Outreach

UNMC offers free workshop for high school teachers on cancer prevention

Teachers will learn how to integrate prevention into school curriculum

Sep 8, 2017

Special needs families invited to free community event on Sept. 23 in Aurora

Will connect them with resources to help them better deal with special health care needs

Aug 28, 2017

Fun activities for special needs children will be part of the community event in Aurora on Sept. 23

$1.2 million grant prepares nurse practitioner students for rural practice

A major part of the grant will involve community partners who will mentor, nurture and inspire students while they get clinical experience in a rural community.

Aug 28, 2017

Lynne Buchanan, Ph.D.

Dr. Muelleman named president-elect of American Board of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Muelleman has served the organization in a number of capacities.

Aug 7, 2017

Students, faculty in Kearney offer free physicals for Special Olympic athletes

The free event is open to athletes from the Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings areas who plan to compete in the Special Olympics.

Aug 4, 2017

Deepening Collaborations with Shanghai, Expanding Primary Care Research

Dr. Kan ZHANG, Director of the Department of Science and Education at the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, sought to deepen collaborations between UNMC and Shanghai in May.

Jul 25, 2017

Paul Dye (right), Graphic Arts Visualization Specialist, explains the iWALL in iEXCEL to Dr. Kan ZHANG (second from the left) and Chuanlu XU, M.D., in May. Kyle Fisher, intern for iEXCEL is on the left.

Gov. Ricketts to participate in bike ride for pediatric mental health

Break the Cycle event on July 29-30 will cover 150 miles on Omaha bike trails

Jul 21, 2017

Gov. Pete Ricketts

UNMC Internet support program focuses on women with new breast cancer diagnosis

Study will form the basis for a future larger study to compare one group of women using the program to a group who don’t use it.

Jun 27, 2017

Robin Lally, Ph.D.

Fremont organization donates $25,000 to help fund Alzheimer’s research at UNMC

Collaboration has contributed more than $100,000 over past five years

Jun 26, 2017

Marv Welstead, 96, has raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for Alzheimer's research at UNMC. His wife, Jean, died of Alzheimer's in 2009. Here Welstead is seen as he demonstrates the driving simulator in 2016 in the Mind and Brain Health Labs at UNMC.

UNMC Board of Counselors names new officers, members during annual meeting

The board advises UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., on health care issues of importance.

Jun 21, 2017