University of Nebraska Medical Center News

In the late days of a tense campaign, Mayor Jim Suttle's administration moved to dismiss his opponent's spouse from a consultant role with the Omaha Fire Department.

Writing mentor Todd Robinson, center, meets with Dr. Amol Patil, left, a pulmonologist, and Andrew Jameton, an ethicist and philosopher, during one of their sessions in the Seven Doctors Project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

After breaking ground on a cancer center that is Omaha's largest public-private project, a cast of citizens broke bread - and occasionally broke out in laughter.

A therapy using fecal matter to combat a bad bug in the gut will now be regulated by the federal government, to the consternation of some physicians.

Some got out Sunday and danced the day away. The University of Nebraska Medical Center's Saludable Omaha project goal is to promote healthy lifestyles with youth leadership.

Maurer is chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Fosdick is president and CEO of the Nebraska Medical Center.

A University of Nebraska Medical Center scientist is the first Nebraskan to win a grant through an Affordable Care Act-created research agency.

The two main parts of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center - the research tower and the hospital - got their own names today during the project's groundbreaking ceremony.

OMAHA, Neb. & IRVINE, Calif. -- -- PathCentral , a technology-enabled company dedicated to the success of the international pathology community, and the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at University of Nebraska Medical Center , today announced that UNMC will participate in the PathCentral Pathology Network , the specialty's most ... (more)

Every year teens who have conquered obstacles in their lives to do good works and seek a college education are honored with D.J.'s Hero Awards.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center will recognize Maj. Gen. Kimberly A. Siniscalchi, Bruce Lauritzen and Kenton Shaffer, M.D. at its commencement exercise for their commitment to serve Nebraskans through their support and promotion of campus growth, and service to our armed forces and citizens in rural communities.

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department recognized a local physician, a public school district, a local restaurant, the Capital Humane Society, and five individuals with Board of Health Awards May 2. The awards were presented at the Board of Health Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony at the Bryan Health Conference Center.

The Buffett name is going on a new cancer center being built in Omaha, thanks to a relative of billionaire Warren Buffett.

UNMC professor Ed Vandenberg speaks last month to second-year medical students about preventing falls.

A KOTA territory city is in the process of revitalizing it's downtown in an effort to bring more commerce to the community.

The recognition is part of the Salute to Senior Service program, sponsored by Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network.

Omaha is among the final three to host the 2016 Swim Trials. San Antonio, and St.

Sister Judith Frikker, RSM, of Omaha, was one of six Sisters of Mercy to be elected this month to lead the West Midwest Community of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas - a community that stretches from San Francisco to Detroit.

The state agency says the seasonally adjusted figure is still significantly lower than the current national unemployment rate of 7.6 percent.

A nation's brain drain is inversely proportional to its investment in science. Is the tide turning, now that the US is failing to provide adequate support for scientific research? A colleague at my institution recently invited a scientist with a "foreign-sounding" name to deliver a seminar.