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BHECN funding helps MMI fill rural internships

The Munroe-Meyer Institute filled the psychology internships with assistance from the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska.

Jul 23, 2025

Brandy Clarke, PhD

Lane closure along 42nd Street

Only northbound travel will be accessible along 42nd Street between Leavenworth and Emile streets.

Jul 23, 2025

traffic safety roadwork signs and light

UNMC site of mock exercise drill July 27-Aug. 1

The Nebraska National Guard and emergency partners are conducting the exercise.

Jul 23, 2025

UNMC emblem

Camp Munroe a ‘very well-oiled machine’ for summer fun

Luisa Brandt, like her peers, looks forward to busy days at Camp Munroe. Her schedule at camp is packed with art, music, swimming, cooking and other summer camp activities.

Jul 22, 2025

Finn Sully, a recreational technician at MMI, sits next to Luisa Brandt, 9. The two were camp buddies for the day.

Lego Camp teaches motor skills, as well as daily living and social skills

This was the third session of Lego Camp, hosted by the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Department of Occupational Therapy, since it was created in fall of 2024.

Jul 22, 2025

George Robertson decorates a makeshift riverbank with Lego creations during the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Occupational Therapy's Lego Camp.

Pathology resident probes cause of increasing antibiotic resistance in common pathogen

Jacqueline Peck, a second-year resident in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is studying the factors behind increasing antibiotic resistance in Haemophilus influenzae, a common pathogen.

Jul 22, 2025

Jacqueline Peck, MD, a second-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Allied health professions marks 10 years as a college

Although it has a long history at UNMC, the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions officially became a college in July 2015.

Jul 22, 2025

Kyle Meyer, PhD, dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions

‘Zoodemic’ app brings public health education to young learners

The app was developed by the UNMC College of Public Health and students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Jul 22, 2025

An image of the opening screen in the Zoodemic app

Campus asked to conserve energy during extreme heat

The med center implements energy curtailment days during hot summer days.

Jul 22, 2025

A photo of UNMC's central utilities plant

Durham discussion of ’75 tornado is Wednesday

Kyle Chattleton, PhD, an educator with The Durham Museum, will give a presentation at UNMC in the Sorrell Center.

Jul 22, 2025

A scene of destruction in Omaha near 53rd Streets and West Center Road, The Durham Museum Photo Archive, The Omaha Sun Collection, 35mm-15302-003, 1975