Education

Match Day 2026 set for this Friday

UNMC medical students will learn their residency assignments during an event at the Omaha Design Center.

Mar 19, 2026

Push pins on a map to signify where UNMC medical students have achieved their residency assignments

An important update on Canvas Convergence

Faculty access to this new instance of Canvas will be made available on March 23.

Mar 16, 2026

Outline of the state of Nebraska with the word Canvas in the middle

Center for Continuing Education relocates to Catalyst

American Heart Association courses offered through the center are starting again this month in the new location.

Mar 12, 2026

Exterior view of the Catalyst building with campus reflected in the window from the drone and a shot back toward campus.

UNMC Q&A: The importance of digital accessibility work

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD: ‘We are all responsible for making accessibility a priority in our digital information.’

Mar 11, 2026

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD

iEXCEL honors innovators advancing simulation technology

The award winners were recognized at a ceremony Feb. 24 at the Davis Global Center.

Mar 11, 2026

Pamela Dickey, assistant professor in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, receiving her iEXCEL Innovation Award from Sarah Kriss, manager for the advanced human simulation program.

Olson Center webinar to discuss menopause, joint health

Sara Putnam, MD, of the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, is the guest presenter on March 17.

Mar 11, 2026

Sara Putnam, MD

College of Medicine creates new Medical Education Awards

The annual awards within the UNMC College of Medicine will honor faculty showing exceptional commitment to education.

Mar 10, 2026

Brad Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, and Nada Fadul, MD, the college’s associate dean for faculty affairs

UNMC joins in expanding nutrition education for medical school

UNMC’s own effort to expand nutrition education in the medical school curriculum began in 2019.

Mar 9, 2026

University of Nebraska System President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Dr. Abbey Fingeret named UNMC’s Varner Educator Laureate

Dr. Fingeret will be honored today as a ‘visionary educator, a dedicated mentor and a nationally respected leader in surgical education.’

Mar 6, 2026

Abbey Fingeret, MD, PhD

UNMC to offer new nursing scholarships at Scottsbluff, Kearney, Norfolk

Applications are open, and 30 full cost-of-education scholarships will be awarded over two years.

Mar 5, 2026

Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, dean of the UNMC College of Nursing