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New faculty spotlight: Ketav Desai, MBBS

Dr. Desai is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Aug 6, 2025

Ketav Desai, MBBS

Chancellor hosts staff advisory council leader at forum

Stacey Coleman, inaugural president of UNMC’s Staff Advisory Council, will join Dr. Davies on Aug. 12.

Aug 5, 2025

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD,

New faculty spotlight: Kristen Driver, PharmD

Dr. Driver is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.

Aug 5, 2025

Kristen Driver, PharmD

Cancer center hosts ‘Regionalism Revisited’ exhibit

Artworks explore the legacy of the American Regionalism movement.

Aug 5, 2025

John Steuart Curry, Rainbow and View of Madison, 1937, oil on panel

NU Regent Jack Stark visits UNMC

Stark, a former UNMC faculty member, heard about the Summer Health Professions Education Program and toured the Catalyst building.

Aug 4, 2025

Phil Covington, EdD, UNMC’s associate vice chancellor for student success, discusses UNMC’s Summer Health Professions Education Program with Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and University of Nebraska Regent Jack Stark, PhD.

Simple steps keep the med center safe

Here are some useful tips to keep safety and security a priority on campus every day.

Aug 4, 2025

A woman walking through a door

New faculty spotlight: Wesley Burdiek, MD

Dr. Burdiek is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology.

Aug 4, 2025

Wesley Burdiek, MD

Dermatology starts new Mohs surgery fellowship

As the UNMC Department of Dermatology continues its strategic growth, Hannah Porter, MD, has begun her fellowship.

Aug 1, 2025

Adam Sutton, MD, and Hannah Porter, MD

Library exhibit to showcase Karrer family legacy

Over four generations, eight family members graduated from UNMC and took their care to patients in Nebraska and beyond.

Aug 1, 2025

From left in this 1979 photo are: Frederick Merrill Karrer I (1929), Max Crawford Karrer (1954), Rush William Karrer (1938), John Karrer (1968), Robert Eugene Karrer (1936), Frederick Merrill Karrer II (1979) and Frederick William Karrer II (1956).

New faculty spotlight: Conor Dass, MD

Dr. Dass is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.

Aug 1, 2025

Conor Dass, MD