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Gasoline emissions in urban areas is topic of Sept. 1 Omaha Science Cafe

David Hallberg will talk about examining the public health threat of gasoline emissions in urban areas at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., Sept. 1 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Hallberg has served as legislative director in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and was actively involved in drafting […]

Aug 20, 2015

Dr. Liu named assistant vice chancellor for faculty development

Appointment is effective this month.

Aug 19, 2015

Howard Liu, M.D. (photo courtesy Midlands Business Journal)

Ask UNMC: Tobacco use and head and neck cancer

How is cigarette smoking and tobacco chew related to head and neck cancers? (Featuring Aru Panwar, M.D., UNMC College of Medicine)

Aug 19, 2015

Study explores help for Alzheimer’s, dementia caregivers

Steve Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D., is collaborating with the University of California San Francisco on a strategy to reduce stress on caregivers.

Aug 19, 2015

Steve Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D.

Women’s services to hold open house Thursday

Phase two of University Tower renovations are complete.

Aug 19, 2015

UNMC proposes major changes in national funding model for physician training

Also would eliminate tuition for some medical students

Aug 19, 2015

UNMC spinoff company to test H1N1 vaccine in animal trial

If results positive, Prommune, Inc. could offer vaccine to pig farmers by end of year

Aug 19, 2015

Sam Sanderson, Ph.D.

Dr. Bounds to ‘help tell the UNMC story’

University of Nebraska president calls UNMC “truly a world-class institution.”

Aug 18, 2015

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., left, and Unversity of Nebraska President Hank Bounds, Ph.D., right, visit the lab of Karen Gould, Ph.D., vice chair of graduate education and associate professor of genetics, cell biology & anatomy.

LiveGreen: Purple martins are back

Approximately 60,000 birds will travel through campus.

Aug 18, 2015

A purple martin, taken at the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin (Wikimedia Commons/Author: Dori)

Dr. Feilmeier a semifinalist for ‘Outstanding Young Person’ honor

Click on the link above to vote for Mike Feilmeier, M.D., as one of JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World.

Aug 18, 2015

Mike Feilmeier, M.D., medical director of the Prevention of Global Blindness Division at the Truhlsen Eye Institute.