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Remembering Wayne Ryan, Ph.D.

Services will be held this morning for scientist and philanthropist whom colleagues call “brilliant,” “modest” and “supremely interested in the betterment of science.”

Nov 7, 2017

Wayne Ryan, M.D., at the 2013 opening of the Dr. Wayne and Eileen Ryan Surgical Simulation Suite in the Sorrell Center at UNMC.

Under the microscope: Summer research at USAMRIID

Dr. Gold talks with Matthew Martens, a Ph.D. student, about the work UNMC graduate students were involved in at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

Nov 7, 2017

Joslyn lecture highlights newest exhibit

Explore five centuries of art.

Nov 6, 2017

MMI’s inaugural Trunk or Treat draws big crowd

More than 200 children attend event designed for children with disabilities and complex health care needs.

Nov 6, 2017

The Eldal family -- Brad, Mary, Lois and Alex -- came from Elk Horn, Iowa, to attend the event.

College of Nursing hosts 100th anniversary gala

Alumni, faculty, staff and the public packed the celebration and awards ceremony.

Nov 6, 2017

Mary Sullivan, Ph.D., left, recieves the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Rita Schmitz, president of the College of Nursing Alumni Association.

Re-Imagining U announces November electives

Training expert Gretchen Finke Patras will speak at UNMC and UNO as part of this month’s programming.

Nov 6, 2017

IPE initiative shines during site visit

Grant-funded project lets interprofessional teams train together to reduce medication errors in older patients transitioning from the hospital to inpatient skilled nursing care.

Nov 3, 2017

Barbara Brandt, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, served as one of the site visit facilitators.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Nov 3, 2017

Senior nursing student Sarvinoz Kadyrova works with client Melanie Kenney at the HelpCare clinic in Kearney.

Registry spurs research participation by veterans

More than 2,700 rheumatoid arthritis patients from 13 medical centers have enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry.

Nov 3, 2017

Ted Mikuls, M.D., founder of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry

Sen. Hilkemann tours Visualization Hub, MMI

Legislator is a longtime supporter of the Dr. Edwin Davis & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning, the future home to iEXCEL.

Nov 3, 2017

From left, UNMC's Bill Glass, Sen. Robert Hilkemann, and UNMC's Suzanne Torroni at the Visualization Hub.