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Beatrice Community Hospital leaders tour med center

The guests visited with UNMC and Nebraska Medicine leaders and toured the Innovation Design Unit, among other stops.

Jul 17, 2026

In the med center's Innovation Design Unit, Chad Vokoun (at left), MD, chief and professor in the UNMC Division of Hospital Medicine, talks with leaders visiting from Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center. The guests were, from right, Rick Haraldson, CEO, Eric Trusty, senior executive for clinic services, and Steve Paulmeyer, MD, chief medical officer.

State Sen. Rick Holdcroft visits UNMC

Sen. Holdcroft toured iEXCEL program and Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center housed at the Davis Global Center.

Jul 16, 2026

Sen. Rick Holdcroft tours the iEXCEL program at the Davis Global Center.

Regents approve interim structure for Nebraska Medicine governance

Monday’s actions provide for a temporary structure, as Omaha Community Foundation joins the governance team.

Jun 30, 2026

A panoramic photo of the med center campus, featuring numerous campus buildings and a blue sky

Tyson closure prompts community response, UNMC action

‘I knew we had to do something,’ says Athena Ramos, PhD, who has helped lead UNMC’s engagement in Lexington.

Jun 23, 2026

Marcela Carvajal-Suarez, outreach project specialist with the UNMC Center for Reducing Health Disparities, teaches a course in Lexington, Nebraska.

Holland chair spurs innovation in public health

A $2 million endowed gift from the late Richard Holland has served as an invaluable catalyst for the college.

Jun 22, 2026

Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, says endowed gifts like the Holland fund give the UNMC College of Public Health flexibility to be innovative and “dream much bigger.”

Wildfire Rapid Needs Assessment will help communities recover and prepare

Teams from the UNMC College of Public Health and area health departments will be in central and western Nebraska from June 22-26.

Jun 18, 2026

Professional headshot of Kristina Kintziger, PhD

University of Nebraska Foundation: 90 years of impact

For nine decades, the foundation has worked to support the University of Nebraska System.

Jun 3, 2026

University of Nebraska Foundation employees participated in a Day of Service on each campus of the University of Nebraska on May 29, 2026. The volunteer event commemorated the 90th anniversary of the foundation, which was established on June 3, 1936. Here, a group of foundation employees makes Candygrams for the valets and environmental services staff at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine in Omaha.

UNMC’s NE SciFest spawns ‘incredible celebration of science’

Take a look at some of the scenes from around the popular month-long science festival, presented by UNMC.

May 20, 2026

More than 800 people attended the science expo at The Durham Museum on April 18 as part of the Nebraska Science Festival.

Help boost UNMC’s community engagement efforts

By completing the UNMC Community Engagement Survey by Friday, faculty, staff, students and residents can help build on UNMC’s prestigious Carnegie classification.

May 14, 2026

UNMC emblem with the words

16 U.S. citizens safely repatriated to UNMC, Nebraska Medicine

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine’s world-class experts and facilities step forward once again, this time to face the Hantavirus threat.

May 11, 2026

Michael Wadman, MD, medical director of the National Quarantine Unit speaks at a press conference that was held Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Davis Global Center to give an update on the 16 passengers from the Hondius cruise ship who were moved to the quarantine and biocontainment units at UNMC.