enrollment begins Monday, Oct. 26

The enrollment period will run through 5 p.m. CST Nov. 13.

Oct 20, 2026

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