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UNMC commencements to be held throughout state May 8 and 10

Alexander Kabanov, PhD, to receive honorary degree; Byron Barksdale, MD, to receive J.G. Elliott Award.

May 1, 2025

Alexander Kabanov, PhD, to receive honorary degree; Byron Barksdale, MD, to receive J.G. Elliott Award.

Heartland Crisis Intervention Team recognized for program’s work with gold-level certification

The Munroe-Meyer Institute partners in the de-escalation training program for first responders with the Omaha Police Department and Lutheran Family Services, providing a component on intellectual and developmental disabilities to help first responders recognize and more easily interact with people with IDD in emergency situations.

May 1, 2025

Rachel Ray, director of MMI's Crisis Intervention Team

UNMC unveiling new tick testing, surveillance program

With new ticks moving into the state, the UNMC College of Public Health will partner to increase tick and disease monitoring.

Apr 30, 2025

Image of a tick held in a test tube

Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium is today

The symposium will showcase research by the UNMC College of Medicine’s residents and fellows.

Apr 29, 2025

Chandra Are, MBBS, the UNMC College of Medicine’s senior associate dean of graduate medical education, speaks at last year's Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium.

GME research symposium set for April 29

The symposium will showcase research by the UNMC College of Medicine’s residents and fellows.

Apr 21, 2025

Chandrakanth Are, MBBS

Dr. Oupicky to receive Kinman Oldfield Award

The award recognizes a UNMC investigator who has conceived a promising new ideas in Alzheimer’s research.

Apr 21, 2025

David Oupicky, PhD

MMI’s Elizabeth Conover nets national recognition

The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists honors Conover’s work with Mother To Baby, its informational service.

Apr 16, 2025

Beth Conover

Tara Fahmie, PhD, leads MMI’s severe behavior department

Dr. Fahmie shares her ‘A-ha’ moment, talks about what MMI means to her and outlines her vision for the department’s future.

Apr 11, 2025

Tara Fahmie, PhD

Meet the director: Tara Fahmie, PhD, leads severe behavior

Dr. Fahmie shares her “A-ha” moment, talks about what MMI means to her, and outlines her vision for the department’s future.

Apr 10, 2025

Tara Fahmie, PhD

New mouse models can bridge gap in Alzheimer’s research

UNMC researchers published a studies using novel mouse model expected to set the stage for future clinical trials.

Apr 7, 2025

Pravin Yeapuri, PhD, Howard Gendelman, MD, and R. Lee Mosley, PhD