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My North Star: Tragedy blazes trail for career fighting cancer

Joann Sweasy, PhD, sees opportunities to advance cancer care and research in transformative ways through the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

May 30, 2025

Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, brings researchers and clinicians together to discuss cancer research and care.

MMI employee blossoms through Special Olympics

After participating in Special Olympics for about 14 years – and seeing her confidence grow – Rachel Mulligan received an invite to the 2025 Special Olympics World Games.

May 30, 2025

Rachel Mulligan, a UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute employee, traveled to Italy for the 2025 Special Olympics World Games.

Clinic gives veterans reason to smile

UNMC’s College of Dentistry serves eligible Nebraska veterans through donor-funded program.

May 30, 2025

For nearly four decades, Navy veteran Ronald Catt has received dental care at the UNMC College of Dentistry.

Progress through pain

Rheumatology professor Kaleb Michaud, PhD, has lived the very conditions he’s become an expert in.

May 30, 2025

Kaleb Michaud, PhD

I Remember When: ‘Team, you are amazing’

A special reunion brought together the first Ebola patient treated in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and his caregivers.

May 30, 2025

Rick Sacra, MD, left, visits with Phil Smith, MD, who founded and led the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit.

Interactive learning: uBEATS enhances STEM education

UNMC’s online science and health science resource for middle and high schools is growing – its offerings and across the U.S.

May 30, 2025

UNMC’s digital content engages middle- and high-school students in health sciences and health-related careers. Robyn Jernigan, above, uses the uBEATS model in her health academy classroom at Omaha’s Benson High School.

UNMC College of Medicine marks Match Day ’25

Match Day is an annual rite of passage for UNMC College of Medicine students, as they learn their future residency assignments.

May 30, 2025

Match Day is a rite of passage for medical students, as they prepare to step from med school into their health care careers.

Omaha’s great apes in caring hands

A partnership between UNMC and the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium brings preventive, specialized health care – such as echocardiograms – to Omaha’s gorillas.

May 30, 2025

A care team member craddles Kijito's massive hand

A gift of vision: Eye donation benefits patients, research at UNMC

The Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska, located on the UNMC campus, partners with the Truhlsen Eye Institute and UNMC ophthalmology researchers.

May 30, 2025

Curt Coughlin looks at a cornea that is showing cell death.

‘Living tribute’ honors beloved nurse educator

A stream of colleagues came out to pay tribute to Louise LaFramboise, PhD, after her nearly four decade career.

May 30, 2025

Ann Berger (at left), PhD, who retired as a professor from the UNMC College of Nursing, visits with Louise LaFramboise, PhD.