Karen Burbach

Core facility helps Drs. Fox and Sarvetnick secure $3 million NIH grant

Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., and Nora Sarvetnick, Ph.D., recently secured a $3 million National Institutes of Health grant thanks in large part to the support of the UNMC Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core Facility and its director Pawel Ciborowski, Ph.D.

Jul 15, 2011

Discounted tickets to the Blues Brothers Revue

They’re on a mission from God and UNMC employees and students can watch it unfold for $5 at the Omaha Community Playhouse on Thursday, Aug. 11.

Jul 12, 2011

Dr. Juliann Sebastian named new nursing dean

Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D., dean and professor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Nursing, has been appointed as the new dean of the UNMC College of Nursing, effective Oct. 15.

Jun 29, 2011

New nursing dean announced

Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D., will join UNMC on Oct. 15 as the new dean of the College of Nursing.

Jun 29, 2011

Love BBQ? Check out the new food vendor at UNMC

Beginning this week, a new food vendor, This Little Piggy BBQ, joins the list of campus vendors at the Sorrell Center and Durham Research Center. Note the summer hour schedule for vendors at each location.

May 16, 2011

Radiation exposure from Japan power plants – should we be concerned?

As part of UNMC’s response to the devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan, David Crouse, Ph.D., interim vice chancellor for academic affairs, explains what we should know about the effects of nuclear power plants that leak radioactive materials.

Apr 15, 2011

Recollections of the gross anatomy lab

It would not be correct to say that most doctors have recollections of gross anatomy lab from medical school. Every doctor has recollections, vivid ones.

Apr 15, 2011

UNMC names Dr. Jennifer Larsen vice chancellor for research

A key cog in UNMC’s thriving research enterprise, Jennifer Larsen, M.D., has been named vice chancellor for research.

Apr 15, 2011

Wellness Wednesday — Skate-a-thon a chance to burn a lot of calories

Some numbers to consider as we head into this weekend’s UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s, which will be held Friday and Saturday at the UNMC Ice Rink.

Jan 26, 2011

UNMC’s Miss Nebraska aims to promote science in schools

Nicole Haverland, a graduate student in the department of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, has been named Miss Nebraska.

Jan 26, 2011