Global Engagement

Handwritten Lines and Hard Journeys: Ladu’s Research into Neonatal Survival in South Sudan

(NOTE: Although Winnie Ladu’s global learning trip was taken in the summer of 2025, the author recently learned about Ladu’s experiences in South Sudan.) Navigating the “Standard of Crazy” Winnie Ladu’s journey began on June 6, 2025, and was defined by a series of grueling “firsts.” Accompanied by her father, she traveled from Omaha to […]

Mar 30, 2026

(Pictured from left to right): Rabok Chaplain Evans, MD, Kajokeji County Hospital Administrator; Winnie Ladu, UNMC College of Medicine student; Sekwat Saviour Clever, MD, Kajokeji County Medical Director; and Regina Gire Loding, Kajokeji County Hospital Matron. Ladu spent time with those pictured to understand how the hospital operated.

UNMC, India research institute expand longtime partnership

A new memorandum of understanding with the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute expands the partnership that began in 2009.

Mar 30, 2026

Attending the signing ceremony were, from left: Jane Meza, PhD, interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC; Chandra Are, MBBS, UNMC's senior associate dean of graduate medical education; T. Subramanyeshwar Rao, MBBS, medical director of the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute; UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD; and Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine.

Experts from UNMC, Egypt lead biosafety and security workshop

The three-day event in Cairo brought together researchers and scientists for an intensive training session.

Mar 20, 2026

UNMC researchers, in collaboration with experts from Egypt, led a biosafety and security training workshop in Cairo.

Global engagement holds 2026 International Photo Contest

Participants are invited to submit up to three of their favorite travel photos for the contest.

Mar 6, 2026

Graphic of a camera and desk items that says UNMC Office of Global Engagement 2026 International Photo Contest Prize for Winners

Free registration for Global Health Conference Midwest

The UNMC Office of Global Engagement will pay the registration fee for up to 50 UNMC students to attend the conference.

Feb 13, 2026

Image showing a hand and multiple colors with the words Access and Advocacy in our Changing Global Health Landscape

Ukrainian health care fellows visit UNMC

The Senator Ben Nelson Fellows are involved in an ongoing international exchange that spans more than a decade.

Nov 21, 2025

Visitors from Ukraine at the Davis Global Center

Events scheduled for International Education Week

The festivities, food and fun run Nov. 17-22 at UNMC.

Nov 13, 2025

The 2024 global expo

International family medicine partnership marks ninth year

UNMC and the University of Anahuac expanded their collaboration to launch an academic observership in family medicine.

Oct 7, 2025

From left, Armando De Alba, MD, PhD, associate professor of family medicine at UNMC; Jeffrey Harrison, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Family Medicine; Tito Abiud Castro Candia; David Gabriel Delgado Castillo; UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD; Rommina Durante San Román; Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine; and Ana Carolina Herrera Velázquez

Summer PT program gives visitors experience to take home

UNMC’s Summer Experiential Education Program is designed for international physical therapy and rehab students.

Sep 30, 2025

Megan Frazee, DPT, associate professor in the UNMC Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, leads a lesson in the UNMC Summer Experiential Education Program in physical therapy.

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
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