‘Moving in the right direction’
COVID-19 numbers continue to improve across the state. “We’re moving in the right direction,” UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, said during Tuesday’s campus forum. At the same time, he said, the...
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Nebraska artists featured in exhibit on campus
A new exhibition featuring 15 Nebraska artists has opened in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine campus. Wendy Jane Bantam, “The Pheasant and the Magnolia,”...
View ArticleMidwest Radiation Oncology Symposium open for registration
Registration now is open for the 2021 Midwest Radiation Oncology Symposium, a hybrid symposium that will be hosted by UNMC on Aug. 20-21. The hybrid symposium will provide all members of...
View ArticleState’s fiscal analyst tours UNMC
Several rows of chairs faced a laser “cave” depicting the image of a typical doctor’s clinic, complete with the model of a human skeleton dangling from a metal hook. That’s until Suzanne Houlden, the...
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Services set for UNMC’s James Edney, MD
Memorial services have been set for James Edney, MD, an Omaha surgeon who was recognized as a top breast cancer specialist in the region. Dr. Edney died on Aug. 7 in a plane accident in Victoria,...
View ArticleCancer center announces seed grant opportunity
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center has announced the availability of seed grant funds from its American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant. The ACS IRG is a block grant that allows...
View ArticleNew faculty spotlight: Daphne Ly, MD
Daphne Ly, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC. Name: Daphne Ly, MD Hometown: Palo Alto, California Title at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine: Associate professor, UNMC Department of Surgery, Division of...
View ArticleNew faculty spotlight: Suyong Choi, PhD
Suyong Choi, PhD, is a new faculty member at UNMC. Name: Suyong Choi, PhD Hometown: Sacheon, South Korea Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and...
View ArticleServices set for UNMC’s Ercole Cavalieri, DSc
Ercole Cavalieri, D.Sc, is being remembered as "one of the great legends of UNMC" for his wealth of scientific knowledge and perspective. The retired professor and cancer researcher died Tuesday. He...
View ArticleWalter Scott changed the landscape of med center, Nebraska
On the western side of the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine Omaha campus, the Suzanne & Walter Scott Cancer Research Tower, a 10-story, 98-laboratory section of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer...
View ArticleCancer center successfully renews NCI designation
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center has successfully renewed its National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG). This grant bestows National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation on...
View ArticleUniversity shares recovery fund proposals
Calling them "bold ideas with big impact for Nebraskans," University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter today presented a series of university proposals focused on workforce development, health...
View ArticleVaccination information offered at chancellor’s forum
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, began Monday’s all-campus forum, as always, by thanking all for their dedication to UNMC and the communities that we serve. He also praised and noted the passing of...
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Wellness: Dealing with the loss of a pregnancy
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a loss one in four women experience. As part of Nebraska Medicine and UNMC’s Wellness series, Rachael Schmidt, DNP, a nurse practitioner at the...
View ArticleMike Yanney to be honored by Omaha Press Club
If there was a Mount Rushmore dedicated to Omaha's top businesspeople, Mike Yanney would almost certainly be one of the faces. On Nov. 18, a different sort of face recognition will be given to Yanney —...
View ArticleGrant will help UNMC address a national need
When Dele Davies, MD, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, came to UNMC in 2012, he made it a strategic priority to pursue institutional training grants. UNMC has...
View ArticleCancer center offers pilot program funding opportunity
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (BCC) is pleased to announce the BCC Pilot Projects Program 2021 request for applications. The BCC Pilot Projects Program aims to foster the development of...
View ArticleTransition begins for new oncology leadership
A change is coming to the administrative leadership of the oncology service line. After decades of being a recognized face in leading the service line’s operations, Theresa Franco, vice president of...
View ArticleUNMC faculty, students honor Walter Scott Jr.
UNMC’s faculty and student senates each drafted a resolution honoring the vision and generosity of late UNMC supporter Walter Scott Jr., who died Sept. 25. Students and faculty wanted to note the...
View ArticleKearney cancer clinic to join Nebraska Medicine next month
Cancer patients in the center of Nebraska have historically had to travel long distances for access to specialized cancer care. Those trips can be especially hard not only on patients but on family...
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