Education

UNMC students make summer dean’s list

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.75 or above.

Nov 6, 2017

BHECN receives $1.1 million grant to increase behavioral health workers

Grant will provide full tuition and laptops for 70 non-traditional students each year to become community health workers and provisionally licensed addiction counselors.

Oct 30, 2017

UNMC College of Nursing to host information sessions on doctoral nursing degrees

Representatives will talk about the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) and doctor of nursing practice (D.N.P.) degrees

Oct 5, 2017

Regents approve occupational therapy doctorate program at UNMC

UNMC hopes to enroll 42-46 students annually in three-year program beginning fall 2019

Oct 5, 2017

Kyle Meyer, Ph.D.

Regents approve creation of UNMC Department of Neurosurgery

Will build upon success of region’s premier neurosurgery program

Oct 5, 2017

Ken Follett, M.D., Ph.D.

Regents approve master’s degree in health administration at UNMC

College of Public Health will launch program next fall for fast growing profession

Oct 5, 2017

Fernando Wilson, Ph.D.

Recent UNMC nursing grads score high on national licensure exam

Scores reflect quality of UNMC nursing program

Sep 25, 2017

David O’Dell, M.D., is inaugural Educator Laureate

At one time, David O'Dell, M.D., wanted to be a high school teacher. Life took him in a different direction. But within his medical career, Dr. O'Dell still became a teacher – such a good one, in fact, that students awarded him so many teaching awards he became ineligible to receive more. Then, earlier this […]

Sep 20, 2017

Gift to UNMC focuses on helping those who have experienced mental trauma

About 50 percent of Nebraskans report experiencing childhood adversity/trauma

Sep 13, 2017

Members of the UNMC College of Public Health team involved in the Building a Trauma-Informed Community initiative included (left-right): Lea Pounds, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health; Jungyoon 'JY' Kim, Ph.D., (principal investigator), assistant professor, Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Alisha Aggarwal, doctoral student, Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean; and Melissa Tibbits, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health.