College of Medicine

Low vision satellite clinic now open in Lincoln

February is Low Vision Awareness Month.

Feb 14, 2014

Low vision patient and Lincoln resident Peggy Campbell uses telescopic glasses when she drives. Campbell was fitted with the specialty glasses and taught how to use them through the Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at UNMC.

Lookin’ at U – Heather Nutsch

Data coordinator finds creativity an important part of life.

Feb 13, 2014

Heather Nutsch

UNMC study: Vitamin D provides relief for those with chronic hives

vitamin D could be an add-on therapy for chronic hives

Feb 13, 2014

Jill Poole, M.D.

UNMC experts speak on mental illness at Omaha Community Playhouse

The two presentations will be tied to performances of “Next to Normal,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about mental illness.

Feb 12, 2014

Howard Liu, M.D., above, will speak about mental illness following the March 2 performance of "Next to Normal" at the Omaha Community Playhouse.

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center bidding phase in progress

Subcontractors have six weeks to prepare bids for the project.

Feb 12, 2014

On Jan. 29, subcontractors across the region gathered at the Regency Marriott to hear project and schedule details surrounding the construction of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Kiewit led the discussion in an effort to communicate the project scope and answer questions about the upcoming bidding process.

Ask UNMC video: Morning heart attacks

Are morning heart attacks more serious than other times of the day? (Featuring Shikhar Saxena, M.D., UNMC College of Medicine)

Feb 12, 2014

Candy sales on campus will support the American Heart Association

Help UNMC’s Cellular and Integrative Physiology Department fight cardiovascular disease — and get a sweet gift for your valentine — by purchasing candy-grams this week.

Feb 11, 2014

Q&A: Meet UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

New chancellor discusses UNMC, challenges in the health care field and exciting opportunities ahead.

Feb 7, 2014

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., left, speaks with Jeremy Hosein, Student Senate past president, at a meeting of the Student Senate Wednesday night.

Student Senate officers for 2014 inaugurated

Krupa Savalia is the first student from the Graduate College to be elected Student Senate president.

Feb 6, 2014

From left: David Carver, Ph.D., UNMC's director of counseling & student development; Alicia Schiller, Ph.D. student, Bellevue, Neb., vice president; Chancellor Emeritus Harold M. Maurer, M.D.; Krupa Savalia, M.D./Ph.D. student, West Orange, N.J., president; Jeremy Hosein, fourth-year medical student, past president; and Levi Zehr, first-year medical student, secretary. Not pictured: Brian Coburn, M.D./Ph.D. student, treasurer.

Transplant surgeon cuts a rug for charity

David Mercer, M.D., Ph.D., helped raise money for the Sunshine Kids Foundation at dance event.

Feb 5, 2014