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Lincoln Journal Star on July 2

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations remain low both in Lincoln and statewide

Jul 5, 2023

Director’s message: Summer camp in full swing

When you walk through the south entrance to the Munroe-Meyer Institute, one thing is for certain β€” it is summer camp season. The voices of more than 250 participants β€” and those of the 68 staff members and 136 volunteers who commit their summer to supporting campers β€” can be heard cheering, singing and offering […]

Jul 5, 2023

Nicole Giron, director of Recreational Therapy at the Munroe-Meyer Institute

Physicians soon will complete their medical training in Kearney

UNK student Cordelia Harbison shows the excitement behind the planned Rural Health Education Building.

Jul 5, 2023

Cordelia Harbison, far left, a freshman at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, has witnessed the impact physicians can have on their patients in rural areas. It drove her to pursue a career in medicine.

Take Care: Learning mindfulness as a skill

Being mindful has shown to be a powerful tool to improve mental health and respond to stress.

Jul 5, 2023

Sarah Fischer, PhD

Dr. Gail Walling Yanney lecture offers ‘Inspiration from Trailblazers’

The department of anesthesiology hosted Maya Hastie, MD, of Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Jul 5, 2023

UNMC Department of Anesthesiology executive vice chair, Mohanad Shukry, MD, and guest lecturer Maya Hastie, MD

Dr. Jack Brown ’54, posthumously inducted into San Luis Valley Health Wall of Fame

β€œHe was equal parts dentist, entertainer, friend and confidante. He loved the practice of dentistry.”

Jul 4, 2023

Jack Brown, DDS.

Dean’s message: Leadership changes

Welcoming new leaders to campus, and expanding the leadership voice of UNMC College of Medicine faculty members.

Jun 30, 2023

Bradley Britigan, MD

Med students named to prestigious Gold Fellowship

William Miklavcic and Safwan Elkhatib, PhD, among only 13 students nationally selected for program.

Jun 30, 2023

From left, William Miklavcic and Safwan Elkhatib, PhD

Pediatric Spanish immersion program graduates first student

Fellow Brooklyn Leitch, MD, is first graduate of the COM pediatric department’s innovative longitudinal individualized Spanish program

Jun 30, 2023

Brooklyn Leitch, MD, second from right, celebrates her completion of the ¡SÍ! program with, from left, Katherine MacKrell, MD, peds hospitalist; Brooke Seaton, pediatric hospital medicine fellowship program coordinator; Aleisha Nabower, MD, associate program director; Sheilah Snyder, MD, the program director for pediatric hospital medicine; and Shirley Delair, MD, director of the Pediatric Residency Global Health Track

Resident director of the month, July 2023

Laura Cudzilo, MD, is director of the OB/GYN residency.

Jun 30, 2023

Laura Cudzilo, MD