Omaha Invites Residents to Roll Up Sleeves for We Give Blood Day
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. From cancer patients and trauma victims to mothers experiencing complications during childbirth, donated blood saves lives every day. However, many hospitals face ongoing shortages.
UNL’s Eileen Hebets Explores the Wild World of Spiders at Science Café
Join Eileen Hebets, PhD, George Holmes Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for the Oct. 27 Omaha Science Café as she presents “Sex, Silk, and Eight Legs: The Wild World of Spiders” at 7 p.m. at the Rathskeller Bier Haus, 4524 Farnam St.
UNMC First in State to Offer New Device for Pancreatic Cancer
UNMC is the first in Nebraska to offer a new approach that delivers chemo directly to the tumor rather than flooding the body with toxic drugs.
UNMC and UNK Mark Opening of New Rural Health Education Complex
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and University of Nebraska at Kearney today formally celebrated the opening of the Douglas A. Kristensen Rural Health Education Complex in Kearney, the largest rural healthcare teaching facility in the country, and reaffirmed the university’s commitment to strengthening Nebraska’s healthcare workforce.
Bedford Falls Foundation Commits $1.5 Million to UNMC Nursing Scholarships
The Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF has committed $1.5 million to establish scholarships for 100 students each year in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing.
Regents Approve Center to Study Effects of Toxic and Pharmacologic Agents on Early Neurodevelopment
This fall, UNMC will launch a new cross-disciplinary research center focused on how gestational exposures to toxic and pharmacologic agents affect fetal or early childhood neurodevelopment.
UNMC Interim Chancellor Davies to Host Pushup Challenge Supporting “For the Greater Good”
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will hold a pushup challenge to kick off this year’s University of Nebraska For the Greater Good giving day, which will be held from noon April 22 to noon April 23 to support students, programs, patient care, faculty, staff and health care professionals at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
UNMC Match Day Ceremony Set for Friday at Omaha Design Center
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine’s Match Day ceremony will be held at the Omaha Design Center on Friday, March 20.
Top High School Students Compete in ‘Anato-Bee’ on March 14; Tours and Standardized Patients From 1:30–3 p.m.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine’s Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy and the UNMC College of Dentistry will host the 2026 regional Anato-Bee on March 14. Interviews and media opportunities are available from 1:30-3 p.m.
Walk and Roll for Disabilities Set for March 1 at Oak View Mall
The Meyer Foundation for Disabilities will host its 20th annual Walk & Roll for Disabilities. Money raised at the event goes toward adult programming at the Munroe-Meyer Institute. It helps to fund yoga club, cooking club and other recreational activities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Mayor John Ewing Jr. to Celebrate Community Engagement Efforts at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. will join University of Nebraska Medical Center leaders to recognize UNMC for being awarded the 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, one of the highest national honors recognizing an institution’s commitment to community engagement. UNMC, which first received the classification in 2015, is one of only 279 institutions across the county that currently hold it. Mayor Ewing will pronounce Feb. 23 “UNMC Community Engagement Day,” recognizing UNMC’s efforts to raise the health of all individuals and communities across Nebraska.
UNMC College of Dentistry Hosts Children’s Dental Day in York, Nebraska
On the morning of Feb. 17 at Countryside Pediatric Dentistry, the opening notes of KPop Demon Hunter’s hit song “Golden” floated through the exam room as a young patient climbed into the dental chair, sneakers swinging.
Nebraska Medicine Introduces New Chair of Women’s Health
When Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH, FACOG, stepped into her new role as the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s chair of obstetrics and gynecology, she did so with a clear sense of urgency — and a proven record of translating urgency into action.
University of Nebraska Medical Center Expands Nursing Partnership With the University of Nebraska at Omaha
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Nursing and the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s College of Arts & Sciences will collaborate on an early admission pathway for pre-nursing students at UNO.
Don Klepser, PhD, Appointed Dean of UNMC College of Pharmacy
Don Klepser, PhD, professor of pharmacy practice and science and interim dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy, has been named the permanent Joseph D. Williams Endowed Dean of the college, UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, announced.
UNMC Program Provides Student Access to Careers in Health Professions
UNMC’s “Backstage Pass,” which offers high school and college students a free, behind-the-scenes look at various health professions, is back with its biggest event ever.
University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Nursing Initiative Goes Nationwide
A digital platform years in the making, created through a collaboration between the UNMC College of Nursing, UNeMed, UNeTech and Nebraska Medicine, will position UNMC at the forefront of health care innovation, its creators said.
University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Campus to Host Law Enforcement Training on Oct. 17
UNMC and area law enforcement agencies will conduct a full-scale training exercise on Oct. 17 in the Maurer Center for Public Health on the UNMC Omaha campus.
University of Nebraska Medical Center Leaders Highlight Defense Partnerships at Regents Meeting
University of Nebraska Medical Center Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and John Lowe, PhD, director of the Global Center for Health Security at UNMC, teamed Friday to detail the many partnerships between the U.S. armed services and UNMC.
Board of Regents Authorizes Second Design Phase for Project Health
On Friday, Oct. 3, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the second design phase for Project Health, a transformational academic health care facility that will be based on the Omaha campus of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.