LINCOLN — The Nebraska Board of Regents on Tuesday took the next step toward finalizing a long-term agreement making the Omaha Community Foundation its new partner in operating Nebraska Medicine, the University of Nebraska's healthcare arm.
The campus of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine as seen from the southeast in Omaha. Dr. Jeffrey Gold, NU's president, said the regents' vote Tuesday marked a historic day for the state.
Construction continues on the Project Health" hospital and research facility as viewed from the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor,left, and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold speak during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor,left, and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold speak during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor,left, and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold speak during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor, left. watches University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold look for some reference material while speaking during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor, left. watches University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold speak during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor, left, and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold speak during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. Trek Langenhan asks a questing during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. Ward Chambers speaks during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
Dr. H. Dele Davies, UNMC's interim chancellor, left, and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold speak during a campus forum in the Sorrell Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
The campus of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine as seen from the southeast in Omaha. Dr. Jeffrey Gold, NU's president, said the regents' vote Tuesday marked a historic day for the state.
Construction continues on the Project Health" hospital and research facility as viewed from the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.
