Jeffrey Robb

KETV Omaha on May 1

Nebraska Medicine, UNMC partner with Omaha Fire Department to give batteries second life

May 12, 2026

16 U.S. citizens safely repatriated to UNMC, Nebraska Medicine

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine’s world-class experts and facilities step forward once again, this time to face the Hantavirus threat.

May 11, 2026

Michael Wadman, MD, medical director of the National Quarantine Unit speaks at a press conference that was held Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Davis Global Center to give an update on the 16 passengers from the Hondius cruise ship who were moved to the quarantine and biocontainment units at UNMC.

A message from Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD

Dr. Davies sent this message to UNMC faculty, staff and students Monday evening to update Nebraska’s response to hantavirus.

May 11, 2026

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD

UNMC designated as a WHO Collaborating Center

The prestigious distinction places UNMC among a select group of institutions helping shape the world’s response to emerging health threats.

May 11, 2026

Lauren Sauer, PhD, and Jocelyn Herstein, PhD

UNMC’s Child Development Center to close Aug. 14

The center, located at 40th and Dewey, has served as a childcare resource for students and med center employees.

May 11, 2026

UNMC emblem that says UNMC Breakthroughs for Life

Dr. Davies’ all-campus forum is today

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will talk with biocontainment and quarantine unit leaders, along with UNMC Student Senate leaders.

May 11, 2026

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, Angela Hewlett, MD, medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, and Michael Wadman, MD, medical director of the National Quarantine Unit.

Shuttles cleaned, will return to service Tuesday morning

Infection prevention has decontaminated the shuttles to ensure they are safe for passengers.

May 11, 2026

An image of a med center campus shuttle

Cruise ship passengers arrive at National Quarantine Unit 

The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit has been activated, as one of the U.S. citizens who were aboard a cruise ship associated with a hantavirus outbreak tested positive. 

May 11, 2026

Shuttles carrying the MV Hondius passengers en route to the National Quarantine Unit at UNMC.

Nebraska Medicine/UNMC asked to monitor U.S. citizens from cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

The National Quarantine Unit, located at UNMC, is the only federally funded quarantine unit in the United States.

May 10, 2026

UNMC sign in front of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, with the 42nd Street skywalk and Wittson Hall behind.

Partial access to Canvas restored

The University of Nebraska System sent out this message on Friday to update the situation regarding Canvas services.

May 10, 2026

The Canvas program logo with a shape of half circles in a circle with dots