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Nominations open for Staff Advisory Council

Staff members can submit nominations through Sept. 18.

Aug 31, 2026

UNMC emblem with the words

State of University address set for Sept. 3

NU President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will speak from the Nebraska State Capitol.

Aug 28, 2026

University of Nebraska System President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Congressional candidate Denise Powell tours UNMC

Powell is running in the Second Congressional District.

Aug 28, 2026

Denise Powell

UNMC well represented at 2026 NMA Awards

Two UNMC faculty members, medical student will be honored next month by the Nebraska Medical Association.

Aug 28, 2026

From left, Robert Messbarger, MD; Daniel Pierce, MD; and medical student Amber Gowen

UNMC for the record, Aug. 28, 2026

Dr. Hepburn honored by NCATS, and 2027 Midwest Point-of-Care Ultrasound Conference to be hosted at UNMC.

Aug 28, 2026

Kirsten Hepburn, PhD

Research-specific funding awards jump 35% for UNMC

The 2025-26 total awards also were up 30% for the last fiscal year.

Aug 27, 2026

Ken Bayles, PhD, vice chancellor for research

New UNMC Faculty Senate leaders for 2026-27

Senate serves as ‘the voice of the faculty with the administration.’

Aug 27, 2026

The UNMC Faculty Senate officers include, clockwise from top left, Paul Fey, PhD, Brian Maass, Nicholas Woods, PhD, and Jordan Warchol, MD.

Drs. Hetland, Buchanan named AAN fellows

Program represents nursing’s ‘most accomplished leaders’ in policy, research, administration, practice and academia.

Aug 27, 2026

From left, Lynn Buchanan, PhD, and Breanna Hetland, PhD

New faculty spotlight: Sedat Gül, MD

Dr. Gül is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences.

Aug 27, 2026

Sedat Gül, MD

Ted Mikuls, MD, named UNMC’s 21st Scientist Laureate

Dr. Mikuls will be honored, along with 23 other researchers, at an awards event on Oct. 29 at the Omaha campus.

Aug 26, 2026

Ted Mikuls, MD