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Television reporter joins UNMC public affairs

Veteran Omaha television reporter, Margaret Bumann, has joined the UNMC Public Affairs Department as special projects coordinator.

Oct 25, 2004

McGoogan Library honored for consumer health resource

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) has announced that UNMC’s McGoogan Library of Medicine has been selected to receive the 2004 NCLIS Blue Ribbon Consumer Health Information Recognition Award for Libraries for Nebraska. This prestigious award will be presented today at 3:30 p.m., during a reception at the McGoogan Library of Medicine.

Oct 22, 2004

CNND celebrates anniversary, merger with pharmacology

Spirits were high on Aug. 18, as UNMC’s Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) held its bi-annual state of the center dinner at the Omaha Press Club. The dinner marked the seventh anniversary of the CNND and – for the first time – brought together members of the CNND and UNMC’s Department of Pharmacology.

Aug 25, 2004

Spotlighting UNMC’s rural health initiatives

Through its numerous rural health programs and its presence in 125 communities across the state, UNMC has been successful in placing a large number of its graduates in underserved rural communities in Nebraska and making a major contribution to the state’s economy.

Aug 10, 2004

UNMC, Creighton honor neurology resident physicians

For the second straight year, the joint residency program for UNMC and Creighton University honored its resident physicians with a graduation celebration at Champions Run.

Jul 27, 2004

UMA, hospital to develop medical campus in west Omaha

University Medical Associates and its partners, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC, are planning to develop a comprehensive, full-service medical campus on the southeast corner of 180th and Dodge Streets, just west of the new Village Pointe shopping area.

Jul 23, 2004

Cattlemen’s Ball benefits UNMC Eppley Cancer Center

Omaha businessman Mike McCarthy loves the Cattlemen’s Ball and what it represents. Each year, he tries to attend – regardless of how many miles he has to drive to get there.

Jun 10, 2004

Nebraska delegation bound for biotechnology convention

This weekend, a group of nearly 20 Nebraskans will travel to the BIO 2004 Annual International Convention, the world’s largest biotechnology event. The convention takes place June 6-9 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center with more than 16,000 biotech executives, investors, journalists, policymakers and scientists from more than 55 countries expected to attend.

Jun 4, 2004

UNMC leadership team makes historic trek across Nebraska

It was a historic trip – two days, four speaking stops, 32 media interviews and more than 1,000 miles. In what is believed to be the largest group of University of Nebraska leaders to ever go out as a group across the state, 10 UNMC administrators piled into two vans on April 28 and 29 and went from Omaha to Scottsbluff and back on a landmark goodwill tour.

May 19, 2004

Omaha family celebrates first birthday of ‘miracle’ baby

When you have a family of 11 children, the addition of another child can become somewhat of a routine event. But, such was hardly the case for Rabbi Mendel Katzman and his wife, Shani, when child No. 12 arrived last year at The Nebraska Medical Center.

Apr 26, 2004