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My North Star: Tragedy blazes trail for career fighting cancer

Joann Sweasy, PhD, sees opportunities to advance cancer care and research in transformative ways through the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Jun 25, 2025

Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, brings researchers and clinicians together to discuss cancer research and care.

Sarpy County, UNMC to team on forensic psychiatry fellowship

The fellowship, which will begin in 2026, will improve outcomes where legal and mental health concerns meet.

Jun 25, 2025

From left, Howard Liu, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry; Kimberly Clawson, MD, founding forensic psychiatry fellowship director, UNMC Department of Psychiatry; Tom Dargy, Sarpy County assistant county administrator; and Jo Martin, Sarpy County corrections director

Mark and Catherine Houser create pediatric nephrology professorship

Melissa Muff-Luett, MD, an associate professor and chief of the UNMC Division of Pediatric Nephrology, is set to become the inaugural recipient.

Jun 24, 2025

Melissa Muff-Luett, MD

Regents approve Diabetes Center of Excellence at UNMC

The center unifies research and education efforts across the university system and bolsters diabetes prevention and care.

Jun 20, 2025

Andjela Drincic, MD

UNMC’s financial aid expert is Gold U winner

Paula Kohles knows the financial aid system well and handles her role with kindness and caring.

Jun 19, 2025

Paula Kohles

NU remains among world’s best for earning patents

Researchers at UNMC and across the NU System are turning their innovations into real-world impact.

Jun 18, 2025

Signage and the Durham Research Center towers as seen from the campus entrance at Saddle Creek Road and Emile Street. Photos from my last photo stroll across campus on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

UNMC town hall discusses national research funding models

Howard Fox, MD, PhD, is serving on a national task force aimed at developing funding models to present to Congress.

Jun 17, 2025

Howard Fox, MD, PhD, and Ken Bayles, PhD

William Thorell, MD, is new chair of neurosurgery

Dr. Thorell is excited about the UNMC Department of Neurosurgery and his new role, which he will begin on July 1.

Jun 16, 2025

William Thorell, MD

UNMC dentistry back on the road with dental caravan

The UNMC College of Dentistry’s outreach caravan ran from May 12-15 to connect with alumni across the state.

Jun 13, 2025

M.W. “Dub” Vogt, DDS

New portable unit boosts UNMC’s biocontainment response

The unit, which UNMC received in April, is the first of its kind and can be deployed in the fight against highly infectious diseases.

Jun 13, 2025

Staff from the Global Center for Health Security greeted the Portable Biocontainment Unit upon its delivery to the UNMC Omaha campus.