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UNMC history: UNMC’s Health Science Meet

For more than 25 years, eighth-grade students from across Nebraska competed to participate in UNMC’s annual Health Science Meet.

May 13, 2024

Visiting eighth-grade students participate in the 2006 UNMC Health Science Meet.

Dr. Gold to receive inaugural ‘Heartland Hero Award’

The award comes from Rural Media Group, which broadcasts ‘Rural Health Matters,’ a live weekly program Dr. Gold hosts on RFD-TV.

May 6, 2024

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Katie Schultis’ father shows her the way

After graduating, Schultis will continue her medical training at the Mayo Clinic, where her late father had received a kidney transplant.

May 3, 2024

Katie Schultis with her parents, Aaron and Lisa

From Angola to Atlanta, Ewing to UNMC – and beyond

UNMC College of Medicine graduate Edson DeOliveira expresses his gratitude for the experiences that led him to this point.

May 2, 2024

Edson DeOliveira

Three to be honored at UNMC commencement May 4

Barry Gold, PhD, will receive an honorary degree, while Kent Lacey, MD, and Michael Sitorius, MD, will receive J.G. Elliott Awards.

Apr 30, 2024

Barry Gold, PhD, Kent Lacey, MD, and Michael Sitorius, MD

Hard times couldn’t stop UNMC nursing graduate

A drive to succeed kept UNMC nursing grad Fallon Switzer on the road to her degree.

Apr 30, 2024

Fallon Switzer

UNMC seeking leader for Kearney medical school expansion

The inaugural regional associate dean of medicine will be based at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Apr 30, 2024

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine

Former Sen. Stinner, others recognized by BHECN

Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska at UNMC held its annual awards dinner in Omaha on April 16.

Apr 23, 2024

Top row from left, former Sen. John Stinner and Kenton Shaffer, MD. Bottom row from left: Cecilia Poon, PhD, Laurie Halpenny and Robin Conyers.

Dr. Gold marks a decade of growth, with more on the way

In his state-of-the-campus address, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, thanked ‘all of you’ for seeing through the med center’s exceptional accomplishments.

Apr 18, 2024

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, gives his annual state-of-the-campus address Tuesday.

MD-PhD program receives $1.1 million in NIH funding

UNMC’s rural commitment helped land the federal grant.

Apr 9, 2024

Justin Mott, MD, PhD