Press Release

Nebraska Science Festival keynote Adam Savage cancels

New speaker, ticket release date soon to be announced

Jan 17, 2014

Wanted: Smokers to participate in tobacco marketing study

UNMC, Roswell Park Cancer Institute seek 1,000 smokers to participate in $1.4 million study

Jan 15, 2014

Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D.

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s raises about $20,000

Amazingly, four skaters skate all 24 hours

Jan 11, 2014

Body turns on features to adjust to cold

Body turns on amazing features to adjust to cold.

Jan 10, 2014

UNMC extends ice skating season through Jan. 19

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s ice rink will be open through Sunday, Jan. 19. It will be closed beginning Jan. 20. The rink was originally set to close on Jan. 11, following the 24-hour UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. The rink is located just east of 42nd Street midway between Emile Street and Dewey Avenue […]

Jan 9, 2014

Science of brain surgery is focus of Jan. 14 Omaha Science Cafe

Michele Aizenberg, M.D., will discuss brain surgery at the next Omaha Science Café, at 7 p.m., Jan. 14 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Dr. Aizenberg is assistant professor of neurosurgery and oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and director of the Brain and Spine Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center. […]

Jan 7, 2014

Montgomery Gentry to perform at 2014 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska

Fundraising event for cancer research set for June 6-7 in Nebraska Panhandle

Jan 7, 2014

Sexual literacy focus of public health survey

What adults know about human sexuality and sexual health can impact how sexually literate their children are, which in turn can have dramatic effects in reducing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. With that in mind, researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Adult Sexual Literacy Project (NASLiP) want to find […]

Jan 7, 2014

Ira F. Combs to headline MLK event at UNMC/The Nebraska Medical Center

Community health advocate and “Champions of Change” White House award recipient, Ira F. Combs will deliver the annual keynote address to honor slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on Monday, Jan. 20. As one of the city’s best attended events on Martin […]

Jan 6, 2014