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Winter weather info for employees

With extreme weather on the horizon, a reminder of UNMC’s inclement weather policy.

Feb 12, 2025

UNMC leaders are aware of the risks posed by adverse weather conditions and encourage all faculty, staff and students to exercise caution and consider their personal safety when making weather-related decisions.

Celebration of life service for Dr. Cowan is Feb. 21

Med center community invited to remember beloved colleague and leader Ken Cowan, MD, PhD.

Feb 12, 2025

Ken Cowan, MD, PhD

Join researchers looking for answers to tough health questions

Researchers at UNMC have partnered with the All of Us Research Program.

Feb 12, 2025

A stock image of a physician speaking with a patient

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