Karen Burbach

UNMC Child Development Center teachers honored

UNMC’s Child Development Center teachers were the recipients of this winter’s Team Excellence and Merit Awards (T.E.A.M.) from UNMC Business and Finance.

Dec 21, 2004

Increasing salaries, research funds among top goals

UNMC has made great strides in building a strong research program. This year, it also hopes to improve employee salaries and benefits.

Dec 20, 2004

Silver U recipients announced for December

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.

Dec 16, 2004

Adolf receives Chancellor’s Gold U Award

When she’s not meeting with nursing home patients, Vicki Adolf is traveling to another long-term care facility in her red Jeep Liberty. As a nurse coordinator in UNMC’s Department of Psychiatry, Adolf logs nearly 6,000 miles a year traveling between 11 Omaha-area nursing homes and her office on the Richard Young Center campus.

Dec 16, 2004

Golden Apple Awards announced

UNMC students Tuesday recognized two outstanding teachers with the 2003-04 Golden Apple Award. James Booth, Ph.D., associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, received the award from the Class of 2006, while the Class of 2007 posthumously recognized Michael Dalton, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.

Dec 16, 2004

Students deck the halls at the Ronald McDonald House

UNMC’s Radiation Science students decorate the Ronald McDonald House for the holidays. Click for photos.

Dec 15, 2004

Understanding refugee culture crux of Ghana trip

Valda Boyd Ford will spend the New Year in the largest refugee camp in Ghana. Ford, director of UNMC’s Community and Multicultural Affairs, will spend eight weeks in the 140-acre Buduburam Refugee Camp working with Unite for Sight, an organization dedicated to health promotion and disease prevention. She leaves at the end of the month.

Dec 15, 2004

Holiday tea draws crowd

On Tuesday, a large gathering of faculty, staff and students attended UNMC’s annual Holiday Tea. Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife Beverly hosted the two-hour event in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Dec 15, 2004

Swarts helped bring Ronald McDonald House to Omaha

There would be no Ronald McDonald House in Omaha without Keith Swarts, says businessman Tony Diez. He should know. He worked alongside UNMC’s Director of Business Services to bring the Ronald McDonald House to Omaha 10 years ago.

Dec 14, 2004

UNMC training site for minimally invasive joint replacement surgery

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Friday announced that it has entered into an agreement with UNMC to establish a Zimmer Institute training site at the school to collaborate on advancement of minimally invasive procedures and technologies for joint replacement surgery. UNMC becomes just the third U.S. training site for Zimmer.

Dec 13, 2004