Elizabeth Kumru UNMC public relations

ORCA Award recipient Dr. Gendelman on his work and motivation

Watch a video and read a story about Dr. Howard Gendelman, recipient of the University of Nebraska’s Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award.

Apr 24, 2012

College of Public Health to offer emergency preparedness program

Learn about a new program to help health care professionals prepare for disasters.

Apr 16, 2012

Students Engage in Global Health in Omaha

Americans take much for granted – from refrigerators to toilets to health care. But refugees seeking asylum from war zones in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa often don’t know what to put in a refrigerator, how to use a toilet, where to get their children immunized and that they can question their health provider.

Apr 7, 2012

UNMC to observe National Public Health Week

From a game show to a writing workshop, see what events are planned to celebrate National Public Health Week at UNMC next week.

Mar 29, 2012

Benefit ‘U’ in focus — Redeem Thank ‘U’ medallions by mail

As of Jan. 1, UNMC employees can redeem their Thank ‘U’ award medals easily through campus mail.

Mar 12, 2012

Public Health to hold open house Friday

Exciting career choices in public health will be explored during an open house at the UNMC College of Public Health on Friday.

Mar 7, 2012

New Center for Health Policy approved at UNMC

Health care reform, distracted and impaired driving laws and strategies to increase the size of the health care workforce are samples of policies that will be researched and analyzed in UNMC’s newly approved Center for Health Policy.

Mar 5, 2012

DNA — The primary frontier

Voyage into the building blocks of life — adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine — the nucleotide bases in a molecule of DNA.

Mar 5, 2012

UNMC’s AIDS A-Team

Three decades ago, not one of the five people in this story had ever heard of the University of Nebraska Medical Center or each other. They had only one thing in common – a future that would be affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Mar 1, 2012

Sparks scholarship deadline is Feb. 28

A $1,000 scholarship awaits an outstanding student at the University of Nebraska who majors in a health promotion and disease prevention field.

Feb 16, 2012