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Final beam placed at EDGE District’s CORE Building

Building poised to propel innovative biomedical research, technology in Nebraska

Feb 11, 2025

A rendering of the CORE building.

Former dean urges degree candidates to ‘take flight’

The keynote speaker for UNMC Graduate Studies’ Fall Honors Convocation Dec. 20 was a familiar face. UNMC Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, served as dean for graduate studies for 12 years before taking on his current role. “We know him as a person who will take time for any of us any time,” said Kendra […]

Feb 11, 2025

UNMC Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, with Kendra Schmid, PhD, interim dean for UNMC Graduate Studies.

Digital badges showcase professional development

Shaylah McCool, a PhD candidate studying neuroscience in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, is a fan of UNMC Graduate Studies’ new digital badge program. The microcredential program allows students to learn new skills and document this learning through digital badges that can be displayed on their LinkedIn pages, digital CVs and other platforms. […]

Feb 11, 2025

McCool's digital badge takes viewers of her LinkedIn profile to a verification page that vouches for its authenticity and describes the completed program.

UNMC, NU leaders address NIH funding cut

Local news media covered the impact of the proposed cut to National Institutes of Health research grants.

Feb 11, 2025

UNMC Durham Research Center

Flatwater Free Press on Feb. 11

‘It feels like science died’: Proposed federal funding slash leaves NU leaders, researchers reeling

Feb 11, 2025

Rebekah Gundry, PhD

KETV Omaha on Feb. 10

‘This is our livelihood’: Trump proposal to cut funding leaves UNMC researchers in limbo

Feb 11, 2025

Ken Bayles, PhD

Omaha World-Herald on Feb. 10

University of Nebraska warns that NIH’s new 15% cap on indirect costs would cut into research

Feb 11, 2025

Dele Davies, MD

Daily Nebraskan on Feb. 9

NIH funding cuts could cost Nebraska taxpayers $27 million, Gold says

Feb 11, 2025

Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Dr. Davies debuts video series, ‘Campus Spotlight’

In the first installment, Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, talks with Phil Covington, EdD, and student leaders.

Feb 11, 2025

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Phil Covington, EdD, associate vice chancellor for student success

Multiple construction projects to begin along 42nd Street 

From infrastructure to streetscape work to enhancing pedestrian safety, several projects will affect the 42nd Street corridor.

Feb 11, 2025

A group of people walking on a sidewalk