Community

New grant strengthens street medicine efforts

The $1.4 million grant will enable UNMC and HEAL Omaha to work in collaboration serving more unhoused people with HIV.

Jan 8, 2026

The Specialty Care Center-HEAL Omaha street medicine collaboration team includes: Front row from left, Sara Bares, MD, and Jenn Davis, MD, both of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Melissa Neuenfeldt, COO, HEAL Omaha; project director Nada Fadul, MD, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Samantha Jones, UNMC; Jennifer O’Neill, UNMC; Deanna Hansen, UNMC. Back row from left, Lance Burwell, UNMC; Dalton Nelsen, MD, CEO, HEAL Omaha and UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine, Emmanuel Essam Nkodo, MD, UNMC. Renae Furl, UNMC, Agustin Delgado Jimenez, UNMC. Not pictured are: Dan Cramer, UNMC; Nikki Regan, UNMC; Landon Schneider, UNMC; and UNMC student volunteers Jordan Ryner and Olivia Youngblood.

Discount tickets available for August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’

The Omaha Community Playhouse is putting on the play from Jan. 16 through Feb. 8.

Jan 8, 2026

Two actors from The Piano Lesson

A new opportunity to honor Dr. King’s legacy 

Make a difference this MLK Day at the med center’s 2026 Day of Service event. 

Jan 6, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr.

UNMC Ice Rink opens for skating on Friday

The 2025-26 ice skating season, which runs through Feb. 22, kicks off with UNMC’s annual Holiday Skate Day.

Dec 11, 2025

Image of the ice rink with the words: UNMC Ice Rink 2025-26 season. Open Dec. 12-Feb. 22.

Big Red, Bigger Impact: NU earns second in ‘We Give Blood’

Team Nebraska rolled up their sleeves with 14,551 blood donations, contributing to saving as many as 43,653 lives.

Dec 9, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, donates blood at a UNMC blood drive in October.

ICYMI: Seasonal events abound for med center

Did you miss the announcements of these upcoming events? Check out this article to catch up.

Dec 2, 2025

The Nebraska Medical Orchestra playing in concert

UNMC Ice Rink to return for skating Dec. 12

The 2025-26 ice skating season is slated to run through Feb. 22.

Nov 25, 2025

Image of the ice rink with the words: UNMC Ice Rink 2025-26 season. Open Dec. 12-Feb. 22.

Chance to win Omaha Symphony tickets

A dress rehearsal of the Omaha Symphony Christmas Celebration is set for Dec. 10 at the Holland Performing Arts Center.

Nov 20, 2025

Omaha Symphony Christmas Celebration performers in festive Christmas costumes

Noted lung cancer research advocate to visit cancer center

Christopher Draft, a former NFL player whose wife died from lung cancer, will be at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on Nov. 25.

Nov 19, 2025

Christopher Draft

Sen. Dorn meets with UNMC Student Delegates

Nebraska State Sen. Myron Dorn discussed rural health care, legislative policy and student engagement issues.

Nov 18, 2025

Nebraska State Sen. Myron Dorn answers a question during a recent UNMC Student Delegates meeting as Leah Heyen and Del Dsouza, student delegate co-chairs, look on.