Karen Burbach
May Silver ‘U’ recipients announced
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
May 16, 2008
Music as Medicine to feature chamber music
A violin player and pianist from the Omaha Chamber Music Society will perform during today’s Music as Medicine concert at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center Atrium.
May 15, 2008
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature Bill O’Neill, senior associate director of public affairs.
May 15, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Yazen Alnouti, Ph.D.
Yazen Alnouti, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
May 14, 2008
Weaving cultural competency across campus
In 2005, campus leaders discussed cultural competency as being more than a series of diversity projects. It is an attitude, they said, that values differing experiences and perspectives and welcomes culture, world viewpoints and gender. In 2006, the goal formally became one of UNMC’s critical success factors complete with action steps.
May 14, 2008
Still time to RSVP for seminar on congressional funding
Time remains to RSVP for Thursday’s seminar on congressionally-directed funding and the best avenues to secure it.
May 14, 2008
Med center’s small bowel transplant program the nation’s busiest
The intestinal transplant program at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, was one of the first of its kind in the nation when it began in 1990. Today, it is the busiest.
May 13, 2008
Popular trolley tour to examine more Omaha mansions
The Durham Museum is once again offering a noon trolley tour of some of Omaha’s historic mansions. The tour will focus on mansions north of Dodge Street, including the Mercer Mansion, Cathedral neighborhood, Gifford Park and Bemis Park.
May 13, 2008
Campus forums today and tomorrow
The UNMC budget, campus traffic, the UNMC career development Web site and an initiative to ban Affirmative Action in Nebraska will be discussed during employee forums today and Tuesday.
May 12, 2008
Passes remain for EcoHuts exhibit
The chancellor’s office has four free passes remaining for today’s opening reception of the EcoHuts exhibit at the Fontenelle Forest Nature Center. The passes, which are available to UNMC employees on a first-come, first-served basis, admit an entire family into the exhibit.
May 9, 2008