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BHECN Mentoring Program participants praise impact

Ninety-seven percent of mentees said mentors were approachable and offered actionable advice.

Oct 2, 2026

Jessica Boren, BHECN mentoring program manager

New Investigator: Michele Plewes, PhD

Dr. Plewes is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNMC College of Medicine,

Oct 2, 2026

Michele Plewes, PhD

Jenna Hesse, EdD, named NNA’s Nurse of the Year

Dr. Hesse is an assistant professor in the UNMC College of Nursing Northern Division.

Oct 2, 2026

Jenna Hesse, EdD

Pharmacy announces four new named professorships

Aaron Mohs, PhD, Dong Wang, PhD, Corey Hopkins, PhD, and Paul Dobesh, PharmD, now hold new titles.

Oct 2, 2026

Clockwise from top left, Aaron Mohs, PhD, Dong Wang, PhD, Corey Hopkins, PhD, and Paul Dobesh, PharmD

UNMC for the record, Oct. 2, 2026

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center completes CCSG renewal; RSVP until Oct. 6 for Buffett Graduate Scholars welcome reception.

Oct 2, 2026

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Celebrating research month at UNMC

October provides opportunity to appreciate faculty, staff and student investigators that help improve people’s health.

Oct 1, 2026

UNMC Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Ken Bayles, PhD, vice chancellor for research

New Investigator: Sudipta Panja, PhD

Dr. Panja is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, UNMC College of Medicine.

Oct 1, 2026

Sudipta Panja, PhD

Nebraska state senators tour dental college

The college’s American Student Dental Association chapter invited the legislators.

Oct 1, 2026

Front row, from left, Nebraska State Sens. Victor Rountree, Rick Holdcroft and George Dungan and Tyler Mahood from the office of Sen. Teresa Ibach; back from left, dental student Hanna Hawks, Greg Bennett, DMD, dental student MacKenzie Conklin, UNMC College of Dentistry Dean Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD, dental students Isaiah Brant and Kerry Zhu, Scott Morrison, DDS, and dental student Kade Bratzel.

Study will explore causes of inflammatory signaling in eyes

Bhavana Chhunchha, PhD, aims to identify clues that could support a gene-based therapy.

Oct 1, 2026

Bhavana Chhunchha, PhD

Registration open for Sharing the Green

Golf tournament on Oct. 16 raises funds for the UNMC student-run SHARING Clinics.

Oct 1, 2026

A green on a golf course with a putter in the foreground