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Center for Healthy Living offering StrongHER strength, nutrition program

The new program for women in menopause pairs workshops and expert guidance on musculoskeletal and pelvic health.

May 4, 2026

Jennifer Cera, DNP

Annual conditional parking registration is open

UNMC Parking Services has launched a new registration process for conditional parking to ensure eligibility remains current.

May 4, 2026

Two people walk through a parking garage, with cars parked in rows.

‘Lifting spirits’: UNMC welcomes therapy K9 Ares

The German shepherd, part of the University of Nebraska Police and Public Safety Department, will begin routine campus patrols as of today with his handler.

May 1, 2026

Therapy K9 Ares, who will be part of the University of Nebraska Police and Public Safety Department, is described as having "a heart devoted to lifting spirits."

Uphoff named as clinical research manager

Lara Uphoff brings nine years of demonstrated experience to the role with the UNMC Clinical Research Center.

May 1, 2026

Lara Uphoff

Munroe-Meyer Guild’s annual Garden Walk set for June 14

Tickets for the event, which will showcase five gardens, are on sale now.

May 1, 2026

A scene from the Munroe-Meyer Guild's Garden Walk

New employee parking options coming soon

More parking options, no increase in parking permit fees and a reminder about carpool renewals beginning May 1.

May 1, 2026

Parking lot 17 near 45th Street and Jones Court. Photos from a photo stroll across the UNMC campus in Omaha on Monday, July 29, 2019.

UNMC achievements, May 1, 2026

A strong department showing at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting and a note on a STAR scholar.

May 1, 2026

Kareem Omran and Kevin Dibbern, PhD

Tammy Webster, PhD, named dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions

Dr. Webster brings experience and vision to a college known as a national leader in distance education and rural health.

Apr 29, 2026

Tammy Webster, PhD

Nebraska convenes national leaders to advance bioeconomy, innovation

The NU System and Council on Competitiveness are hosting a two-day ‘competitiveness conversation’ in Omaha.

Apr 29, 2026

Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, NU System president

Brake For Breakfast goes border to border

From Omaha to Scottsbluff, the annual event expanded the cancer prevention message.

Apr 29, 2026

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center's Brake for Breakfast 2026 expanded to offer cancer awareness and screening information at 10 communities across Nebraska.