Tom O'Connor
February includes such events as the Chinese Cultural Fair on the 2nd and a free campus sock hop and free ice skating on the 3rd.
Jan 28, 2017
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UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $5.3 million in new funding during the month of November, including $3.9 million to Matthew Rizzo, M.D., neurological sciences. The Institutional Development Award is UNMC’s largest grant.
Jan 28, 2017
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Registration open for Feb. 28 well-being event
Faculty, staff and students are urged to register online for UNMC’s second annual “Elevating the Conversation: Rekindling Your Spark” colloquium.
Jan 28, 2017
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Samuel Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, received the Ambassador Award from the Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology, and also was honored with the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Toxicology.
Jan 28, 2017
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Jodi Parrack, an administrator in the rheumatology division of internal medicine, says mentors have invested in her at UNMC and she hopes to pay that forward to her staff.
Jan 28, 2017
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With the holidays behind us and the new year beginning, it’s a good time to reflect on some of the things we plan to accomplish in 2017. Coming year will see new curriculum, programs, research and departments.
Jan 27, 2017
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A total of 11 new faculty joined the College of Medicine in November. The list includes one associate professor, nine assistant professors and one instructor. Here’s the complete list of new faculty:
Jan 27, 2017
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COM student of the month — meet Joe Novotny
Joe Novotny, a second-year medical student from Omaha, is president of the Pediatrics Interest Group and is a certified nuclear medicine technologist.
Jan 27, 2017
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UNMC leadership team goes to York, Kearney and Hastings on Jan. 23-24
Chancellor Gold will provide UNMC update in all three communities
Jan 20, 2017
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Kari Byron to headline 2017 Nebraska Science Festival
Keynote is host of popular reality-based science shows
Jan 11, 2017
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