Karen Burbach
Jay Noren named university provost
University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., has named Jay Noren, M.D., executive vice president and provost effective on or about July 1.
Noren (pronounced Nor-een), 57, has been director of the Health Workforce Project for the National Institute of Health Policy in Minneapolis since January 2001. He is a professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and a professor of family and community medicine in the College of Medicine in the Texas A&M University System.
May 1, 2002
UNMC Chapter of Pharmacy students win 7 awards at national conference
Kelli Gibson wasn’t too surprised when six national awards went to the UNMC chapter of the Academy of Students of Pharmacy. But, when the UNMC student chapter received the Division AAA chapter achievement award, Gibson was floored.
Apr 30, 2002
Winners of Administrative Professionals Day drawing announced
Read to learn the winners of the April 26 Administrative Professionals Day event drawing.
Apr 30, 2002
Dr. Binhammer receives 2001 Alvin Earle Award
While his classroom challenges may give some a headache, Robert Binhammer, Ph.D., always prepares his students to succeed in the medical field.
On Friday, UNMC students recognized the educational contributions of Dr. Binhammer, professor and vice chairman of UNMC’s genetics, cell biology and anatomy department, by awarding him the 2001 Alvin Earle Outstanding Health Science Educator Award for exemplary teaching.
Apr 29, 2002
UNMC names new chair of UNMC’s obstetrics/gynecology department
Carl Smith, M.D., has returned to his alma mater as chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.
“In many ways it’s like I never left,” said Dr. Smith, who earned his medical degree at UNMC in 1978.
Apr 26, 2002
Lifestyle Enhancement Center responds to Channel 7 story
On Thursday, KMTV Channel 7 aired a story about a massage therapist who crossed the lines of ethical behavior. Although the therapist was not associated with UNMC’s Lifestyle Enhancement Center, individuals at the center have issued a statement in response to the broadcast. (To read their response, click the headline).
Apr 26, 2002
Cattlemen’s Ball kicks off May 31 with four-person golf scramble
A four-person golf scramble will serve as the kickoff event for the fifth annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska on Friday, May 31 at the new Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln. The ball will take place Saturday, June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company, 25 miles northwest of Lincoln near Valparaiso, Neb.
Apr 25, 2002
UNMC has success in legislative session
UNMC shared in several successes this year in the Nebraska Legislature, said Bob Bartee, executive assistant to the chancellor.
“We owe a thank you to the numerous state senators who showed tremendous courage and vision as they voted on the bills that affected UNMC,” Bartee said Tuesday. “I thought that in strategic areas, we fared well during the session.”
Apr 24, 2002
Harris scholarships awarded to UNMC graduate students
Seven UNMC students recently were named recipients of the 2002 Norman and Bernice Harris Graduate Student Scholarships. The Harris Graduate Scholarship is a cancer research fund of seven, $500-stipends a year for UNMC graduate students doing research related to cancer.
Apr 23, 2002
CityMatCH helps cities translate infant mortality data into action
An infant mortality report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underscores the need for cities to define and execute data-driven strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic differences in infant mortality.
“Every city must be ready and able to translate its data into action to safeguard the health and well-being of its youngest residents,” said Magda Peck, Sc.D., one of the report’s co-authors and chief executive officer/executive director of CityMatCH, a national public health organization based at UNMC. “That is what CityMatCH is all about.”
Apr 19, 2002