UNMC Today
UNMC seeks approval to move forward with site preparation for new education building
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will be asked today to approve the initiation of site leveling and foundation pilings for the Center for Health Science Education (CHSE) building at the University of Nebraska Medical Center so that the medical center can stay on track for the building to open in the fall of […]
Nov 11, 2005
Regents approve Center for Advanced Surgical Technology
The University of Nebraska is poised to be a leader in the evolution of surgical practice. It already has designed, and tested in animals, several tiny, wheeled robots that can be slipped into the abdomen and controlled miles away. It has designed an articulated grasping tool, trademarked under the name Intuitool, which can […]
Nov 11, 2005
Kristallnacht: Omen of Holocaust
Today marks the 67th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the”Night of Broken Glass,” one of the most horrifying assaults in history against the European Jewish Community. On Friday, Bob Wolfson, executive director of the Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League/Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, will discuss the event, its aftermath and the valuable lessons for contemporary mankind.
Nov 9, 2005
National experts in infectious diseases and from the country’s three biocontainment units will meet during a conference Nov. 8 and 9 at the Marriott Regency motel, 10220 Regency Drive. Attending the Biocontainment Unit Conference will be representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of […]
Nov 7, 2005
The University Medical Associates, the physician group practice of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, invites the public to its free “Winter Health Tune Up,” event Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., at its location in the Clarkson West Medical Center building at 144th and Center streets near Oak View Mall. The […]
Nov 2, 2005
The Nebraska Medical Center Unveils the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence
In November 2002, The Nebraska Medical Center broke ground on a building. On Oct. 28, 2005, the building unlocked the home for the largest emergency department in the Midwest, more than 27 state-of-the-art operating rooms, radiology equipment that can scan the body in 10 seconds and a Newborn Intensive Care Unit designed around our tiniest patients. The […]
Oct 31, 2005
College of Nursing Lincoln Division open house Oct. 28
Students, faculty and staff of the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division will celebrate a long-awaited move during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Remarks and the ribbon-cutting will begin at 4:30 p.m. The college moved in July to the Commerce Court Building at 1230 O […]
Oct 28, 2005
College of Nursing Lincoln Division to host open house Oct. 28; move into renovated building
Students, faculty and staff of the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division will celebrate a long-awaited move during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Remarks and the ribbon-cutting will begin at 4:30 p.m. The college moved in July to the Commerce Court Building at 1230 […]
Oct 27, 2005
Chinese medical students start historic rotations at UNMC
Three medical students from Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School are the first exchange personnel from SJUMS to the United States as part of the new Asia Pacific Rim Development Program.
Oct 25, 2005
Chinese students, faculty arrive on campus
Meet the first Chinese students and faculty adviser to be part of the historic Asia Pacific Rim Development Program era in Nebraska.
Oct 25, 2005