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Buchanan earns educator of the year honors

Lynne Buchanan, PhD, was named the 2025 NNA Outstanding Nurse Educator.

Sep 3, 2025

Lynne Buchanan, PhD, was named the 2025 Nebraska Nurses Association Outstanding Nurse Educator

NU leadership development program names new fellows

Four UNMC representatives will participate in the NU program to develop higher education leaders.

Sep 3, 2025

Top from left, Katie Bishop and Ed Peters, DMD, SCD. Bottom from left, Chris Shaffer, PharmD, PhD, and Kari Simonsen, MD

Rural Engagement and Wellness Summit set for Sept. 29

The summit, to be held in Kearney, is co-sponsored by the Great Plains IDeA Clinical and Translational Research Network at UNMC.

Sep 3, 2025

Emily Frankel, PhD

Applications open for funded e-learning program

An online informational session will be held this Friday for those interested in applying.

Sep 3, 2025

Peggy Moore

Nominations due Nov. 7 for UNMC’s honorary degree

The honorary degrees, the highest honor that the university can bestow, will be awarded in 2026.

Sep 3, 2025

Barry Gold, PhD, emeritus professor and former chair of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, receives an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree at the May 2024 UNMC commencement.

CRNA spotlight: Kayleigh Lewandowski

Kayleigh Lewandowski is a new certified nurse anesthetist with the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology.

Sep 2, 2025

Kayleigh Lewandowski, DNAP

Lieberman grant fuels study on cannabis use, HIV and brain aging

Biju Bhargavan, PhD, a researcher with the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology, is exploring how chronic cannabis use may affect the aging brain in people living with HIV (PLWH), thanks to support from a Lieberman Research Pilot Grant.

Sep 2, 2025

Biju Bhargavan, PhD

Anesthesiology launches new clinical and translational research program

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology has appointed Peter Pellegrino, MD, PhD, as the inaugural director of the newly established Anesthesiology Clinical and Translational Research Program (ACTRP).

Sep 2, 2025

Peter Ricci Pellegrino, MD, PhD

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, visits UNMC

Dr. Adams, who served as the U.S. Surgeon General from 2017 to 2021, said academic medical centers prepare the next generation of health professionals and drive the research and innovation that will shape patient care.

Sep 2, 2025

Jerome Adams, MD, and Cale Kassel, MD

Hands-on family day showcases anesthesiology at UNMC

Department’s second annual event provided fun, visual examples of how anesthesiologists work.

Sep 2, 2025

CRNA Melissa Smith demonstrates how to place an IV line during Family Day.