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Project Health is topic at next all-campus forum

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will talk with guests Jen Bartholomew and Chad Vokoun, MD, at the Oct. 15 forum.

Oct 9, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, Jen Bartholomew, and Chad Vokoun, MD

Next employee appreciation event set for Oct. 23

UNMC Human Resources’ ‘Here’s Looking At You’ event will feature academic unit booths, food samples, entertainment and prizes.

Oct 9, 2025

Two UNMC employees high-five at a Connect Four game.

Dr. Davies to moderate talk with Dr. Vivek Murthy

Dr. Murthy, a former U.S. surgeon general, will speak on Oct. 14 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln. 

Oct 9, 2025

Vivek Murthy, MD

Progressive Forage on Oct. 7

Planting the seeds of safety: Essential guidelines for tractor and equipment operation in agriculture

Oct 8, 2025

Aaron Yoder, PhD

Tissue Sciences Facility expands capabilities with new scanner

The Tissue Sciences Facility has significantly upgraded its digital pathology operations with the addition of a new scanner.

Oct 8, 2025

Ember Eldridge, TSF supervisor, with the Hamamatsu NanoZoomer S360 Digital Slide Scanner

IPID program welcomes new graduate students

The Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease (IPID) program hosted by UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology added six graduate students for 2025-2026.

Oct 8, 2025

New IPID students, from left: Chenyang Wang, Madeleine Morta, Gabriel Tonucci, Hayden Klaus, and Claire Snodgrass. (Not pictured: Charlie Porto)

NPHL leaders are making news

Dr. Peter Iwen and Emily McCutchen authored or were featured in a number of recent publications.

Oct 8, 2025

Dr. Peter Iwen, left, and Emily McCutchen

Department announces grants, publications

Department faculty have been awarded seven grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated three dozen manuscript publications.

Oct 8, 2025

Woman working in laboratory

Spotlight on: Luke Handke

Luke Handke has spent most of his working life in a laboratory, but he’s often teaching. Usually not in front of a classroom, but more often one-on-one, helping budding scientists and colleagues. “I enjoy seeing people around me be successful, and if I can play some role in helping them to become successful in what […]

Oct 8, 2025

Luke Handke, PhD, senior scientist in the Center for Staphylococcal Research

Human DNA Identification Lab hosts genetic genealogists to work on cold cases

The Human DNA Identification Laboratory in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology hosted nearly two dozen professional investigative genetic genealogists from around the country to work on a number of unsolved Omaha homicides.

Oct 8, 2025

Group of genetic genealogists who gathered in Omaha in August to work with the Human DNA Identification Lab on cold cases