Press Release

Camp Munroe celebrates 35th year on June 4

Camp provides fun opportunities for children with intellectual/developmental disabilities

May 31, 2017

65 student graduate from UNMC High School Alliance

Sixty-five high school students from 12 metro-area school districts and 21 high schools graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s High School Alliance program on Thursday, May 24. A graduation ceremony and reception was held at the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education on the UNMC campus, where each student received a […]

May 31, 2017

UNMC, UNL Extension offer 9 tractor safety courses to teens across Nebraska

The most common cause of agricultural-related death in Nebraska is overturned tractors and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

May 26, 2017

Public invited to May 27 open house at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

The facility, which opens to patients June 5, is the largest project ever for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.

May 25, 2017

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Munroe-Meyer Guild’s Garden Walk set for June 11

49th annual event will feature five gardens, including H.O.P.E. Garden

May 24, 2017

The H.O.P.E. Garden is one of the featured gardens in this year's Garden Walk.

Biden: ‘I hope other institutions follow your lead’

Former vice president delivers keynote address at ribbon-cutting/dedication for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

May 23, 2017

Joe Biden escorts Pamela Buffett, the lead donor to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, into the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Chihuly Sanctuary unveiled at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Is cornerstone of Healing Arts Program with art on display throughout building

May 19, 2017

Dale Chihuly premiered his Glass on Glass pieces at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Glass on Glass is a combination of painting and sculpture that is both two- and three-dimensional, transparent and opaque.

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center dedication to include former vice president

Joe Biden will serve as keynote speaker on May 23

May 19, 2017

New technology developed for engineering animal models

A study published May 17 in the journal Genome Biology shows how highly popular, custom genetically engineered animal models are easily generated using a new patent-pending technology called Easi-CRISPR.

Easi-CRISPR allows researchers to create these much-needed animal models at previously unheard of rates and significantly lower cost.

May 18, 2017

Undergrads get a taste of public health

Twenty-eight students from six Nebraska colleges and universities spent the week learning about public health career opportunities May 15-19 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

May 18, 2017