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Drill tests new isolation units

The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit teamed with U.S. Air Force, ambulance companies for drill.

Aug 5, 2015

Participants in the drill transport the mobile biocontainment unit. (Photo courtesy Nathan Lipscomb, TSgt, USAF, 1st Combat Camera Squadron)

Students learn to respond to emergencies

College of Public Health students organize response team.

Aug 5, 2015

Trang Hoang and Jennifer Kephart, Master of Public Health students, dispense medication -- M&Ms and LifeSaver mints -- during a point-of-dispensing exercise with the Sarpy/Cass Department of Health and Wellness last month. The woman standing behind them is a training supervisor.

UNMC study: Knee replacement an option for RA

Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D., leads study on effects of surgery on patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Aug 5, 2015

Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D.

Art and science of medical decision making is topic of Aug. 11 Omaha Science Caf

Sculptor, Kirk Vaughn-Robinson, and William Lydiatt, M.D., director of head and neck surgical oncology in the department of otolaryngology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will talk about the art and science of medical decision making at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., Aug. 11 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. […]

Aug 5, 2015

Summer research program holds poster event

Campus is invited to culminating event for 10-week summer program.

Aug 4, 2015

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) student Nicole Weedman, who attends Bryan College of Health Sciences in Lincoln, works with Brian Lowes, M.D., Ph.D., in the division of cardiology, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.

LiveGreen: Avoid wasting produce

Tips to avoid losing out on food, money during gardening season.

Aug 4, 2015

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center event on Aug. 11

Campus invited to beam-raising ceremony to mark construction milestone.

Aug 4, 2015

UNMC study: knee replacement viable option for rheumatoid arthritis

Based on analysis, total knee replacement can improve the quality of life in RA patients, however, ultimately the arthritis usually returns.

Aug 4, 2015

Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D.

Dr. Coccia steps down from tenure committee

Peter Coccia, M.D., was an advocate for faculty as chair of the College of Medicine’s Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Aug 4, 2015

Peter Coccia, M.D.

INBRE scholars: Meet Dawson Johnson

Research, teaching pique interest of University of Nebraska at Kearney junior.

Aug 3, 2015

Dawson Johnson