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College of Medicine announces Medical Education Awards

The new awards recognize faculty whose teaching, mentorship and innovation shape the future of medicine.

May 19, 2026

Karen Carlson, MD, and Kimberly Latacha, PhD

Events to promote Mental Health Awareness, AAPI Heritage months

One of the featured events is an address on AI by Ryan Lee, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Radiology.

May 19, 2026

Ryan Lee, MD

News Channel Nebraska on May 14

UNK, UNMC celebrate opening of nation’s largest Rural Health Education Complex

May 18, 2026

An exterior photo of the Health Science Education Center II building at the Douglas A. Kristensen Rural Health Education Complex on the UNMC Kearney campus.

UNMC researchers identify new mechanism behind glaucoma

Study shows genetic mutation may affect glaucoma patients with near-normal eye pressure.

May 18, 2026

Iqbal Ahmad, PhD

Memorial service honors anatomical donors

The student-led ceremony offered tributes through words, music and poetry in gratitude to the donors and their family and friends.

May 18, 2026

UNMC student Blake Kidder, who is in the Masters of Medical Anatomy Program, speaks at the 2026 Anatomical Gift Memorial Service.

Accessing work apps on personal devices will change

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine will transition from Intelligent Hub to Microsoft Intune for accessing work applications on personal devices.

May 18, 2026

A healthcare provider holds a personal device.

UNMC recognized as one of Nebraska’s safest companies

This is the 17th consecutive year UNMC has earned the recognition from the Nebraska Safety Council-Nebraska Chapter.

May 18, 2026

Logo that says nsc National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter | Nebraska's Safest Companies 2026

Two additional MV Hondius passengers arrive at National Quarantine Unit

Eighteen individuals are now undergoing monitoring and assessment in Omaha.

May 15, 2026

Night shot of the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center

Two honored with inaugural Staff Advisory Council awards

The chancellor’s May forum hosted the presentation of the inaugural UNMC Staff Advisory Council awards. This year, the UNMC Staff Advisory Council, which was created in 2025, established two staff awards – the Staff Excellence Award and the Above and Beyond Award. Maria Ball, communications specialist with the department of internal medicine, earned the Staff […]

May 15, 2026

From left are Jacqueline Hankins-Berry, community engagement administrative associate with the Munroe-Meyer Institute, UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Maria Ball, communications specialist with the department of internal medicine.

MMI’s Autism Diagnostic Clinic: A new standard for access

We’ve transformed clinical operations, moving from evaluating 200 children a year to building a system capable of handling more than 1,000 evaluations annually for kids up to age 16.

May 15, 2026

Patricia Zemantic, PhD, director of Autism Diagnostic Clinic