Karen Burbach
About 40 students from UNMC’s Division of Radiation Science Technology Education recently decorated the Ronald McDonald House for the holidays.
Dec 6, 2005
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Sean McGarry, M.D.
Sean McGarry, M.D., assistant professor, orthopaedic surgery, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Dec 6, 2005
Jaw-lengthening surgery helps infant
The smile on 8-month-old Kieli Rauert is nearly as wide as her face. She gums the sky-blue trim on her “I love my grandma” bib and nibbles on her baby-soft fingers. When she turns, you notice two small pink scars on either side of her jaw. What you don’t see is how physicians at UNMC used tiny screws to lengthen Kieli’s jaw 4 centimeters – not quite the length of a large paper clip.
Dec 5, 2005
Bartee honored for work in state relations
Bob Bartee, UNMC executive assistant to the chancellor, is the recipient of the 2005 Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Achievement award, one of only two state government awards presented annually by four nationally known academic organizations.
Dec 2, 2005
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Matthew White, M.D.
Matthew White, M.D., associate professor of radiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Nov 30, 2005
Silver U recipients announced for November
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.
Nov 29, 2005
O’Connor receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award
In media circles, he is the face and voice of UNMC. On campus, he is “the” person to contact when a story breaks. For the past 18 years, Tom O’Connor has passionately promoted UNMC to all who would listen.
Nov 29, 2005
UNMC residents pass boards for eighth straight year
In football, repeat undefeated seasons are a laudable – if not improbable – goal. And eight perfect seasons are virtually unheard of – unless the team is UNMC’s Department of Internal Medicine.
Nov 28, 2005
UNMC nursing graduates, students honored
On Nov. 19, the March of Dimes hosted the 2005 March of Dimes Excellence in Nursing Awards ceremony. Of the 168 award nominations submitted, at least 21 were graduates of, or students at, the UNMC College of Nursing.
Nov 28, 2005
Library’s reference desk makes life-saving call
Cindy Schmidt, M.D., has taken a lot of reference calls at the McGoogan Library. But, this one was unusual. Her colleague, Roxanne Cox, was calling from a villa outside of Arrezzo, Italy, and it was urgent.
Nov 23, 2005