Kalani Simpson UNMC strategic communications

UNMC’s diagnostic cytology program leads the field

Over the last three years, UNMC has produced more than one in five of the nation’s cytology graduates.

Sep 16, 2025

Manju Mukherjee, PhD

Radiation therapy program expands to Kearney

The enrollment of the first radiation therapy students there represent another UNMC expansion to the campus.

Sep 11, 2025

Lisa Bartenhagen, UNMC's director of radiation therapy education

White coat ceremony: A medical career premiere

With the Orpheum as the stage, incoming medical students took a moment in the spotlight.

Sep 8, 2025

A handshake at the 2025 UNMC College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony

UNMC’s ‘Operation Immunization’ clinics return

The award-winning collaboration, led by the UNMC College of Pharmacy, has delivered more than 15,000 flu shots since 2017.

Sep 8, 2025

A student administers a flu shot into a patient's arm

UNMC students don white coats to renew a rite of passage

Students from around UNMC colleges marked the start of their careers as health care professionals, with all the responsibility that involves.

Sep 2, 2025

New UNMC student Eben Samuel receives his white coat from Armando De Alba, MD, an associate professor with the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.

Drs. Webster, Donnelly to fill expanded roles in Allied Health

Their skills and experience within the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions will ensure continuity in support and leadership.

Aug 27, 2025

Tammy Webster, PhD, and Amber Donnelly, PhD

UNMC’s first PharmD class in Kearney embarks on program

Kiernan Bierman, who is from Hastings, Nebraska, is one of nine students in UNMC College of Pharmacy’s initial class.

Aug 25, 2025

Kiernan Bierman

UNMC hosts ambassador, delegation from Uganda

The visitors met with UNMC leadership and health security experts and toured the Davis Global Center.

Aug 19, 2025

The visiting delegation from Uganda participated in a demonstration of UNMC's ISTARI portable patient care isolation technology.

Drone fly along offers Kearney construction tour

As UNMC programs expand in Kearney, the Health Science Education Center II is set to open in early 2026.

Aug 6, 2025

Construction on the 110,000-square-foot Health Science Education Center II in Kearney is progressing toward an early 2026 opening.

New faculty spotlight: Kiran Sapkota, PhD

Dr. Sapkota is an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the UNMC Kearney campus.

Jul 31, 2025

Kiran Sapkoa, PhD