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Drs. Cochran, Cook honored as 2025 Distinguished Educators

The Interprofessional Academy of Educators’ Distinguished Educator Award is the academy’s highest honor.

Oct 10, 2025

Teresa Cochran, DPT, PhD, and Kristen Cook, PharmD

New investigator: Maher Abdalla, PhD

Dr. Abdalla is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Oct 10, 2025

Maher Abdalla, PhD

Three blood donation events scheduled for October

Through Dec. 5, all blood drives at UNMC are an opportunity to boost NU’s team in the ‘We Give Blood’ challenge.

Oct 10, 2025

Promotional graphic that says Mobile Blood Drive

UNMC achievements, Oct. 10, 2025

Six nursing faculty honored by Nebraska Nurses Association, and Jianghu Dong, PhD, is honored for outstanding teaching.

Oct 10, 2025

Lynne Buchanan, PhD

New EDGE District parking garage opens in midtown

The 753-space garage is available for daily neighborhood parking following an opening ceremony Wednesday.

Oct 9, 2025

 Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. cuts the ribbon on the new city-owned parking garage in the EDGE District, with UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, at his side. Also in picture are, from left, Omaha City Councilman Danny Begley, Amy Thompson, director of campus development for UNMC, and Jen Bartholomew, assistant vice chancellor of facilities, management and planning for UNMC.

Project Health is topic at next all-campus forum

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will talk with guests Jen Bartholomew and Chad Vokoun, MD, at the Oct. 15 forum.

Oct 9, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, Jen Bartholomew, and Chad Vokoun, MD

Next employee appreciation event set for Oct. 23

UNMC Human Resources’ ‘Here’s Looking At You’ event will feature academic unit booths, food samples, entertainment and prizes.

Oct 9, 2025

Two UNMC employees high-five at a Connect Four game.

Dr. Davies to moderate talk with Dr. Vivek Murthy

Dr. Murthy, a former U.S. surgeon general, will speak on Oct. 14 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln. 

Oct 9, 2025

Vivek Murthy, MD

Remembering nursing’s Audrey Nelson, PhD

Services will be Oct. 14 for Dr. Nelson, whose career at the UNMC College of Nursing spanned 50 years.

Oct 8, 2025

Audrey Nelson, PhD

Editors to discuss open access journals in UNMC’s Digital Commons

The virtual panel will discuss experiences with their open access scholarly journals hosted by McGoogan Library’s DigitalCommons.

Oct 8, 2025

Three of the panelists, shown here, are Chandrakanth Are, MBBS, Elizabeth Beam, PhD, and Nancy Krusen, PhD. The other panelists will be Maha Farid, MBBCH, PhD, Premila Leiphrakpam, MBBS, PhD, and Nicole Martino, PhD.