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24th annual State Science Meet draws 53 students from across Nebraska

Fifty-three eighth-grade students from 21 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC's 24th annual State Science Meet June 9-11, for an educational and fun experience. The goal of the meet is to inspire students, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualify for the meet by submitting science projects in one […]

Jun 13, 2016

Retirement counseling available on campus

One-on-one sessions are available by appointment.

Jun 13, 2016

Med center honored for Heart Walk efforts

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine teamed to raise the most money for the 2016 Omaha-Council Bluffs Heart Walk.

Jun 13, 2016

From left, Maggie McGlade, corporate event director, American Heart Association; UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Jennifer Redmond, Omaha Metro Executive Director, American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate

Dr. Stuberg re-appointed to state board of health

Wayne Stuberg, Ph.D., of the Munroe-Meyer Institute, will also serve as president of the board.

Jun 13, 2016

Wayne Stuberg, Ph.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Jun 10, 2016

Older adults need to take extra care with medications

Marcia Shade, Ph.D., sounds alarm on safe medication use.

Jun 10, 2016

Marcia Shade, Ph.D.

Study shifts aim in pancreatic cancer treatment

UNMC researchers help validate new pancreatic cancer therapeutic target

Jun 10, 2016

Expression of the stem cell gene Musashi in human pancreatic cancer. Cancer cells are shown in green, Musashi expression in red and blue includes cells within the cancer microenvironment. Image courtesy of Dawn Jaquish, UC San Diego.

Inventory causes bookstore, C-store closures

Closures will take place next week.

Jun 10, 2016

UNMC chancellor to visit North Platte, Scottsbluff on June 15

Visit is an opportunity to find out what UNMC is doing to improve the health for the North Platte community and the surrounding area

Jun 10, 2016

UNMC SEPA program introduces Native youth to health sciences

Wakinyan Spotted Tail-Brown and Jordan Spotted Calf stood nearby with their fingers in their ears and waited. Nearby Eric Haas, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemistry at Creighton University, picked up a torch and held it under the blue balloon filled with hydrogen and oxygen. The explosion was loud enough to rattle the windows of […]

Jun 10, 2016