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Participate in Research Month at UNMC throughout October

Events are split into weekly themes to highlight different parts of the research enterprise and provide opportunities to learn and network.

Sep 30, 2025

Signage and the Durham Research Center towers as seen from the campus entrance at Saddle Creek Road and Emile Street. Photos from my last photo stroll across campus on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

A message on the potential federal government shutdown

University of Nebraska leaders sent a message to university students, faculty and staff on Monday.

Sep 30, 2025

University of Nebraska leaders

Summer PT program gives visitors experience to take home

UNMC’s Summer Experiential Education Program is designed for international physical therapy and rehab students.

Sep 30, 2025

Megan Frazee, DPT, associate professor in the UNMC Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, leads a lesson in the UNMC Summer Experiential Education Program in physical therapy.

Training offered on web accessibility requirements

Two upcoming sessions for those who manage online content will discuss creating and remediating documents.

Sep 30, 2025

Illuminated keyboard with a labeled key - Accessibility

Dr. Hopkins appointed chair of pharmaceutical sciences

Corey Hopkins, PhD, brings more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and academic drug discovery.

Sep 29, 2025

Corey Hopkins, PhD

UNMC iLEAD program invests in future faculty leaders

The new cohort of UNMC’s Interprofessional Leadership for Excellence and Academic Development began the immersive training.

Sep 29, 2025

The program's latest cohort got underway earlier this month with an immersive training and retreat at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City.

Registration open for Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference

The annual conference and health fair is set for Nov. 7 at the Scott Conference Center.

Sep 29, 2025

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New faculty spotlight: Shannon Wheeler, MD

Dr. Wheeler is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Sep 29, 2025

Shannon Wheeler, MD

Nursing’s new emergency care program receives full validation

With recognition by the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, the ENP program will have its first cohort in January.

Sep 26, 2025

Haley Hays, DNP, UNMC College of Nursing, leads an intubation exercise with nursing students Laura Rogers and Jamie Granatowicz in the simulation lab at the Davis Global Center on the Omaha campus. The exercise will be part of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate program, which welcomes its first cohort in January 2026.

UNMC research finds better method of testing for dog allergy 

Allergy researchers compared three products to see which was superior in detecting dog sensitization.

Sep 26, 2025

Andrew Rorie, MD, holding a vial
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