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Dr. Abbey Fingeret named UNMC’s Varner Educator Laureate

Dr. Fingeret will be honored today as a ‘visionary educator, a dedicated mentor and a nationally respected leader in surgical education.’

Mar 6, 2026

Abbey Fingeret, MD, PhD

International College of Surgeons section to meet in Omaha

UNMC’s Joshua Mammen, MD, PhD, is president of the ICS-U.S. Section and will serve as host for the Omaha event.

Mar 6, 2026

Joshua Mammen, MD, PhD

Dr. Davies to hold all-campus forum on March 12

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will be joined by guest Jane Meza, PhD, UNMC’s interim vice chancellor for academic affairs. 

Mar 6, 2026

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Jane Meza, PhD, UNMC's interim vice chancellor for academic affairs 

Global engagement holds 2026 International Photo Contest

Participants are invited to submit up to three of their favorite travel photos for the contest.

Mar 6, 2026

Graphic of a camera and desk items that says UNMC Office of Global Engagement 2026 International Photo Contest Prize for Winners

UNMC to offer new nursing scholarships at Scottsbluff, Kearney, Norfolk

Applications are open, and 30 full cost-of-education scholarships will be awarded over two years.

Mar 5, 2026

Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, dean of the UNMC College of Nursing

Listening sessions on next UNMC chancellor set for today

Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend two sessions that will be held in the Sorrell Center on the UNMC Omaha campus.

Mar 5, 2026

The Sorrell Center, Room 1005, is the location for two listening sessions on Thursday, March 5. 

Impact in Education: Nancy Krusen, PhD

Dr. Krusen is a professor of occupational therapy in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions.

Mar 5, 2026

Nancy Krusen, PhD

Employee appreciation event will honor UNMC ‘superheroes’

The ‘Superheroes Among Us’ event will be held in the Truhlsen Campus Events Center today from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Mar 5, 2026

UNMC emblem

Utility digging to start Monday

The work, which is connected to Project Health, will take place on the east side of the UNMC Omaha campus.

Mar 5, 2026

UNMC emblem with the words

Two new leaders named in research operations

Katie Penas takes on a shared leadership role between UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, while Ellen Kerns, PhD, is scientific director of the READi Core.

Mar 4, 2026

Katie Penas and Ellen Kerns, PhD