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Contaminated water is a theme for art

College of Public Health, KANEKO team for informative new exhibit.

Feb 17, 2016

Madeline Howell, Alan Kolok, Ph.D., Trang Hoang and Sanjana Ramesh pose in front of the Nebraska Groundwater Well installation on display at KANEKO.

Under the Microscope: The Writing Center @ UNMC

Dr. Gold talks with Cheryl Thompson, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, about the new writing center.

Feb 17, 2016

Training available for voice recognition software

The software is for use at Nebraska Medicine and UNMC Clinics using One Chart.

Feb 17, 2016

Guild announces grants to MMI

Grant total is largest in the Munroe-Meyer Guild’s 48-year history.

Feb 17, 2016

Omaha Press Club celebrates UNMC’s O’Connor

Longtime public relations staffer is honored with a “Face on the Barroom Floor.”

Feb 16, 2016

Tom O'Connor, with his Face (and body) on the Barroom Floor (photo courtesy Gary Willis, Omaha Press Club)

New faculty spotlight: Bin Duan, Ph.D.

Dr. Duan joins the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine/Regenerative Medicine Program.

Feb 16, 2016

Bin Duan, Ph.D.

LiveGreen: Battery recycling just got easier

Online form speeds up process, saves time and money.

Feb 16, 2016

Nebraska Medicine performs first lung transplant

Operation is the first since launching the program in late 2015.

Feb 16, 2016

Lung transplant patient Phil Sauvageau, center, with Aleem Siddique, M.D., left, and Heather Strah, M.D.

Gold U winner would rather talk about you

Benefits specialist Jo Watkins has made a career of helping her UNMC co-workers.

Feb 15, 2016

Jo Watkins

Dr. Wigton establishes new visiting professorship

Vineet Arora, M.D., of the University of Chicago School of Medicine, is the first Robert S. Wigton Visiting Professor of Medicine.

Feb 15, 2016

Robert Wigton, M.D.