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Interim dean: the excitement of a new academic year

Welcome to the UNMC fall 2025 semester. We’re excited to begin a new academic year and move forward together. The start of a new season brings opportunities and challenges, both within our campus and across the broader landscape of health sciences education. We’ve welcomed some new faces to the UNMC Office of Graduate Studies. Jered […]

Oct 10, 2025

Karen Gould, PhD

Graduate Studies welcomes new cohort at matriculation

UNMC Graduate Studies saw 75 of its 160 new students show up in person for its annual matriculation ceremony Aug. 19. Please see a photo album of the event here. “You have come here from six continents,” noted David Crouse, PhD, professor emeritus and Graduate Studies Wellness Advisor. “And there are only seven.” Dr. Crouse […]

Oct 10, 2025

Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD, gave the keynote address as the 2025 Distinguished Mentor for Graduate Students honoree.

Relax, recharge, connect at Graduate Studies Wellness Hub

the UNMC Graduate Studies Wellness Hub, located in Durham Research Center I, is a welcoming space for graduate students to relax, recharge and connect. The space offers a kitchen area with coffee maker, microwave, ice machine and refrigerator. It also serves as a delivery site for the Maverick Food Pantry and offers an array of […]

Oct 10, 2025

The UNMC Graduate Student Wellness Hub features several opportunities to unwind, including a foosball table.

How did you get that fellowship? One success story

Abigail Hall is a PhD student studying Staphylococcus aureus in the lab of Vinai Thomas, PhD, associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology. She recently earned a one-year predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Let’s talk to her about how she earned this award and what receiving such a fellowship means to her young […]

Oct 10, 2025

UNMC-Streck partnership win-win grad studies alum says

When a top biotechnology company is located within a few miles of a leading academic medical center with a robust research portfolio – chock full of rising, ambitious graduate students – it only makes sense to strike up a series of win-win partnerships. So said Chris Connelly, PhD, director of research and development at Streck, […]

Oct 10, 2025

Chris Connelly, PhD, visited from Streck.

See the latest news involving UNMC health care experts, educators and researchers.

Oct 10, 2025

Signage and the Durham Research Center towers as seen from the campus entrance at Saddle Creek Road and Emile Street. Photos from my last photo stroll across campus on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

Drs. Cochran, Cook honored as 2025 Distinguished Educators

The Interprofessional Academy of Educators’ Distinguished Educator Award is the academy’s highest honor.

Oct 10, 2025

Teresa Cochran, DPT, PhD, and Kristen Cook, PharmD

New investigator: Maher Abdalla, PhD

Dr. Abdalla is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Oct 10, 2025

Maher Abdalla, PhD

Three blood donation events scheduled for October

Through Dec. 5, all blood drives at UNMC are an opportunity to boost NU’s team in the ‘We Give Blood’ challenge.

Oct 10, 2025

Promotional graphic that says Mobile Blood Drive

UNMC achievements, Oct. 10, 2025

Six nursing faculty honored by Nebraska Nurses Association, and Jianghu Dong, PhD, is honored for outstanding teaching.

Oct 10, 2025

Lynne Buchanan, PhD