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Storm chaser, Reed Timmer, to headline 2015 Nebraska Science Festival

Meteorologist and extreme storm chaser Reed Timmer — among the few to ever document both an F5 tornado and the most devastating hurricane in U.S. history — will headline the 2015 Nebraska Science Festival on April 10.

Oct 30, 2014

Runco, cystic fibrosis care team recognized

Lisa Runco, executive director digestive disease and kidney services and cardiovascular services for Nebraska Medicine, was honored by the Nebraska Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at its Breath of Hope event on Oct. 16. Runco received the Barry Zoob Breath of Life Award. In addition, the care team for the Nebraska Regional Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center through UNMC and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center was recognized.

Oct 30, 2014

Lisa Runco

Drs. Florescu, MacTaggart receive Innovation Awards

Marius Florescu, M.D., took home the 2014 Emerging Inventor Award, while Jason MacTaggart, M.D., received the Most Promising New Invention Award during UNeMed’s eighth annual Innovation Awards ceremony.

Oct 30, 2014

ID card changes will take time

Attempts to “pin” new logo to cards may ruin access coding.

Oct 29, 2014

Halloween event will support medical aid to children

Student Alliance for Global Health event will feature food, fun and ghost stories read by Robert Binhammer, Ph.D.

Oct 29, 2014

A young patient and some UNMC students who traveled last year to Cochabamba, Bolivia, during spring break to conduct medical service.

Drs. Florescu, MacTaggart receive Innovation Awards

Marius Florescu, M.D., is 2014 Emerging Inventor, and Jason MacTaggart, M.D., gets Most Promising New Invention Award.

Oct 29, 2014

Expert offers unique perspective on U.S. history

Smithsonian’s Richard Kurin, Ph.D., will look at history of America in 101 objects on Nov. 3.

Oct 29, 2014

Historian Richard Kurin, Ph.D., and Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," one (or two?) objects in "The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects."

Public health careers to be focus of College of Public Health open house Nov. 7

The open house will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Maurer Center for Public Health, 519 S. 40th Plaza Circle.

Oct 29, 2014

Public Health Association of Nebraska names Brandon Grimm as president-elect

His election marks the first time anyone from academia has been elected to the state association’s leadership.

Oct 29, 2014

Workshop marks decade of nanomedicine research

Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine’s founding director, Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., D.Sc., returns for conference.

Oct 28, 2014

Alexander "Sasha" Kabanov, Ph.D., D.Sc., will return to UNMC for a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine.