Lisa Spellman
UNMC celebrates its newest college July 9
On July 1 the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s School of Allied Health Professions became the medical center's sixth college. To celebrate UNMC will unveil a rendering of the skywalk over 42nd street that will feature panels introducing the new College of Allied Health Professions at 10 a.m. July 9 on the Ruth and Bill […]
Jul 7, 2015
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine to be national Ebola center
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine to establish and co-lead the nation’s National Ebola Training and Education Center
Jul 1, 2015
Caregiver strain focus of June 22 Science Cafe in Lincoln
Joan Harvey and Mary Christensen, DNP, both instructors in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Lincoln Division, will discuss caregiver strain at the next Lincoln Science Café at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 22, at VEGA, 350 Canopy St. in Lincoln. Harvey will discuss current research looking at the effect of caring […]
Jun 15, 2015
23rd annual state science meet draws 56 students from across Nebraska
Fifty-six eighth-grade students from 21 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC's 23rd annual State Science Meet June 4-6, for an educational and fun experience. The goal of the meet is to inspire students, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualify for the meet by submitting science projects in one […]
Jun 8, 2015
59 high school students graduate from UNMC High School Alliance program
Fifty-nine high school students from 11 metro-area school districts and 19 high schools graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s High School Alliance program on Thursday, May 21. A graduation ceremony and reception was held at the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education on the UNMC campus, where each student received a […]
May 29, 2015
Science of transgender is topic of June 9 Omaha Science Cafe
Jay Irwin, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will talk about the science of transgender at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., June 9 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Dr. Irwin received his doctorate in medical sociology from the […]
May 28, 2015
ADEA honors UNMC College of Dentistry faculty Amy Killeen, D.D.S.
The frantic knocking on her office door came a mere two minutes after she received the call. Amy Killeen, D.D.S., an assistant professor in the department of surgical specialties at the UNMC College of Dentistry, had just found out she was the recipient of the 2015 American Dental Education Association Council of Students, Residents and […]
May 12, 2015
UNMC College of Dentistry graduate ready to help rural community thrive
It will be a whirlwind over the next two months but by July, Jessica Sanborn, who graduates Friday May 8, from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, will be seeing her first patient at Family First Dental in Creighton, Neb. It’s the ideal ending to Sanborn’s four-year journey through dental […]
May 8, 2015
Thyroid disease focus of next Omaha Science Cafe May 12
University of Nebraska Medical Center endocrinologist, Whitney Goldner, M.D., and head and neck surgical oncologist Russell Smith, M.D., will talk about thyroid issues at the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., Tuesday May 12, at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Using an ultrasound machine that projects onto a screen, Drs. Goldner and Smith will show […]
May 6, 2015
UNMC College of Dentistry to offer free seminars for dental health professionals
Faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will travel to Grand Island, North Platte and Scottsbluff to provide education to dental health professionals on new advancements in pediatric dentistry and preparing oral health profession students for the future of oral health practice. The annual UNMC College of Dentistry Dental Education Caravan […]
May 5, 2015
