Lisa Spellman
Gout game educates UNMC students, future physicians on poorly managed disease
As part of the push to develop new and better ways of teaching, second-year medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center are playing a video game to learn about gout, a painful disease that is poorly managed. “We found about half of the students don’t like sitting in lectures,” said Amy Cannella, M.D., […]
Dec 1, 2014
Four honored at annual UNMC alumni reunion
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Alumni Association honored four individuals with awards for contributions to their respective professions during the annual UNMC Alumni Reunion, held Oct. 17-18 in Omaha. More than 200 UNMC alumni from the colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy, and their guests attended the reunion. Alumni hailed from 29 states and […]
Nov 24, 2014
Second annual Freezin’ for a Reason set for Dec. 6
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha will host Freezin’ for a Reason, a charity ice skating event to support families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 6 at the UNMC ice skating rink located […]
Nov 12, 2014
UNMC ice skating rink to open Nov. 28
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will open its outdoor ice skating rink on Nov. 28. It will remain open through Jan. 31. The rink is located just east of 42nd Street, midway between Emile Street and Dewey Avenue on the north side of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education building. It […]
Nov 11, 2014
Science Cafe presentation on Ebola now on iTunes
The Nov. 4 Omaha Science Café presentation on Ebola is available on iTunes, the latest of many resources made available by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine. UNMC College of Public Health Dean Ali Khan, M.D. M.P.H., provided an overview of Ebola before a sellout crowd of more […]
Nov 7, 2014
UNMC welcomes 305 rural high school students to annual career day
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Recruitment and Student Engagement, held its second annual Health Care Career Day. The event introduces students with an interest in health care careers to the multitude of professions available in the health sciences. A total of 305 participants from 36 towns and 37 rural schools learned about opportunities in […]
Oct 15, 2014
UNMC to break ground today on fitness center expansion
The University of Nebraska Medical Center breaks ground today on a new 6,525-square-foot addition and 11,845 square feet renovation to two floors of the Student Life Center building at 40th and Jones streets. The $6 million redevelopment and expansion project was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents at its May meeting and […]
Oct 14, 2014
UNMC now shares logo with hospital partner, Nebraska Medicine
The Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians – once three separate but interconnected organizations – are now one operating under one name: Nebraska Medicine. Nebraska Medicine will continue to deliver the same familiar promise of "Serious Medicine. Extraordinary Care," and will provide it to all of its patients wherever they may need […]
Oct 13, 2014
Oct. 14 Science Cafe to focus on what happens to human body after life ceases
What happens to the body once life ceases is the topic of the next Omaha Science Café to be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., an associate professor in the department of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will discuss […]
Oct 7, 2014
Sexperts to present special all ages edition of Science Cafe Oct. 7
Relationships, dating, safer sex, and other topics will be presented at a special edition of the Omaha Science Café series, taking place on Oct. 7 at Caffeine Dreams, 4524 Farnam St. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. and is open to all ages. “We’ve gotten a lot of interest in other presentations on this topic […]
Sep 25, 2014