Lisa Spellman
Largest NU enrollment in more than a decade
Enrollment at the University of Nebraska increased by 2.7 percent this fall, the third year in a row student numbers have gone up. A total of 47,058 students are attending the university in the 2007-08 school year – the highest total enrollment since 1996 – with significant increases in first-time freshmen and graduate students.
Sep 11, 2007
NU President Milliken to join Latin American delegation
LINCOLN — University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken is one of eight university presidents who will accompany U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and other government officials on a seven-day trip to Latin America the week of Aug. 18-24.
Aug 13, 2007
Novice scientists showcase summer research projects
College students from across the state are showcasing their biomedical research work this week at a UNMC-led conference in Grand Island.
Aug 9, 2007
UNMC dance on Aug. 18 to honor late MMI board member
Dress as your favorite rock star and get ready to boogie at the first annual Carol Goranson Memorial Dance on Aug. 18.
Aug 8, 2007
UNMC researcher brings pilot project to West Africa
UNMC researcher Georgette Kanmogne, Ph.D., recently received $386,422 from the National Institutes of Mental Health to launch a pilot project on the neurological impact of HIV in West Africans living in Cameroon.
Aug 3, 2007
UNMC seeks nominations for J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award
UNMC is currently accepting nominations for the 2008 J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award.
Aug 2, 2007
New splash pad keeping MMI campers cool
Slowly the boy approaches the pole with the cone-shaped buckets at the top. He looks up.
Wait for it. One more second. Whoosh! A stream of water splashes down on his head. Laughing the boy in the bright red swim trunks runs to the next water station on the newly installed splash pad at the Munroe Meyer Institute (MMI).
Jul 26, 2007
Dr. Persidsky’s $2.3 million NIH R01 grant renewed
Yuri Persidsky, M.D., Ph.D., recently received renewal of an important grant that will allow him to continue his work on understanding the mechanisms of blood brain barrier injury caused by neuron-inflammation and HIV-1 brain infection.
Jul 25, 2007
Fifth and sixth graders get hands on at science camp
If you told eleven-year-old Angelica Gutierrez that science camp is boring, she would beg to differ. “It’s a blast,” Gutierrez said. “I love science!” That was music to the ears of Maurice Godfrey, Ph.D., the UNMC associate professor of pediatrics who hosted the four-day July science camp at Liberty Elementary School in Omaha for fifth- and sixth-graders.
Jul 25, 2007
Two from UNMC receive Presidential Graduate Fellowships
LINCOLN — University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the eight 2007-08 recipients of Presidential Graduate Fellowships.
Jul 19, 2007