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Event honors student achievements in cancer research

Harris Award for Cancer Research and the Shawn Jessen Memorial Award were presented at event.

Sep 14, 2018

From left, Harris Award winners are Stephanie Barbari, Saswati Karmakar, Rama Krishna Nimmakayala, Dannah Miller and Jiuli Zhou. Barbari also was the recipient of the Jessen Award.

August MMI Standouts honored

Nominations are being accepted for monthly award.

Sep 13, 2018

Standouts include, from left, Ashley Furman, Drew Cratsenberg, Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., Dione Williams, Evan Roberts and Janet Williamson

MMI, HETRA partnership isn’t just horsing around

Summer event mixed fun activities with information about equine therapy.

Sep 13, 2018

MMI for the record

Physical therapy provides community outreach, and other news and notes from the MMI community.

Sep 13, 2018

From left, Marne Iwand and Amy Beyersdorf at the Bellevue Fire Department's 2018 Fire and Safety Day

New faculty spotlight: Taylor Anderson

Anderson is an assistant professor in the UNMC College of Nursing.

Sep 13, 2018

Exploring different therapies’ effects on cerebral palsy

Collaboration contrasts power training, action-perception training.

Sep 13, 2018

Ethan takes part in power-training -- the same kind of training used by athletes -- as part of his physical therapy during a new study.

Allison Knoll, Ph.D., to speak at MMI Grand Rounds

USC researcher will discuss identifying heritable components of cognitive and social behavior.

Sep 13, 2018

Weigel Williamson Center celebrates 10 years

A campus open house will be held on Sept. 21.

Sep 13, 2018

John Shepherd, M.D., director of the Weigel Williamson Center

MMI, med center welcome new Project SEARCH class

The Munroe-Meyer Institute and Nebraska Medicine welcomed the fourth Project Search class to the med center in August. Project SEARCH is a one academic year, total workplace immersion vocational training program that helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn the necessary job skills to become competitively employed. Interns do several rotations in various med […]

Sep 13, 2018

The 2018-19 Project SEARCH interns, with Chris Miller, far right, Project SEARCH instructor for the Madonna School.

Director’s message: The importance of awareness

Two observances mark the importance of getting our message out.

Sep 13, 2018