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Students begin UNMC dental careers with white coats

UNMC dentistry and dental hygiene students started their first years with the symbolic ceremony.

Aug 28, 2026

UNMC College of Dentistry Dean Gerry Kugel, DMD, PhD, left, congratulated new students at the 2026 White Coat Ceremony.

UNMC well represented at 2026 NMA Awards

Two UNMC faculty members, medical student will be honored next month by the Nebraska Medical Association.

Aug 28, 2026

From left, Robert Messbarger, MD; Daniel Pierce, MD; and medical student Amber Gowen

2025-26 INBRE Scholars honored at research event

Ten undergraduate students from six Nebraska universities received Richard Holland Future Scientist Awards.

Aug 27, 2026

Oral presentation winners, from left: Abigail Keating, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Maddie Witchger, Creighton University; Kaleigh Williamson, UNO; Jenna Box, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Orion Ulmer from Doane University.

INBRE scholar first to team with CS-CASH

Ashley Texel’s poster on agricultural injuries and fatalities among minors was honored by faculty, students judges.

Aug 27, 2026

From left, mentor Ellen Duysen and scholar Ashley Texel in front of Texel's poster at the annual INBRE Research Conference

2025 Turpen Award: Brigid Toomey

University of Nebraska-Lincoln grad Toomey will be attending Washington University to study cancer biology.

Aug 27, 2026

Brigid Toomey

2026 Turpen Award: Hannah Pflum

Creighton grad Pflum will study microbiology, immunology and cancer biology at the University of Minnesota.

Aug 27, 2026

From left INBRE PI Paul Sorgen PhD, Hannah Pflum, 2026 Turpen Award winner, and Juliane Soukup Strauss, PhD, of Creighton University

Ted Mikuls, MD, named UNMC’s 21st Scientist Laureate

Dr. Mikuls will be honored, along with 23 other researchers, at an awards event on Oct. 29 at the Omaha campus.

Aug 26, 2026

Ted Mikuls, MD

UNMC welcomes visitors from Taiwan

Leaders and faculty from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University visited Omaha earlier this month.

Aug 19, 2026

Leaders from UNMC and Taiwan-based National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University met on August 11 at Wigton Heritage Center to discuss the five-year partnership between the two universities.

Grant will aid in ‘decoding’ AI, computation for investigators

New T32 award will fund the Developing Experts in Computation, ‘Omics and Data Exploration (DECODE) program.

Aug 18, 2026

From left, Andrew Dudley, PhD, and Jordan Rowley, PhD

Dentistry faculty, students volunteer at event to honor former clinic director

The July dental clinic, held at Lincoln’s People’s City Mission, was in memory of longtime clinic director Steve Uetrecht.

Aug 12, 2026

The volunteer turnout for the event included: Top row, from left - UNMC College of Dentistry students Kahner Christopherson and Luke Jacobs, clinical faculty members Jon Asbjornson, DDS, and Tim Jacobs, DDS, and dental assistant Erika Bosovyk. Bottom row, from left - UNMC College of Dentistry students Grace Boski, Xiaoqin Jia, Jillian Lowe, Cintia Jacobsen Robinson and Lanyon Mlinek.