College of Medicine

Library exhibit to showcase Karrer family legacy

Over four generations, eight family members graduated from UNMC and took their care to patients in Nebraska and beyond.

Aug 1, 2025

From left in this 1979 photo are: Frederick Merrill Karrer I (1929), Max Crawford Karrer (1954), Rush William Karrer (1938), John Karrer (1968), Robert Eugene Karrer (1936), Frederick Merrill Karrer II (1979) and Frederick William Karrer II (1956).

New faculty spotlight: Conor Dass, MD

Dr. Dass is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.

Aug 1, 2025

Conor Dass, MD

Remembering Phil Smith, MD, Nebraska’s father of biopreparedness

Dr. Smith leaves a legacy in establishing UNMC and Nebraska Medicine at the global front in fighting infectious diseases. 

Jul 25, 2025

Phil Smith, MD, 1946-2025

Dr. Langenfeld appointed residency program director

Jason Langenfeld, MD, will lead the emergency medicine residency program at UNMC.

Jul 25, 2025

Jason Langenfeld, MD

New faculty spotlight: Emily Frankel, PhD

Dr. Frankel is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.

Jul 25, 2025

Emily Frankel, PhD

UNMC Connect magazine: Progress through pain

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

Jul 18, 2025

Kaleb Michaud, PhD

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to visit UNMC

Dr. Adams served as the nation’s surgeon general from 2017 to 2021, helping guide the country through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jul 16, 2025

Dr. Jerome Adams (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)

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

‘There is tremendous interest and excitement’

The new UNMC health science education center in Kearney will provide health care training close to home for rural Nebraska.

Jul 8, 2025

The 110,000-square-foot Health Science Education Center II is under construction on the UNK campus. It’s scheduled to open early next year, allowing UNMC to expand its nursing and allied health programs in Kearney and offer new programs in medicine, pharmacy and public health.

UNMC, Taiwan partners join in research collaboration

UNMC and National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University leaders signed a memorandum of understanding at a June 16 ceremony.

Jun 26, 2025

Howard Liu, MD, chair, UNMC Department of Psychiatry, Albert Yang, PhD, chairperson, NYCU School of Medicine, Jane Meza, PhD, interim vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC vice chancellor for research, gathered on June 16 at Wittson Hall to sign a memorandum of understanding between UNMC and NYCU School of Medicine.