Karen Burbach
Blackboard unavailable June 1-2 due to updates
Blackboard will be unavailable June 1-2 so the new version of the software can be installed. The upgrade is required by Blackboard to maintain the manufacturer’s support of the product.
May 23, 2006
Power to End Stroke Campaign launched
It happened to Coretta Scott King, Luther Vandross and most recently to baseball player Kirby Puckett. And it may happen to you – a stroke. Blacks are almost twice as likely to have a stroke as whites, and about 100,000 African Americans will suffer from one this year. That’s why Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, and others are teaming up with the American Stroke Association this month to launch the Power to End Stroke campaign in Omaha.
May 23, 2006
Board review course ranks among best
UNMC’s annual Family Medicine Board Review Course is a gem among practitioners. Jeffrey Susman, M.D., chairman of the family medicine department at the University of Cincinnati, says it is probably the “nation’s best known, best loved course.”
May 22, 2006
Forums scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday
Salary pool increases, health insurance, employee training and development programs, and a new online employee handbook will be among the topics discussed at two forums for faculty and employees this week. See story for details.
May 22, 2006
Seniors battle through chemistry, calculus and cancer
Each year the UNMC Pediatric Oncology Department receives a handful of high school graduation invitations. Each is a story of triumph – a fragile balance of academics and medical appointments. This year was no different – until the pediatric oncology team realized they had not three or four, but 14 on their desk addressed to “our UNMC family.”
May 18, 2006
Statewide HIV/AIDS conference set for today
Health care providers in greater Nebraska will have the opportunity to learn the latest treatment information for HIV/AIDS at a statewide conference today.
May 17, 2006
Transplant makes soul sisters for life
Mary Ann Reilly and Sherri Reinert-Gehman have an unshakable bond. It’s a bond that began more than 20 years ago and became inseparable March 8 when Reilly gave a life-saving gift to Reinert-Gehman – she donated her kidney.
May 16, 2006
College of Nursing gets surprise treat during nurses week
Ellen Trumble knew she and her Cosmopolitan-UNMC College of Nursing Mobile Nursing Center colleagues were in for a treat Thursday when Omaha’s KGOR radio called.
May 12, 2006
Bike to work? Participate in commuter challenge
The medical center will be one of the Omaha companies participating in a friendly competition to promote bicycling as a means of traveling to and from work. The four-month challenge will be kicked off May 15 with National Bike to Work Week and a Mayor’s Bicycle Ride.
May 11, 2006
Nursing students collect food, money for underserved
Students in the The College of Nursing received 135 pounds of food and raised $108 during National Public Health Week.
May 9, 2006