Springtime shows up at UNMC
Students enjoyed the warm weather last Tuesday on the Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza.
UNMC partners with Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
UNMC graduate, Kosuke Niitsu, PhD, delivered a lecture at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (Hama-Med) in Japan on Dec. 25, 2024. Dr. Niitsu, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, received his BSN, MSN and PhD degrees from UNMC.
The Hama-Med Faculty of Nursing established a partnership with the UNMC College of Nursing in 2024, and in October, nursing students from Hama-Med visited UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and other Omaha facilities.
Elizabeth Beam, PhD, associate professor at the UNMC College of Nursing and director of global health at UNMC, welcomed Hama-Med undergraduate nursing students. “It was such a pleasure to show the students what health care in the United States looks like while also learning more about one another,” Dr. Beam said. “We have more in common than we sometimes realize.”
During his lecture, Dr. Niitsu shared his experience as an undergraduate nursing student at UNMC and discussed the differences in nursing education between Japan and the United States. “It was a tremendous honor for me to speak at Hama-Med as a UNMC alumnus and talk about my experiences being a nurse in the United States,” Dr. Niitsu said.
-Sarah Hankin, UNMC Strategic Communications
UNMC retirements
UNMC Human Resources announced three recent retirements and one upcoming retirement. They are:
- Elmer Adamson, UNMC Department of Public Safety, retired Jan. 10. Start date Oct. 18, 2014.
- Barbara Conrad-Koperski, UNMC Department of Public Safety, retired Jan. 23. Start date June 6, 2019.
- Gary Yee, UNMC College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, retired Feb. 1. Start date July 1, 1998.
- Sandra Goynes, UNMC Printing Services, will retire April 5. Start date March 21, 2000.
-Jeff Robb, UNMC Strategic Communications
Crane set up over the weekend
On the weekend of March 1, a crane will be placed in the circle drive of Clarkson Doctors Building North to hoist materials up to the roof of the building as part of ongoing elevator replacement work.
The crane will only be set up over the weekend, so it will not impact business operations on Monday, March 3.
-Joe Evans, Nebraska Medicine
Food vendors on campus
Food vendors are available on the UNMC Omaha campus on both the east and west sides of campus, serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The current schedule is:
East end of campus (Sorrell Center, Alumni Commons area):
- Monday – Taste of Heaven
- Tuesday – Zemogs
- Wednesday – Taste of Heaven
- Thursday – Tikka Talk
- Friday – Pim’s Thai Catering & Take Out
West end of campus (Durham Research Center’s Maurer Commons area):
- Monday – Tikka Talk
- Tuesday – TBD
- Wednesday – Tikka Talk
- Thursday – Pim’s Thai Catering & Take Out
- Friday – TBD
Questions? Email Rick Boldt in the UNMC Office of Business and Finance.