Nicole Lindquist
Stone Soup fable comes to life at JP Lord
Many of us have heard the fable of “Stone Soup” or some version of it.
Dec 4, 2008
MMI’s Arts for Hearts to be held Dec. 2 and 3
All kids can play. That is the message hand-painted on several of the ceramic items up for sale and silent auction at the 7th annual Arts for Hearts show this week.
Dec 1, 2008
Max Kurz, Ph.D., is back. The Omaha native returned to his roots recently after serving as a professor in the Health and Human Performance Department at the University of Houston where he taught biomechanics for three years.
Nov 24, 2008
Rising up for pancreatic cancer research
A unique campaign to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer and the research going on at the UNMC was launched Wednesday.
Nov 20, 2008
$600,000 grant awarded to MMI and UNO researchers
When infants sit up for the first time, they reach a developmental milestone that can give them a whole new perspective of the world. But for babies with cerebral palsy, achieving that accomplishment isn’t easy.
Nov 13, 2008
Tuition assistance = the opportunity of a lifetime
Like the MasterCard saying goes, some things are just priceless. Such as the opportunity I was given on Oct. 17 to meet the richest man in the world, the Oracle of Omaha, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Mr. Warren Buffett.
Nov 7, 2008
Below are photos from recent Halloween festivities at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Nov 6, 2008
Leadership training programs gather to ‘combat autism’
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) programs from the Midwest region came together on the UNMC campus last month for the annual consortium conference.
Nov 3, 2008
Conference focused on all things autism
In partnership with Future Horizons Publishing Company, the Autism Action Partnership (AAP) formerly known as the GWR Sunshine Foundation will host its annual conference Wednesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista Hotel and Conference Center at the intersection of I-80 and Giles Road.
Oct 27, 2008
Live United ’08 – United Way donation can assist low-vision clinic
Imagine not being able to recognize familiar faces because your vision is fuzzy. Picture reading a magazine, but letters are missing. Envision trying to call a friend, but the numbers on the dial are a blur. That’s what macular degeneration is like.
Oct 16, 2008