Kalani Simpson UNMC strategic communications
UNMC’s famous chicken soup study circles the globe
The latest news coverage of the oft-covered research comes from Poland and Newsweek Polska.
Dec 26, 2023
![UNMC researcher Stephen Rennard, MD, and co-investigator, wife Barbara Rennard, in the lab, er kitchen, with research subject, aka chicken soup. The couple led publication of a study titled, "Chicken Soup Inhibits Neutrophil Chemotaxis In Vitro."](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RennardsSoup2122623.jpg)
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD, to be awarded honorary degree at commencement
UNMC ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15 at Baxter Arena.
Dec 13, 2023
![Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Friedrichs121123.jpg)
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD, will be awarded honorary degree at commencement
Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15 at the Baxter Arena.
Dec 12, 2023
![Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Friedrichs121123.jpg)
UNMC joins with Girls Inc. to showcase radiology field
More than a dozen teenagers joined a “Rad Girls” activity at the Davis Global Center.
Nov 29, 2023
![Radiology resident Liz Pruss, MD, left, served as a teacher and role model for visiting teenagers during a recent "Rad Girls" experiential educational event put on by the UNMC College of Medicine's Radiology Interest Group, UNMC's iEXCEL program and Girls Inc. Omaha.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GirlsIncRadNight112923-900x600.jpg)
Online resource offers child-friendly lesson on COVID-19
The UNMC College of Public Health developed the module in partnership with the Youth in Agriculture education program.
Nov 17, 2023
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Slide_Module111723-900x600.jpg)
UNMC leaders address campus growth, budget situation
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and guests hosted the first “hybrid” forum since before the pandemic.
Nov 14, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Anne Barnes, UNMC’s vice chancellor for business, finance and business development, and Jane Meza, PhD, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and associate vice chancellor for global affairs and strategic planning](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GoldBarnesMeza110323.jpg)
UNMC med students shine at national competition
Teams were tasked with addressing a care access dilemma.
Nov 6, 2023
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Competition-900x600.jpg)
A new angle on baseball pitchers and arm pain
UNMC’s Ed Fehringer, MD, brings deep personal experience and a physician’s expertise to addressing the growing problem of pitching injuries.
Nov 6, 2023
![UNMC's Ed Fehringer, MD, works with Creighton Prep pitcher Davis Everett in a motion lab on the med center campus.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/EdwardFehringer1110423-900x600.jpg)
Two at UNMC College of Pharmacy expand their roles
Drew Prescott, PharmD, is the college’s new assistant dean for student affairs, as Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD, devotes his efforts to CHRI.
Oct 26, 2023
![Drew Prescott, PharmD, and Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PrescottShaffer102623-900x600.jpg)
UNMC pioneers combination of AI, simulations and extended reality in health care scenarios
New publication in Journal of American College Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions explores AISER.
Oct 24, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and John Windle, ME](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DrsGoldWindle102423-900x600.jpg)