Enhanced Learning and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Home to the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education serves as a gateway to the university’s academic campus. It aims to enhance interprofessional education and collaboration between the College of Medicine and the College of Allied Health Professions, while improving classroom and learning lab utilization.

Providing Variety in Formal and Informal Learning Spaces

Located at the crossroads of student movement between key education buildings, the Sorrell Center brings together essential classrooms, hands-on learning labs, student support services and faculty offices in one location. The building is designed with the student experience in mind, offering a variety of informal spaces for student use. It is zoned for both active gatherings and quiet, focused study — supporting noisy lunch breaks in the multi-story public spaces and heads-down study in smaller group study rooms and quiet corners. Student lounges, study areas and student-oriented amenities are located on each level, strategically adjacent to entrances and building circulation.  

State-of-the-Art Equipment for the Future of Medicine

Designed to extend the reach of health education, each classroom is equipped with technology to make distance learning and collaboration seamless. The state-of-the-art simulation center enhances hands-on learning, communication skills and clinical skills in a safe, low-stakes environment.  

Key features include: 

• Smart classrooms featuring interactive technology for remote learning
• A clinical skills and simulation center dedicated to student learners
• A virtual microscopy lab with flexible design allowing students to interact with the latest technology
• 80-seat case method rooms
• 14 small and medium group learning rooms to support problem-based learning
• 200-seat lecture hall
• Campus event space designed for community and alumni life-long learning
• Enclosed pedestrian skybridges linking the Sorrell Center with additional health education and student spaces in the College of Pharmacy Building, Bennett Hall and Wittson Hall