Lisa Spellman

Climate change is focus of Feb. 23 Lincoln Science Cafe

Climate change and food security will be the topic of the next Lincoln Science Café at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at VEGA, 350 Canopy St. in Lincoln. Nebraska native and 1979 University of Nebraska-Lincoln alum, Tim Rinne will present. Rinne has spent his entire career in the field of politics, working as a community […]

Feb 16, 2015

UNMC, Cass County partner to form new paramedic response program

Across Nebraska, approximately 430 licensed ambulance services provide life-saving emergency medical care at a moment's notice. In most rural communities it is volunteers, who are trained in basic life support, that fill the role of emergency responders. And it’s those first responders who have the biggest impact on a person in crisis, said Eric Ernest, M.D., assistant […]

Feb 2, 2015

Biofuels is topic of Feb. 10 Omaha Science Cafe

Scott Williams, Ph.D., managing director of the Omaha Biofuels Cooperative, will present “Biofuels: From Used Cooking Oil to our Fuel Tanks and Beyond,” at the next Omaha Science Café to be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Dr. Williams co-founded Omaha Biofuels Cooperative with his twin brother, […]

Feb 2, 2015

UNMC College of Dentistry to help 200 children during dental day event Feb. 6

Children’s Dental Day at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year. Held on the first Friday in February, the event provides access to dental care for nearly 200 needy children from central and eastern Nebraska each year. This year children […]

Jan 28, 2015

UNMC study reveals organ transplant patients can fight off sepsis infection

For years, Andre Kalil, M.D., observed with awe how solid organt transplant patients who acquired sepsis, a potentially life-threatening infection, would get well. Considering that transplant patients need to take lifelong medications to lower their immune system in order to avoid rejection, this was surprising to him. “They would be really sick and amazingly come […]

Jan 20, 2015

UNMC earns prestigious Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement designation

The University of Nebraska Medical Center was cited this month as the only academic health science center in the United States to be awarded the “Community Engagement” designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching this year. The classification recognizes UNMC’s commitment of more than six decades to Nebraska’s urban and rural communities […]

Jan 12, 2015

UNMC and primary care practitioners launch project focused on healthy behaviors

In an effort to improve the health of their communities, practitioners from six rural Nebraska towns came together with metropolitan practitioners and faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center to launch a project focused on encouraging healthy behaviors. The research project is aimed at understanding factors that lead to obesity and ways to reverse […]

Jan 6, 2015

Rev. Darryl Eure to headline Jan. 19 MLK event

Rev. Darryl Eure will deliver the annual keynote address to honor slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on Monday, Jan. 19. As one of the city’s best attended events on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the program, which starts at noon, is […]

Jan 5, 2015

Science of food is focus of Dec. 9 Omaha Science Cafe

Paul Kulilk, owner and head chef at Le Bouillon and executive chef at The Boiler Room Restaurant, will talk about the science of food preparation at the next Omaha Science Café to be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Slowdown, 729, N. 14th St. Born in Germany and raised in Omaha, Kulik […]

Dec 3, 2014

Women’s health is focus of Dec. 8 Lincoln Science Cafe

Kristin Rooney, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will talk about women’s health, such as urinary incontinence and painful bladder disorders at the next Lincoln Science Café. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8 at VEGA, 350 Canopy St. in Lincoln. Dr. Rooney is […]

Dec 2, 2014