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MMI staffer finds volunteering at polling place rewarding

Program associate for the Munroe-Meyer Institute calls it ‘an honor’ to vote in a democracy.

Nov 20, 2020

The Munroe-Meyer Institute's Sherri Kallon, left, with an official election observer. The longtime community volunteer finds election poll work satisfying.

UNMC for the record

Dr. Truhlsen’s birthday drive-by, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.

Nov 20, 2020

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Kim Kanellis of the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute in Omaha, present Dr. Truhlsen with a giant birthday card on his 100th birthday.

New faculty spotlight: Patricia Zemantic, PhD

Dr. Zemantic is an assistant professor in the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Nov 20, 2020

Patricia Zemantic, PhD

WC4BL meeting to discuss bias in medicine

Ryan Mullane, DO, will discuss bias in how race is used to determine kidney function.

Nov 20, 2020

Yasmeen Bora, president of the UNMC chapter of White Coats for Black Lives

Employee Giving Spotlight: University of Nebraska Foundation

Pledge by 3 p.m. to be eligible for this week’s prizes.

Nov 20, 2020

Honoring Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte

During National Native American Heritage Month, looking back at a pioneer in medicine.

Nov 19, 2020

Portrait of Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD, as a medical student at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, c. 1888 Courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Negative 54752

UNMC ‘Keep Teaching’ site gets updates

New resources are related to assessment and evaluative strategies.

Nov 19, 2020

Restrictions lifted on students caring for COVID-19 patients

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine are fully committed to ensuring student safety.

Nov 19, 2020

UNO chancellor search committee named

Public listening sessions are scheduled.

Nov 19, 2020

Ted Carter, president of the University of Nebraska

Free COVID-19 testing available Nov. 23-24, registration preferred

UNMC faculty, staff and students on the Omaha campus may register now for a free COVID-19 test prior to Thanksgiving.

Nov 19, 2020