VCR search committee gains new member
An additional member has joined the search committee tasked with finding a new vice chancellor for research. The committee, chaired by UNMC’s Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, director and physician-in-chief of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, now stands at 28 members with the addition of Laura Bilek, PhD, associate dean for research in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions.
The committee is charged with finding a successor for Jennifer Larsen, MD, who in December announced she would step away from her role once her replacement was identified. Dr. Larsen has led UNMC’s research enterprise since 2011 and will remain the Degen Professor of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at UNMC, a position she has held since 1987.
Food trucks on campus
Food trucks will be on campus the week of March 28-April 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in two spots on campus, although the full weekly schedule still is filling in.
East end of campus north of the UNMC ice rink:
- Monday – Kebobs Gyros and Brats (beginning March 28 and every Monday thereafter)
- Tuesday – Street Eats (beginning March 29 and each Tuesday thereafter)
- Wednesday – La Casa Pizza (began March 23 and each Wednesday thereafter)
- Thursday – Zemogs (began March 24 and each Thursday thereafter)
- Friday – Corndog Company (beginning April 1 and every Friday thereafter)
West end of campus in front of the Durham Research Towers:
- Wednesday – Kebobs Gyros and Brats (beginning March 30 and every Wednesday thereafter)
- Friday – Zemogs (beginning today and each Friday thereafter)
Film Streams offers membership discount
Film Streams is offering a discount on its individual memberships for the UNMC community.
Individual memberships are $35 (normally $50) with the discount. To receive the discount, please show your UNMC ID badge upon purchase at either the Dundee or North Downtown location.
Memberships include one half-price ticket (just $5) per visit, a 20% discount on concessions items, members-only discounts on merchandise and bookstore items, advance purchase period for special events, members-only events and more.
See more information at the Film Streams website.
Film Streams is a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization dedicated to enhancing the cultural environment of the Omaha-Council Bluffs area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form.
The organization oversees two cinemas: the Ruth Sokolof Theater, the two-screen venue opened in 2007 in North Downtown, and the historic Dundee Theater, Omaha’s longest surviving neighborhood cinema.