College of Medicine

InnovatED Symposium on Oct. 1 to offer innovative education ideas

Registration is open for the fourth annual InnovatED Symposium on Oct. 1.

Aug 25, 2026

Jane Meza, PhD, speaks at a podium during the third annual InnovatED Symposium on Sept. 30, 2025, in the Truhlsen Event Center.

Annual Medical Student Research Showcase set for today

The event will be from 8:30-11 a.m. at the Davis Global Center.

Aug 21, 2026

Night shot of the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center take on Wedneday, February 1, 2023

Benson Edagwa, PhD, is Presidental Excellence Award winner

Dr. Edagwa received the Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award at the Aug. 13 Board of Regents meeting.

Aug 20, 2026

Benson Edagwa, PhD

Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD, honored with NU’s top teaching award

Dr. Duhachek-Stapelman was presented with the award at the Aug. 13th Board of Regents meeting.

Aug 19, 2026

Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD

UNMC welcomes visitors from Taiwan

Leaders and faculty from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University visited Omaha earlier this month.

Aug 19, 2026

Leaders from UNMC and Taiwan-based National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University met on August 11 at Wigton Heritage Center to discuss the five-year partnership between the two universities.

New faculty spotlight: Obiaara Ukah, MD, PhD

Dr. Ukah is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine and an attending physician at Nebraska Medicine.

Aug 19, 2026

Obiaara Ukah, MD, PhD

Dean’s message: Sad endings and new beginnings

Amid the excitement of a new class arriving, we say farewell to two giants of UNMC.

Aug 18, 2026

Bradley Britigan, MD

UNMC well represented at 2026 NMA Awards

Two UNMC faculty members, medical student will be honored next month by the Nebraska Medical Association.

Aug 18, 2026

From left, Robert Messbarger, MD; Daniel Pierce, MD; and medical student Amber Gowen

Medical research highlights, summer 2026

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grantsĀ and awards representing nearly $16 million in new funding in July.

Aug 18, 2026

Paul Sorgen, PhD

Grant will aid in ‘decoding’ AI, computation for investigators

New T32 award will fund the Developing Experts in Computation, ‘Omics and Data Exploration (DECODE) program.

Aug 18, 2026

From left, Andrew Dudley, PhD, and Jordan Rowley, PhD