Karen Burbach
Northern Nebraska Area Health Education Center formed
A health education center will be formed over the next year to address health-care needs in 22 counties in northern Nebraska, as part of a federal grant that has been awarded to UNMC. The Northern Nebraska Area Health Education Center (NN-AHEC) will be centered in Norfolk.
Sep 11, 2002
Statement from NU President L. Dennis Smith, regarding university budget cuts
Click on headline to read Dr. Smith’s statement on potential NU budget cuts, and view the proposed cuts of NU’s four campuses and central administration.
Sep 11, 2002
UNMC/NHS will mark the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on America with a special remembrance ceremony. The UNMC/NHS ceremony will be Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8:30 a.m. in the Swanson Hall Courtyard, just west of the Durham Outpatient Center.
Sep 10, 2002
Runners, walkers celebrate College of Medicine centennial
Approximately 100 people turned out Sunday morning for the College of Medicine’s centennial run/walk. The four-mile run/walk, which commemorated the College of Medicine’s 100th anniversary of joining the University of Nebraska, took place on the Field Club Trail, south of the UNMC Student Life Center.
Sep 10, 2002
UNMC announces budget reduction strategy
UNMC has announced the steps it plans to take to reduce its 2002-2003 budget by an additional $3.07 million. See story for details.
Sep 10, 2002
Q & A on the budget reduction strategy
Click here for a Q&A on UNMC’s budget reduction strategy.
Sep 10, 2002
Parking Services information available online
Beginning Monday, Sept. 9, the Employee Self Service (ESS) Web site will provide employees with a convenient, round-the-clock option for accessing parking information.
Sep 6, 2002
UNMC/NHS segment not on ABC’s Good Morning America
UNMC/NHS did not appear Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America as planned. Bill Cunningham, ABC producer, contacted UNMC Public Affairs Monday to say the segment was bumped because of time constraints. “So sorry,” he said in an e-mail. “It’s a winner.”
Sep 4, 2002
Project to improve housing facilities for UNMC laboratory rodents
At UNMC and across the country, the burgeoning field of genomics has led to an explosion in laboratory mouse populations. Researchers are hopeful it also may lead to an unprecedented potential in identifying genes that cause disease or in possible treatments.
On Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved UNMC’s most pressing research infrastructure need — a $1.5 million containment and isolation facility for laboratory rodents in the existing 4230 Building on campus.
Sep 3, 2002
UNMC’s 2002-03 budget completed
The 2002-03 UNMC operating budget has been balanced and loaded into the SAP financial management system. UNMC continued to be mainly self-supporting, with only 29 percent of its funding coming from state general fund appropriations.
Aug 30, 2002