NU officials celebrate opening of medical school, expanded rural health teaching complex in Kearney

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 521

Last Updated: 2 months ago


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LINCOLN — The latest $95 million structure to open on a rural health education complex in Kearney is expected to double the number of health care students on the campus, to about 625.

That three-story, 110,000-square-foot building opens to full occupancy this month and will enable the University of Nebraska Medical Center to offer — for the first time — medicine, pharmacy and public health programs on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus.

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