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Community celebrates grand opening of Fremont ACT Clinic

The Fremont clinic, which has been providing services since 2024, is the third ACT Clinic opened by UNMC and the Munroe-Meyer Institute, and the first outside of the Omaha metro area.

Jul 11, 2025

Cutting the ribbon at the Fremont Autism Care for Toddler Clinic are, from left, Ciara Warden, director of BHECN East; H. Dele Davies, MD, interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center; Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, president of the University of Nebraska; Amber Paden, PhD, program director of the Fremont ACT Clinic; the Mau family; Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, dean and director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

UNMC joins in collaboration with Picotte Center

The center on the Omaha Reservation honors the legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, partly through new health initiatives with a multidisciplinary team of providers.

Jul 11, 2025

Susan Le Flesche Picotte Center

Sweden trip shows PhD students new world of nursing

Kortney Curtman and Melinda Pariser-Schmidt, both PhD students in nursing with infant-related focuses, visited neonatal intensive care units across the country.

Jul 11, 2025

Melinda Pariser-Schmidt, left, and Kortney Curtman, both PhD students in the UNMC College of Nursing

Durham presentation at UNMC to explore 1975 tornado

Kyle Chattleton, PhD, an educator with The Durham Museum, will offer a deep dive into the local history.

Jul 11, 2025

A scene of destruction in Omaha near 53rd Streets and West Center Road, The Durham Museum Photo Archive, The Omaha Sun Collection, 35mm-15302-003, 1975

Dr. Black wins award – named after herself

Nursing’s Joyce Black, PhD, received the inaugural Joyce Black Award from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel.

Jul 10, 2025

Joyce Black, PhD

ENT appoints new residency program director

Elizabeth Bradford Bell, MD, joined UNMC in 2019 and had been serving as assistant resident program director.

Jul 10, 2025

Elizabeth Bradford Bell, MD

Individual retirement meetings offered in July

Representatives from TIAA and Fidelity will be available to hold one-on-one sessions.

Jul 10, 2025

Promotional logos for TIAA and Fidelity

BHECN hosts inaugural workforce partners conference

Seeing a need to convene behavioral health leaders, BHECN has scheduled a second conference for next April.

Jul 10, 2025

Marley Doyle, MD

Steady rain didn’t deter crowd at 56th Annual Garden Walk

During the Munroe-Meyer Guild’s 56th Annual Garden Walk, the sprawling gardens were dotted with umbrellas and raincoat-clad garden-goers. The steady rain didn’t hurt turnout.

Jul 9, 2025

Guests stroll through the "Kismet" garden during the Munroe-Meyer Guild's 56th Annual Garden Walk.

New self-serve patient check-in at Munroe-Meyer Institute

This self-service option allows patients — or their parents, legal guardians or health care agents — to complete the check-in and arrival process independently.

Jul 9, 2025

Patients can now complete the check-in process independently on self-serve kiosks on the second and third floors of the Munroe-Meyer Institute.