Karen Burbach
ITS offers advice on latest e-mail worm
The e-mail worm known as “MyDoom” “Novarg” or “WORM_MIMAIL.R” is currently spreading throughout the Internet. In response, UNMC ITS assembled its technical Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), took appropriate actions and continues to monitor the network traffic on campus. See article for more information.
Jan 29, 2004
National Biosecurity Center for Rural Health to form at UNMC
A new national biosecurity center headquartered at UNMC will focus on improving rural health. Funding for the National Biosecurity Center for Rural Health came from a $1 million appropriation in 2004 Omnibus Appropriation Bill approved last week by the U.S. Congress. President George W. Bush signed the bill Friday.
Jan 27, 2004
W-2 forms mailed this week to employees’ home addresses
W-2 forms are being mailed this week to employees’ home addresses. Beginning with the 2003 tax year, the University of Nebraska is printing and distributing W-2 forms for its employees.
Jan 23, 2004
UNMC reaches new heights in 2003
By any measure, 2003 was a remarkable year at UNMC. Today, UNMC Today looks at the progress, achievements and milestones of the past year.
Jan 22, 2004
Old hospital e-mail extension being eliminated
Beginning Feb. 27, any incoming e-mail to the The Nebraska Medical Center using the old “nhsnet.org” extension will be returned as undeliverable.
Jan 22, 2004
Living the dream as one race, one nation
America doesn’t have a race problem, it has a reasoning problem that is blocking Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality, said an acclaimed journalist and talk show host. Regardless of skin color, there is only one race: the human race, Tony Brown told the audience commemorating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday in the lower Storz Pavilion.
Jan 20, 2004
“Night of a Thousand Stars” event at UNMC raises more than $14,500
More than $14,500 was raised at the UNMC-sponsored event during the annual “Night of a Thousand Stars” celebration, which took place Dec. 6 in Omaha. The $14,582 raised at UNMC went to the Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP). In all, NAP received more than $430,000 from the night’s festivities.
Jan 19, 2004
Regents approve new cGMP facility
Patients with cancer, diabetes and liver failure will find hope in a new facility on the UNMC campus designed to advance innovative therapies. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Saturday approved a proposal to renovate an existing building on the UNMC campus for a new, 11,825 square foot current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) Transplant Production Facility.
Jan 19, 2004
Applications accepted for NU presidency
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents is seeking candidates for the position of president of the University of Nebraska. Review of applications will begin on Feb. 15, and continue until a candidate is selected.
Jan 16, 2004
Employees turn out for holiday blood drive
Forty-one units of blood were collected during the UNMC Blood Drive on Dec. 31. As a result, donors assisted as many as 123 patients in need.
Jan 16, 2004