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Bridging the Drug Discovery Gap

June 7, 2024

When Marsha and Neal Morien decided to invest in UNMC’s Center for Drug Design and Innovation, they knew it could benefit not only the state of Nebraska, but possibly the world.

‘Public Health, It’s Everything’

April 8, 2024

Katie Weitz believes the College of Public Health can make the world a better place. But it’s hard to explain what it is: “I think everybody would care about public health if they knew what it was.”

A Global View to Giving Back

January 31, 2024

Sharon Redding has traveled to more countries than she can count in her nursing career. Her experiences led her to create a planned gift allowing future nurses to travel internationally.

During her visit to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in September, philanthropist Millie Williams met with Andrea López Mercado, right, one of the newly named and newly funded Williams Scholars. Photo courtesy of UNMC Strategic Communications

UNMC Williams Scholar Andrea López Mercado grew up in Lares, Puerto Rico, and was living in the town when it was hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017. She was inspired to pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy degree after witnessing the kindness of pharmacists in the storm’s aftermath.

The Ties That Bind

May 18, 2022

By Robyn Murray UNK, UNMC Work to Bring More Medical Professionals to Rural Nebraska When Sandra Bresnahan, M.D., was a child, she often came with

After a Life of Adventure, Love Inspires a Gift

May 17, 2022

Bill Nelsen has led an interesting life. He has traveled all over the world, surveying land in far-off places — from Greenland to Ethiopia, Saudi

Gutschow family ‘pay it forward’ with compassionate care awards

February 17, 2022

Editor’s note: Jim Gutschow’s beloved wife, Pam, sadly passed away Jan. 13. We hope this story pays some small tribute to her and Jim’s lasting

We Heart UNMC effort for student support runs Feb. 8-14

February 4, 2022

UNMC and the University of Nebraska Foundation are launching the first ever We Heart UNMC socks campaign in support of UNMC Student Scholarships. Running Feb.

A New Home for Treatments, Therapies and Joy: Munroe-Meyer Institute Provides Hope for Families

September 26, 2021

Christine Tran wasn’t certain how her son Joseph, 7, would respond to seeing the new 215,882-square-foot, state-of-the-art Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) building for the first time.

Team announces potential new target for pancreatic cancer treatment

July 28, 2021

UNMC researchers have discovered a potential new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, detailed in a paper in a recent issue of the journal Gastroenterology. The

UNMC dedicates Wigton Heritage Center

June 29, 2021

Facility highlights unique history of the state’s academic health science center Today, the University of Nebraska Medical Center celebrated the opening of a new facility

‘This is a place where people’s hearts feel love’

June 8, 2021

Munroe-Meyer Institute celebrates new home and new standard of care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “This is a place where people’s hearts feel

Nurturing the Environment and Our Health

March 23, 2021

by Tom O’Connor With a massive flood in 2019 and a serious drought in 2020, Nebraska knows only too well the water extremes that can occur

Erasing the Stigma: Treating Addiction as a Disease is Key to Beating Substance Use Disorders

March 23, 2021

by Ed Rider He thought he would never practice medicine again. The stigma associated with seven years of alcohol and opioids misuse — being labeled

A Conversation with Burnett Society Member Dr. Dwayne Zobell

January 21, 2021

Burnett Society member Dwayne Zobell, D.D.S., was born in Montana and graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center after attending predental school at Brigham

Clinical simulation facility to transform health care education

October 13, 2020

Step inside the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus and it’s clear this is

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UNMC Points of Pride

Bridging the Drug Discovery Gap

‘Public Health, It’s Everything’

A Global View to Giving Back

Inspired to be a Pharmacist

Make a gift to the University of Nebraska Medical Center

The Ties That Bind

After a Life of Adventure, Love Inspires a Gift

Gutschow family ‘pay it forward’ with compassionate care awards

We Heart UNMC effort for student support runs Feb. 8-14

A New Home for Treatments, Therapies and Joy: Munroe-Meyer Institute Provides Hope for Families

Team announces potential new target for pancreatic cancer treatment

UNMC dedicates Wigton Heritage Center

‘This is a place where people’s hearts feel love’

Nurturing the Environment and Our Health

Erasing the Stigma: Treating Addiction as a Disease is Key to Beating Substance Use Disorders

A Conversation with Burnett Society Member Dr. Dwayne Zobell

Clinical simulation facility to transform health care education

Measure your life by the difference
you’ve made in someone else’s.

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UNMC Points of Pride

Make a gift to the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Measure your life by the difference you’ve made in someone else’s.

Support the University of Nebraska

Measure your life by the difference
you’ve made in someone else’s.