Karen Burbach

Cardiovascular research symposium celebrates 10th year

Fifty-one posters were presented at the 10th Annual UNMC Cardiovascular Research Symposium, held Feb. 3 at UNMC.

Feb 13, 2006

Milliken gives 2006 State of the University

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has foregone tradition and delivered his 2006 State of the University address via e-mail and pod-cast. The speech is available on line, in both audio and print formats, at www.nebraska.edu.

Feb 10, 2006

Comparative Medicine employee receives certification

Joseph Krajicek, assistant director for operations, UNMC Comparative Medicine, has been awarded professional certification as Certified Manager of Animal Resources. He is the second person in UNMC’s Department of Comparative Medicine to be certified at that level.

Feb 10, 2006

MMI AmeriCorps hosts Child ID Day

The UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute’s AmeriCorps recently held its second Child ID Day. In all, 48 children were fingerprinted and photographed using ID kits.

Feb 7, 2006

UNMC physicians on Best Doctors list

Selected by their peers, 182 UNMC physicians are recognized as being among the Best Doctors in America. Physicians are selected on the basis of the question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?”

Feb 3, 2006

Poet shares poems of healing

Ted Kooser is more than a collector of poetry prizes. The poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer prize winner also is a survivor of head and neck cancer.

Feb 2, 2006

Childhood cancer survivor receives new heart

As a child, 25-year-old Chris Collins won a hard fought battle with cancer. Now, as an adult, the Council Bluffs, Iowa, man is doing well in the days after receiving a new heart.

Feb 1, 2006

Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners February offerings

As part of the Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners program, medical center employees can gain free admission to this month’s opening of “French Donjons: Castle of Coucy, Medieval Life in Miniature,” as well as participate in Friday’s discussion on “The Da Vinci Code Debate.” Click for details.

Feb 1, 2006

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Ken Bayles, Ph.D.

Kenneth Bayles, Ph.D., associate professor of Pathology/Microbiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.

Jan 31, 2006

Connealy sworn in as Student Senate president

Dan Connealy recently took the oath of office to become the 2006 UNMC Student Senate president. The third-year medical student from Chadron also will serve as the UNMC student representative on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

Jan 31, 2006