UNMC parties on ice all night to fight Parkinson’s, a key administrator is lost suddenly, public health gets a campus home and new faces fill several major leadership roles.
The past year was one of hope, heartache and change at UNMC. Below we look back at the highlights from 2011 on campus.
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About $40,000 was raised at the 2011 UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s — a 24-hour ice skating event at the UNMC Ice Rink.
February
Bradley Britigan, M.D., from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is named new dean of the UNMC College of Medicine.
Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, dies suddenly at his sister’s home in Haiti.
March
UNMC’s primary care program moves up to No. 7 nationally in U.S.News and World Report rankings.
UNMC receives a $9 million National Institutes of Health Center Grant to investigate the now chronic nature of HIV infection and its interaction with aging.
Shelley Smith, Ph.D., director of developmental neuroscience at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute, is named UNMC’s fifth Scientist Laureate.
April
Jennifer Larsen, M.D., is named UNMC Vice Chancellor for Research.
May
The Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health opens, giving the College of Public Health a home on the UNMC campus.
June
Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D., of the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Nursing is appointed dean of the UNMC College of Nursing.
August
UNMC hosts a booth at the Nebraska State Fair.
September
The Eppley Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary.
UNMC celebrates the dedication of the Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza.
In conjunction with the student plaza dedication, UNMC shines the light on “Hope,” the campus art feature designed by world-renowned artist James Carpenter.
October
The College of Public Health achieves accreditation in record time.
A UNMC contingent returns from a successful China excursion that saw the medical center improve efforts in cancer and family medicine in the world’s largest nation.
UNMC physicians, allied health practitioners and scientists form the Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance in an effort to better serve people with developmental and degenerative diseases of the nervous system.
December
Employees canvas the campus in search of landmarks and treasures in a scavenger hunt during the Second Annual UNMC Spirit Week.
Dr. Dele Davies is named new vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies.
Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., was a co-investigator for a study that the leading journal, Science, deemed the “Scientific Breakthrough of 2011” and that researchers say could lead to the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.