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UNMC/Nebraska Medicine launch youth violence prevention program

Dusk to Dawn program is aimed at at-risk youth between ages of 13-19.

May 1, 2017

Charity Evans, M.D., a trauma surgeon and coordinator of the Dusk to Dawn (D2D) program at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine, holds a photo of Roberto Gonzalez, a 20-year-old Omaha man who was shot and killed in 2015. His death is being used as the centerpoint of the D2D program, as at-risk youth will hear his story when they come to UNMC/Nebraska Medicine for the D2D program.

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine launch youth violence prevention program

Dusk to Dawn program is aimed at at-risk youth between ages of 13-19

May 1, 2017

Charity Evans, M.D., a trauma surgeon and coordinator of the Dusk to Dawn (D2D) program at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine, holds a photo of Roberto Gonzalez, a 20-year-old Omaha man who was shot and killed in 2015. His death is being used as the centerpoint of the D2D program, as at-risk youth will hear his story when they come to UNMC/Nebraska Medicine for the D2D program.

Nebraska Science Festival to release tickets April 1 for Kari Byron

Free tickets to be released online on first-come, first-served basis

Mar 28, 2017

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 27-28

24-hour ice skating event – now in its 7th year at UNMC – has raised more than $155,000

Jan 9, 2017

Simple pre-surgery questions save lives, Omaha study finds

A seven-year study of patients at the VA Medical Center in Omaha showed that screening patients before an operation to determine how frail they are can save lives after surgery. The screening test is so simple and the results so profound that the procedure is beginning to be implemented in other places, said Dr. Jason […]

Dec 19, 2016

First Thanksgiving

Former UNMC faculty member Mary McNamee, Ph.D., R.N., hosts Chinese visitors for their first Thanksgiving.

Dec 7, 2016

Beijie Huang, Jing Li, and Lin Chen at Mary McNamee's home for Thanksgiving.

Munroe-Meyer leader Dr. Paul Pearson was passionate about people

Dr. Paul Pearson, founding director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute, died Sept. 8. He was 95.

Oct 3, 2016

Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Medical Center

Though separated from their families by thousands of miles, UNMC students and faculty found ways to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Sep 20, 2016

A mooncake. (photo by Lybil BER, Creative commons attribution-share alike 3.0 unported license)

Longtime UNMC College of Pharmacy faculty member dies at age 67

Peter Gwilt, Ph.D., remembered for gentle manner, wit, teaching, mentorship

Aug 5, 2016

Peter Gwilt, Ph.D.
Howard Fox co-author