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Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center dedication to include former vice president

Joe Biden will serve as keynote speaker on May 23

May 19, 2017

Chihuly Sanctuary unveiled at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Is cornerstone of Healing Arts Program with art on display throughout building

May 19, 2017

Dale Chihuly premiered his Glass on Glass pieces at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Glass on Glass is a combination of painting and sculpture that is both two- and three-dimensional, transparent and opaque.

Heart Walk draws big crowds

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine team raises more than $24,000.

May 18, 2017

Music as Medicine season closes today

Omaha Chamber Music Society musicians to perform over lunch hour.

May 18, 2017

Annual College of Nursing Awards announced

Ceremony was held May 10.

May 18, 2017

Award winners included, from left, Trina Aguirre, Ph.D., Colleen Kennedy, Diane Potter, Molly Belieu, Michelle Ellermeier, Shirley Tachenko Achord and Jessica Nielsen, D.N.P. (Not pictured, Becky Kreman, Ph.D., Cathy Tierney, Mary Cramer, Ph.D., and Patrick Rejda.)

Parking permit renewal available online

Two-year permits can be purchased through June 30.

May 18, 2017

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center to elevate cancer care in region

Formal dedication ceremony to be held Tuesday for new center.

May 18, 2017

A formal dedication ceremony for The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will be held Tuesday.

Easi-CRISPR a breakthrough in genome engineering

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., M.V.S.C. (D.V.M.), is primary investigator on study published Wednesday in Genome Biology.

May 18, 2017

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., M.V.S.C. (D.V.M.), associate professor of developmental neuroscience at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute

New technology developed for engineering animal models

A study published May 17 in the journal Genome Biology shows how highly popular, custom genetically engineered animal models are easily generated using a new patent-pending technology called Easi-CRISPR.

Easi-CRISPR allows researchers to create these much-needed animal models at previously unheard of rates and significantly lower cost.

May 18, 2017

Undergrads get a taste of public health

Twenty-eight students from six Nebraska colleges and universities spent the week learning about public health career opportunities May 15-19 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

May 18, 2017