Kalani Simpson UNMC strategic communications

Frank Longo, MD, PhD, to headline Harman Lectureship

Dr. Longo is an award-winning researcher in Alzheimer’s disease. His in-person lecture will be April 7.

Mar 27, 2023

Frank Longo, MD, PhD

Making his own luck

St. Patrick Reid, PhD, is a crucial contributor to the discovery, by UNMC scientists, that the SARS-CoV-2 vir virus spreads through airborne transmission.

Mar 16, 2023

Making His Own Luck

Drug discovery, development workshop is March 20-21

The annual conference is organized by the UNMC College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Science.

Mar 9, 2023

Community service to research: Doris Lassiter

Lassiter, health ministry director with New Era Baptist State Convention, addresses racial, ethnic disparities.

Mar 7, 2023

Doris Lassiter

‘New’ graduate studies leadership offers counsel

With the first semester of the 2022-23 academic year complete, the “new” graduate studies leadership is no longer so new. But following the longtime leadership of recently retired Pam Carmines, PhD, graduate students and even faculty may still wonder who to turn to regarding various issues. To that end, Kendra Schmid, PhD, executive associate dean for […]

Feb 27, 2023

Kendra Schmid, PhD

Writing boot camps expanded to master’s students

Workshops now work toward dissertations and theses

Feb 27, 2023

Sarah Truong is congratulated by Karen Gould, PhD, and Dele Davies, MD, upon completion of the thesis boot camp.

Convocation: Have the courage to say ‘yes’

Jane Meza, PhD, urged degree candidates to be flexible in their dreams

Feb 27, 2023

Dele Davies, MD, right, thanked UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, for his address at the 2022 Winter Honors Convocation.

UNMC researchers make key discovery in chemo resistance

The lab of Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD, published findings common to pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancers.

Feb 23, 2023

Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD, Sanchita Rauth, PhD, and Surinder Batra, PhD

Allied health remains at the cutting edge of distance learning

The College of Allied Health Professions traces to the beginnings telehealth and is pushing the boundaries today.

Feb 6, 2023

Technology allows physician assistant students to take part in lessons that are taught synchronously across UNMC campuses in Omaha and Kearney.

College of Nursing study aims to reduce nursing ‘bottleneck’

Students are coached on stress reduction and develop individualized study plans.

Feb 6, 2023