Graduate Studies Newsletter

Graduate students of distinction honored

Katherine Brown, Laura Flores and Ciobha McKeown honored.

Jun 21, 2019

Laura Flores

Convocation speaker to grads: ‘Why not you?’

Thomas Gross, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director of Science for the Center for Global Health at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), gave keynote address at honors convocation.

Jun 21, 2019

Thomas Gross, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate Studies implements an assessment initiative

Program will ensure all graduate students meet certain universal core competencies and co-curricular competencies.

Jun 21, 2019

Kendra Schmid, Ph.D.

Alumnus paved M.D., Ph.D. path

Colin Weekes, M.D., Ph.D., shared his journey with Graduate Studies scholars at convocation.

Mar 18, 2019

Colin Weekes, M.D., Ph.D.

Grad students earn prestigious early career opportunities

Laura Flores, Kimiko Krieger chosen from among their peers nationwide.

Mar 15, 2019

Laura Flores

Graduate Student Association names officers

Annual Halloween party sets festive tone for academic years.

Oct 25, 2018

Graduate students had fun at GSA's annual Halloween Havoc event, including, from left, Xinyue Li, Ling Yin and Saswati Karmakar.

New training program to create ‘bilingual’ scientists

Innovative new Ph.D. program will prepare researchers to tackle diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.

Oct 25, 2018

Neuroimmunology of Disease Training Program co-chairs Daniel Monaghan, Ph.D., and Howard Gendelman, M.D., center, meet with, from left, students Brandon Lew, Jonathan Herskovitz and Lara Bergdolt.

Tschirren works with, joins ranks of graduate students

Besides serving as director of student affairs, Jessica Tschirren is now a Ph.D. student herself.

Oct 25, 2018

Jessica Tschirren

Alumni aim to return to UNMC for convocation ‘walk’

UNMC grads Urmi Basu, Ph.D., and Soumitra Bhuyan, Ph.D., achieve success but face challenge.

Oct 25, 2018

Drs. Urmi Basu and Soumitra Bhuyan

UNMC adds third cohort of Purdue Pharma Scholars

Program’s inaugural cohort has produced an impressive list of accomplishments.

Jun 28, 2018

From left, Purdue Pharma Scholars Swagat Sharma, Eliezer Lichter and Danielle Frodyma
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