Lisa Spellman

Neurosciences honors UNMC donor alum

More than once Carol Swarts, M.D., has found a way to give back to the place she says gave her the opportunity of a lifetime. Recently, she made a $500,000 commitment to fund research in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience.

Jul 3, 2007

Workshop aimed at strenghthening American Indian education

As she opened a box containing a shiny new microscope, Judy Walz felt a twinge of holiday spirit. “It’s just like Christmas,” said the science teacher from St. Francis Indian School. “We really don’t have the means or the materials that our students need. This microscope will really come in handy.” Walz was one of 16 teachers from eight reservations schools in Nebraska and South Dakota who attended a workshop at UNMC in early June.

Jun 18, 2007

Bel Canto lives up to its name during UNMC performance

With a blend of voices that rang clear as a bell, the Bel Canto choir was true to its name during a performance last Thursday in the season’s final “Music as Medicine” concert at UNMC.

Jun 14, 2007

Sixty-three eighth-graders attend UNMC Health/Science Meet

Sixty-three eighth-grade students from 35 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC’s 15th annual Health/Science Meet, which ran Thursday through Saturday.

Jun 12, 2007

Conference to focus on animal research regulation

In the 1960s, Life magazine published a story about animals being subjected to horrible living conditions by dealers looking to sell the creatures for research. … The care and use of animals in laboratory experiments is the focus of a one-day conference being held June 26 at UNMC hosted by the university’s IACUC.

Jun 5, 2007

Sandy Leslie named June Gold ‘U’ winner

Telling someone something they don’t want to hear can be tough. But as Sandy Leslie can attest, it’s part of the job when it comes to being a UNMC employee relations specialist. But in these and other trying circumstances, Leslie maintains a sense of humor … For her attitude, commitment to her job and service to UNMC, Leslie received the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for the month of June.

Jun 1, 2007

UNMC Off The Clock — MMI’s Livermore on beach volleyball tour

On weekdays, Chestnut Livermore analyzes human chromosomes as a cytogenetic technologist at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute. But on many weekends, she heads to sunny beaches around the country and smashes volleyballs at breakneck speeds past other women as part of the Extreme Volleyball Professionals Tour.

May 31, 2007