Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

SURP positions undergraduates for a successful start in cancer research

The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) gives undergraduates hands-on experience in cancer research at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Aug 19, 2026

From right: Abdul Hameed Rahmanzai (SURP scholar), Sriya Sridhar (mentor), Joshua Wilkinson (SURP scholar), Maggie Luong (mentor), Porter Dickenson (SURP scholar), Grace Waldron (mentor), and Santosh Shrestha (mentor)

New division chiefs appointed in internal medicine

Leaders announced for hematology, medical oncology and rheumatology.

Aug 12, 2026

From left, Bryant England, MD, PhD; Matthew Lunning, DO; and Nicole Shonka, MD

Trailblazing a decade of CAR T-cell therapy

Hundreds gathered for an evening to celebrate 10 years of the groundbreaking therapy at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Nebraska Medicine and UNMC.

Aug 11, 2026

Clinical trial participant Nick Howe, and some family members, took the stage at the event.

Harold M. Maurer, MD, remembered as visionary leader, builder

The former UNMC chancellor left his mark in more ways than one.

Aug 10, 2026

Harold M. Maurer, MD, and his wife, Beverly Maurer stand in front of the Maurer Center for Public Health on the UNMC Omaha campus

Cancer center earns national ranking from U.S. News

The ranking places the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center among the nation’s top programs for treating complex cancer cases.

Aug 6, 2026

Graphic shows a night image of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center with the words 'Nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for Cancer Care." Logos appear at the bottom for Nebraska Medicine and the NCI.

Research study seeks healthy volunteers

Nebraska Medicine apheresis donation program for mononuclear cells collected by apheresis from healthy donors.

Aug 6, 2026

On a blue field, a fist grips a foam heart. To the right of it, there is an equation: a red drop of blood + a red drop of blood = a red heart

Registration open for 2026 Midwest Radiation Oncology Symposium

The event will be held Aug. 21-22 at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, with a virtual attendance option.

Jul 29, 2026

Stylized light blue illustration of an MRI machine

Register now for the Cancer Survivorship Conference

The conference, sponsored by UNMC and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, will be held Sept. 4 at the Scott Conference Center.

Jul 24, 2026

University of Nebraska Medical Center- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Access offered to promising pancreatic cancer treatment

The new therapy is available to patients with advanced pancreatic cancer at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Jul 23, 2026

Kelsey Klute, MD, gastrointestinal medical oncologist at Nebraska Medicine and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, discusses the promising new drug daraxonrasib for people with advanced pancreatic cancer, during a press conference at the cancer center on Wednesday, July 22.

New faculty spotlight: Raquel Buj, PhD

Dr. Buj is an assistant professor with the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases.

Jul 22, 2026

Raquel Buj, PhD