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Faculty-led innovation highlighted at iLEAD graduation

Forty-two faculty participants from across UNMC graduated from iLEAD at June 4 event.

Jun 12, 2026

Chittalsinh Raulji, MBBS, associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pediatrics, presents an iLEAD graduation certificate to cohort-mate Brandi Flagg, MD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.

Munroe-Meyer Guild’s annual Garden Walk set for Sunday

Tickets can be purchased at any of the five gardens featured during the event.

Jun 12, 2026

A scene from the Munroe-Meyer Guild's 2025 Garden Walk, with nine people carrying umbrellas and walking through a backyard garden with trees, flowers and plants in a light rain.

Campus blood drive is June 18

The Nebraska Community Blood Bank bloodmobile will be at the Hope Tower Circle, located near 40th Street and Dewey Avenue.

Jun 12, 2026

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Two more cruise ship passengers depart from National Quarantine Unit

Eight others from the MV Hondius remain in Omaha for monitoring.

Jun 12, 2026

The Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center

Dr. Fauver to explore West Nile transmission dynamics

The two-year study, a collaboration with Colorado State University, is being funding by a NIH/NIAID grant.

Jun 11, 2026

Joseph Favuer, PhD

A hub for big thinkers: The Catalyst building

A synergy among innovators, startups and connectors is coming together at Catalyst, located in the EDGE District next to UNMC’s Omaha campus.

Jun 11, 2026

A scene inside the Catalyst building

UNMC Office of Global Engagement releases annual report

The report highlights a year of milestones in expanding international partnerships and elevating education abroad.

Jun 11, 2026

Jane Meza, PhD, interim vice chancellor for academic affairs

A 33-ton delivery changing the future of cancer care

The first proton beam therapy machine arrives in Nebraska, right here at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Nebraska Medical Center.

Jun 10, 2026

Workers watch as a state-of-the-art proton beam therapy system is hoisted into the air as part of the installation process when the system arrived at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on June 6.

UNMC Strategic Plan draft available for review

UNMC students, staff and faculty are invited to provide input through June 16.

Jun 10, 2026

UNMC sign in front of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, with the 42nd Street skywalk and Wittson Hall behind.

Forum focus: Military partnerships, maternal research

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, welcomed Col. Lee Williames, MD (USAF, Ret.), Chris Kratochvil, MD, and Sarosh Rana, MD, to Monday’s Chancellor’s Forum.

Jun 10, 2026

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD