UNMC Today - Today's Headlines

More than 400 students fit-tested for N95 respirators

Students will be going into clinics, long-term care facilities or coming into contact with patients.

Jul 30, 2020

Chandran Achutan, PhD, fit tests student Alex Ciurej.

History: Dental hygiene program excelled from start

First graduating class in 1966 ranked second in country on National Dental Hygiene Board examinations.

Jul 29, 2020

At left, Elizabeth Warner Waggener, founder of the dental hygiene program, works with students.

Questions with Chancellor Gold

Are there precautions that can be taken to make singing safe?

Jul 29, 2020

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Paper highlights COVID-19 disparities

UNMC team’s paper is published in Frontiers in Public Health.

Jul 29, 2020

Sravani Singu

Questions with Chancellor Gold

Can my manager make me return to work even if I am not comfortable returning?

Jul 28, 2020

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

LiveGreen: Urban trees

Trees can help improve human health, especially those that are most at risk.

Jul 28, 2020

Dr. Mannon explores post-transplant drugs’ effect on kidneys

VA grant for $500,000 will study immunosuppressive drugs, injury in transplanted kidneys.

Jul 28, 2020

Roslyn "Roz" Mannon, MD

UNMC’s Recovery Implementation Plan available online

Plan will enable a safe return to campus this fall.

Jul 27, 2020

Ted Cieslak, MD

iEXCEL begins interprofessional experience series

First event in series, aimed students, will be July 30.

Jul 27, 2020

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

David Shaw, PhD, to retire from UNMC

Dr. Shaw spent more than 50 years with the college of dentistry.

Jul 27, 2020

David Shaw, PhD