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Nebraska Science Festival, public expo return for 2026

The monthlong festival, presented by UNMC, will run throughout April with a series of science and technology-related activities.

Jan 30, 2026

The NESciFest's Public Science Expo will be held at The Durham Museum on April 18.

Public health launches ‘Omaha Checkup’ film series

The events use film to foster a discussion around the forces that shape public health.

Jan 30, 2026

Image that says The Omaha Checkup with rolls of film along the sides

New startup rises from ‘farm to pharmacy’ collaboration

UNMC researchers, supporters team with Nebraska farming to attack neurodegenerative diseases.

Jan 27, 2026

UNMC researchers and the Oehlerking and Swarts families met in 2024 for a “Corn Farm Fest” in Elmwood, Nebraska.

Dr. Sellers looks to have impact at cancer center

Thomas Sellers, PhD, is deputy director of population science at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Jan 23, 2026

Thomas Sellers, PhD

Spotlight on Michelle Thomas

Michelle Thomas is a new administrator with the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology. Hometown: North Platte, NE  Title and department at UNMC: Administrator I How I fell in love with my field: I enjoy administrative and program coordination because it allows me to contribute to the bigger picture of the department and UNMC as a whole. I’m […]

Jan 19, 2026

CRNA Week Spotlight: David Bebee, CRNA

National CRNA Week, Jan. 18-24, celebrates the more than 75,000 CRNAs across the nation.

Jan 19, 2026

David Bebee, CRNA

UNMC earns 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Only seven academic medical centers nationally carry the mark of excellence.

Jan 13, 2026

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Heidi Keeler, PhD, associate vice chancellor with the UNMC Office of Community Engagement

Discounts available for Omaha Performing Arts shows

Upcoming performances include ‘Shucked’ from Jan. 13-18, ‘Batsu!’ and ‘Cirque Kalabante.’

Jan 12, 2026

Image of a corn cob and the words Shucked The Tony Award Winning Musical Comedy

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