Karen Burbach
Constitution and Citizenship Day: Fundamental rights affecting health care
On Sept. 17, the United States will celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day to recognize the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. All educational institutions receiving federal funding are required to provide educational programming on the U.S. Constitution on or around Sept. 17 of every year.
Sep 16, 2005
Crews prepare area for demolition
Concrete barricades and a 10-foot tall chain-linked fence are going up where a handful of UNMC buildings will be coming down. Anderson Excavating employees have been installing the chain-linked fence between 40th and 41st Street for the first phase of demolition, which will begin Sept. 17.
Sep 16, 2005
UNMC major accomplishments — 2004-2005
UNMC’s actions and outcomes list, as well as its major accomplishments for 2004-2005, are as follows: A. Enhance and expand the educational environment. Rubens Pamies, M.D. 1.Increase the flexibility of the traditional disciplinary curricula. Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., Yvette Holly Major Accomplishments: Determined feasibility and utility of implementing an interdisciplinary scholars track; CON has initiated an […]
Sep 16, 2005
Silver U recipients announced for September
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.
Sep 15, 2005
Deadly medicine: How the Nazis influenced modern medical ethics
Next week, UNMC faculty, staff and students will have several opportunities to hear Alan Wells, Ph.D., an expert in medical ethics formerly with the American Medical Association’s Institute for Ethics and Patricia Heberer, Ph.D., historian at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, present “The Nazis and Medical Ethics: Context and Lesson.”
Sep 14, 2005
NU offers tuition scholarships to Katrina victims
University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced a new scholarship initiative to benefit students and families affected by Hurricane Katrina. The University of Nebraska’s “NU Katrina Student Assistance Fund” has been established to make scholarships for the fall semester available to help students in a variety of circumstances.
Sep 14, 2005
Omaha native returns from Louisiana to attend UNMC
When Mykayla Garrison left Omaha in 2000 to attend Xavier University in New Orleans, she couldn’t have dreamt of the circumstances surrounding her return. With Hurricane Katrina an all-too-recent memory, Garrison is trying to re-acclimate herself to Omaha. The third-year pharmacy student has enrolled as a visiting student at the UNMC College of Pharmacy.
Sep 13, 2005
Record number of students attending UNMC
A record number of students is attending the University of Nebraska Medical Center this fall, as UNMC’s enrollment topped 3,000 students for the first time. This fall, 3,002 students are enrolled at UNMC, an increase of 98 students (3.4 percent) from fall 2004.
Sep 9, 2005
Preventive and Societal Medicine course on advanced clinical trials
The UNMC Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine will present a 10-part series of video presentations on Advanced Clinical Trials offered at the 2003 Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summer Session. Click for more details.
Sep 9, 2005
Hurricane Katrina relief – what you need to know to volunteer
Over the past several days, UNMC departments have received numerous inquiries for information on how faculty and staff may volunteer help, housing or funds for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. If you are interested in volunteering your time to go to the Gulf coast region, it’s important to read the following guidelines.
Sep 9, 2005