Kelsey Kirk UNMC strategic communications

Dr. Chaudhari receives prestigious award from National Science Foundation

The five-year project may lead to innovative insect management strategies.

Apr 17, 2024

Sujata Chaudhari, PhD

Virtual Science Café to address Indigenous cancer research

UNMC’s Regina Idoate, PhD, and Aislinn Rookwood will lead the discussion.

Apr 15, 2024

Regina Idoate, PhD, and Aislinn Rookwood

Dr. Chaudhari receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Five-year project may lead to innovative insect management strategies.

Apr 5, 2024

Sujata Chaudhari, PhD

New program lets young adults explore careers, gain new skills

The Munroe-Meyer Institute’s PAES Lab, which opened in December, gives young adults the opportunity to explore careers.

Apr 4, 2024

Katie Godoy stuffs envelopes in MMI's new PAES Lab.

MMI a site in multicenter NIH research project

Jennifer Blackford, PhD, will lead one of four research projects tied to the grant to the Vanderbilt Alcohol Research and Education Center.

Apr 3, 2024

Jennifer Blackford, PhD

MMI to celebrate World Autism Day

Munroe-Meyer Institute team members will help to celebrate inclusion during World Autism Day.

Apr 2, 2024

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute pilots new autism diagnostic tool

EarliPoint™ Evaluation for Autism technology could drastically cut wait times for diagnoses.

Apr 2, 2024

EarliPoint™️ Evaluation for Autism tracks eye movement 120 times per second and has shown a high degree of accuracy in identifying children on the autism spectrum. (Photo courtesy EarliTec Diagnostics Inc.)

TIPS program helps keep NICU grads on track

The Developmental Tracking Infants Progress Statewide, facilitated by MMI, aims to identify developmental delays.

Mar 27, 2024

Jackson Becker, a recent TIPS program graduate, reads books in the family living room.

Munroe-Meyer Guild’s 55th annual Garden Walk set for June 9

The public is invited to tour seven gardens spread across southwest and west Omaha during the Munroe-Meyer Guild’s 55th annual Garden Walk later this spring.

Mar 27, 2024

The Munroe-Meyer Guild's Garden Walk supports innovative programming and research at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Next Science Café explores ‘brain that heals itself’

Boys Town scientist Max Kurz, PhD, will discuss his research at April 2 event, part of the Nebraska Science Festival.

Mar 25, 2024

Max Kurz, PhD, senior research scientist at Boys Town National Research Hospital Institute for Human Neuroscience