Study Shows Live bird flu virus can survive in raw milk for a week
On Jun. 4, 2025, an international team of researchers published a study in the preprint server medRxiv that…
New mouse models can bridge gap in Alzheimer’s research
On Apr. 7, 2025, in a landmark study, researchers at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) announced they…
More cases reported in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
On Oct. 25, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported illnesses have been reported in…
Nebraska Department of Health Reported Increase in Tularemia Cases
On Oct. 3, 2024, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services announced that 18 cases of tularemia…
Scientists used gene-editing technology to produce first calf resistant to major viral disease
On May. 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that scientists have collaborated to produce the first…
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opened
On Jun. 5, 2018, a new flagship cancer center was established as the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer…
Omahan Donated $3 million for prostate cancer research to Buffett Cancer Center
On Dec. 13, 2017, longtime Omaha art teacher and businessman Gerald “Jerry” Pabst donated $3 million through an…
Nebraska Medicine awarded nearly $20 million to develop national training center for HHS
On Oct. 28, 2016, UNMC/Nebraska Medicine announced they had been awarded $19.8 million by the U.S. Dept. of…
UNMC opened new home for College of Pharmacy
On Aug. 23, 2016, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) celebrated the grand opening of the UNMC Center…
UNMC and Nebraska Medicine received donation from longtime supporters, Ruth and Bill Scott
On Nov. 12, 2015, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine announced receipt of a major…
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine launched Mind and Brain Health Labs
On Nov. 2, 2015, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, announced the…
UNMC, UNO named new biomedical technology institute
On Oct. 12, 2015, the University of Nebraska’s new biomedical technology institute, a joint venture led by the…
UNMC macular degeneration, regenerative medicine research bolstered by $1.3 million gift
On Dec. 18, 2014, the University of Nebraska Medical Center announced it had received a $1.3 million gift…
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center announced recruitment of five leading cancer researchers
On Dec. 3, 2014, the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center…
Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians renamed Nebraska Medicine
On Oct. 13, 2014, the Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians – once three separate…
UNMC named new cancer center the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
On Jun. 7, 2013, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved renaming the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center…
The Stanley M Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center was opened
On May 22, 2013, the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center was…
The Bio Nebraska life sciences association was founded
In 2010, The Bio Nebraska, a non-profit, membership-based trade association with a diversified membership including entities from all…
The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit was established at UNMC
On Mar. 7, 2005, the CDC commissioned the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at UNMC. The funding came from federal…
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The Eppley Cancer Center became a National Cancer Institute designated cancer center
In 1999, the Eppley Cancer Center became a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center. NCI grant funding…
University of Nebraska Medical Center performed their first bone marrow transplant
On Apr. 1, 1983, the University of Nebraska Medical Center performed their first bone marrow transplant. The program…
Dr. Norman H Cromwell became acting director of the Eppley Cancer Center
In 1979, Dr. Norman H. Cromwell of the Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, became acting director of…
Biotechnology | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics
The Eppley Cancer Center became an independent research institute
In 1972, by action of the Nebraska Legislature, the Eppley Cancer Center became an independent research institute with…
Biotechnology | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics
The Eppley Cancer Center was founded
In 1960, The Eppley Cancer Center, now a National Cancer Institute Laboratory Cancer Research Center, began in the…
Hoegemeyer Hybrids was founded
In 1937, Hoegemeyer Hybrids was founded by H. Chris Hoegemeyer and his son, Leonard when the science of…
Nebraska Board of Health made influenza a mandatory quarantine disease
On Dec. 24, 1918, on Christmas Eve, with the epidemic across Nebraska still raging, the state Board of…
State board of health and Omaha’s health commissioner announced the lifting of gathering bans
On Nov. 1, 1918, both the state board of health and Omaha’s health commissioner announced the lifting of…
Nebraska Board of Health ordered statewide gathering ban on groups of twelve people or more to stem influenza
On Oct. 22, 1918, the Nebraska Board of Health ordered a statewide gathering ban on groups of twelve…
Omaha reported its first influenza outbreak in the region
On Oct. 3, 1918, Omaha reported its first influenza outbreak in the region, and the health commissioner ordered…
The first building on the University of Nebraska Medical College campus was opened for business
In 1913, the first building on the University of Nebraska Medical College campus, which was designed to house…