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Michael and Brandy Rea with their children.

Creighton couple’s goal: Serve as many in the special needs community as they can

Apr 23, 2025

Inspired by their son, who has profound autism, Michael and Brandy Rea started a foundation that supports nonprofits serving the special needs community.

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Fr. Hendrickson, right, with members of the Norton family and foundation in The Norton Foundation Success Center.

Gift expands Creighton's Phoenix campus

Oct 31, 2024

On Wednesday, October 30, the Creighton University Health Sciences Campus ­– Phoenix hosted the grand opening of the recently completed sixth floor, dedicated to the academic success, well-being and spiritual growth of its students.

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Michael and Brandy Rea

How a Creighton alum's $875 million idea helped change an industry

Oct 08, 2024

For Michael Rea, PHARMD'07, helping a woman figure out how to pay for her monthly prescriptions led him to create a business serving more than 17 million people.

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New floor on Phoenix campus is set for success

Mar 12, 2024

Thanks to a major gift from The Norton Foundation and an investment from the State of Arizona, the sixth floor of the Virginia G. Piper Health Sciences Building is now home to The Norton Foundation Success Center.

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Creighton's first Black alumna graduated 30 years earlier than we thought

Mar 01, 2024

Class of 1913 Creighton pharmacist Cassie Chancellor was a trailblazer in many ways, and it is high time we told her story.

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Tom Utech

Creighton pharmacist leads nationwide industry shift

Dec 05, 2023

Alumnus Tom Utech is the Chief Executive Officer of iA, a company that is leading the transformation in the way pharmacies operate and prescriptions are filled.

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Carmen Bradley, left, a program supervisor with the Financial Success Program, meets with Brieann Clark as part of the Cura Project’s financial success component.

A Creighton program that's changing Omahans' lives

Feb 27, 2023

Creighton's Cura Project, a program for and study of Omahans with Type 2 diabetes, aims to prove that the path to better health runs right through the pocketbook.

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Billy Bluejay walks in the homecoming parade in 1937.

New videos of Creighton … from the 1930s 

Aug 30, 2022

A Creighton legacy family shared old campus footage with us dating back to the 1930s. We've shared clips of Creighton homecoming parades, football games and graduation ceremonies.

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Image of Rachael Barnette with Ben and Brad Smith at the crosswalk.

Father and son walk safer with help of alumna

Jun 28, 2022

With the help of alumna Rachael Barnette, OTD’21, her 9-year-old patient and his father now walk a little easier across a busy intersection.

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