Press Release

UNMC charity bike ride April 14 to provide vision relief in Haiti

Bike for Sight to support charity cataract camp in Cap Haitian, Haiti in May.

Apr 11, 2012

Nebraska’s 3rd Annual Lymphomathon to be held April 28

Nebraska’s 3rd Lymphomathon 5K walk will be held Saturday, April 28, at Mahoney State Park.

Apr 11, 2012

UNMC physician named chair of board of governors for national physicians group

Thomas Tape, M.D., will head American College of Physicians, nation’s largest medical specialty organization NEW ORLEANS (April 11, 2012) – A University of Nebraska Medical Center physician, Thomas G. Tape, M.D., FACP, has been elected 2012-2013 chair of the board of governors of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the nation’s largest medical specialty organization. […]

Apr 11, 2012

Car dealers team up for pickup/RV camper raffle for Cattlemen’s Ball

Lucky winner gets choice of pickup or camper McCool Junction, NE – To help the 2012 Cattlemen’s Ball reach its fundraising goal of $1 million, five area car dealerships and one RV camper sales dealership have joined forces to give away a pickup or camper as part of a raffle drawing. The participating dealers include: […]

Apr 10, 2012

Breakthrough drug brings new hope for cystic fibrosis patients

National CF leader, Dr. Robert Beall, is coming to Omaha April 13-14 For patients with cystic fibrosis, the future has never looked brighter. About two months ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for CF patients known as Kalydeco (kuh-LYE-deh-koh). For about 4 percent of the CF population – those ages 6 […]

Apr 9, 2012

UNMC pharmacy students recognized by national association for community service

UNMC pharmacy chapter recognized as nation’s outstanding chapter by the American Pharmacists Association

Apr 6, 2012

Environmental hazards are focus of April 10 Science Cafe in Gering, Neb.

Environmental hazards are focus of April 10 Science Cafe in Gering, Neb.

Apr 6, 2012

UNMC nursing dean re-elected to national board

Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, was re-elected to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing board as secretary.

Apr 5, 2012

Stemming the mental health crisis in rural America

With rural psychiatrists in short supply, new program is geared to primary care providers It’s estimated that more than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary care level and that percentage jumps considerably in rural areas where there often are no mental health practitioners for hundreds of miles. New online […]

Mar 28, 2012

Howard Liu, M.D.

What is Bio-banking? Find out April 3 at the next Omaha Science Cafe

What is Bio-banking? Find out April 3 at the Omaha Science Cafe

Mar 27, 2012