Karen Burbach
UNMC Travel Services announces changes to the travel policy
As result of a renegotiated contract, all United Airlines Business and Companion fares purchased through the Travel & Transport Web site will have no transaction fee. The new rate, which was $10 per ticket, went into effect Jan. 1 and will remain in effect until June 30. See article for additional details.
Jan 6, 2004
UNMC nuclear medicine student dies in accident
Laurie M. Schaefer, a student in the Nuclear Medicine Program at UNMC, died Saturday, Jan. 3, in a one-vehicle accident in Lincoln. Schaefer had completed one semester in the Nuclear Medicine Program, which is part of the School of Allied Health Professions’ Radiation Science Technology Division.
Jan 6, 2004
Associate vice chancellor for research named
Thomas H. Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research at UNMC, has announced that Paula B. Turpen, Ph.D., has accepted the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for research. She will assume her new post March 1.
Jan 5, 2004
UNMC Winter Workshop presentations Jan. 9
UNMC faculty and staff are invited to attend the final presentations of undergraduate students who will be attending the UNMC Winter Workshop. The presentations will take place between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, at the Eppley Institute, Room 2009.
Jan 5, 2004
Omaha-based foundation presents research award to UNMC physician-scientist
An Omaha-based medical research foundation has awarded a UNMC physician-scientist a $20,000 research award to study whether intravenous microbubbles and ultrasound can be used to alter the permeability of the “blood brain barrier.” Thomas Porter, M.D., a professor of cardiology at UNMC, received the research award from “Julia’s Hope: The Sanfilippo Syndrome Medical Research Foundation Inc.”
Dec 31, 2003
Business & Finance announces TEAM Excellence Awards
UNMC’s Graphic Arts team and Control and Refrigeration Shop were the recipients of this year’s Team Excellence and Merit Awards (T.E.A.M.) from UNMC Business and Finance.
Dec 31, 2003
UNMC recently received three Paper Anvil Awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Nebraska Chapter. The Paper Anvil program annually recognizes outstanding work in the field of public relations.
Dec 30, 2003
Dr. Kompella receives Pharmacy’s Distinguished Teaching Award
For his outstanding performance in the classroom, Uday Kompella, Ph.D., was selected as the 2003 recipient of the College of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Award.
Dec 24, 2003
Healthy HEARTland takes screenings across Nebraska
UNMC pharmacy students are traveling to six rural communities in Nebraska this school year, providing health screens designed to identify possible problems in participants before negative consequences occur.
Dec 23, 2003
Science and Technology Advisory Committee recruiting members
Thomas Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research at UNMC, and Leonard Agneta, J.D., director of the UNMC Intellectual Office and UNMC patent administrator, are recruiting UNMC faculty members and administrators to be members of the UNMC Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC).
Dec 22, 2003