John Keenan

State Sen. Megan Hunt tours UNMC

Hunt praises med center for ‘leadership’ during the pandemic.

Aug 27, 2021

From left, Emily McElroy, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, and Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt

UNMC study confirms COVID air transmission

UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review.

Aug 27, 2021

From left, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, John Lowe, PhD and St. Patrick Reid, PhD

Remembering: Kate Nickel, PhD

Dr. Nickel was at UNMC for more than three decades.

Aug 27, 2021

New faculty spotlight: Lauri Vargo, MD

Dr. Vargo is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology.

Aug 27, 2021

Lauri Vargo, MD

UNMC for the record

Annual PEN retreat, Dunkin’ holds grand opening at ice rink today, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.

Aug 27, 2021

Research award winners with Keshore Bidasee, PhD, (far left), chair of the neuroscience graduate program, and Howard Gendelman, MD (far right), chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience

COM holds design thinking workshop for students

Theme of event was ‘interprofessional care.’

Aug 26, 2021

Kate Fiandt, PhD, of the UNMC College of Nursing, was one of the faculty members who worked with medical students at the workshop.

Dunkin to hold grand opening

Attendees may win free coffee for a year.

Aug 26, 2021

Fellowship program director of the month

Dr. Green Hines is the director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.

Aug 26, 2021

Andrea Green Hines, MD

Dean’s message: #WhiteCoats #MasksWork

It’s a new school year, Dr. Britigan’s on Twitter and vaccines and masks work.

Aug 26, 2021

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine

MMI’s Trunk or Treat set for Oct. 24

Institute is seeking UNMC groups, community partners to decorate trunks for the popular annual event.

Aug 26, 2021

Last year's drive-through Trunk or Treat was a big hit with volunteers and participants.