UNMC Today
719 University of Nebraska Medical Center new students complete first semester
719 students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have completed their first semester. Last fall, UNMC experienced a significant rise in applications for most of our educational programs, said Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs. This rise can be attributed to increased recruitment efforts, and increased student interest in health care […]
Jan 14, 2004
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. — part 2 of 6
In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UNMC Today will feature a series of photos and quotations from the civil rights leader. In today’s excerpt, King talks about human progress.
Jan 13, 2004
Retired UNMC faculty member updates recent history of College of Medicine
F. Miles Skultety, M.D., Ph.D., knows that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Thats why he was suspicious in May 2000, when James Armitage, M.D., then dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, and Irene Klintberg, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Medicine, invited him to lunch. Sure enough, there was […]
Jan 13, 2004
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. — part 1 of 6
In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UNMC Today will feature a series of photos and quotations from the civil rights leader. Today’s excerpt has King looking at the opposition’s point of view.
Jan 12, 2004
Acclaimed journalist, talk show host is MLK day speaker
UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center will sponsor the 2004 Martin Luther King Commemorative Presentation on Monday, Jan. 19. The featured guest speaker will be Tony Brown, acclaimed veteran African American journalist and talk show host.
Jan 9, 2004
Nebraska academy honors UNMC physician’s support of nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners presented its annual Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Advocate Award recently to Anthony Floreani, M.D., pulmonologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The award recognizes an advocate for contributions in support of the role of the nurse practitioner, said Polly A. Hulme, Ph.D., assistant professor, family nurse practitioner program, UNMC […]
Jan 9, 2004
Dr. Swindells to serve on world’s largest HIV clinical trials organization
Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., Terry K. Watanabe Professor and medical director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center HIV Clinic, was elected vice-chair of the Complications Research Agenda Committee of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG) last month. The AACTG is the biggest HIV clinical trials network in the world.
Jan 7, 2004
UNMC names Paula Turpen, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for research
Thomas H. Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, has announced that Paula B. Turpen, Ph.D., has accepted the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for research. She will assume her new post March 1. I am extremely pleased that Dr. Turpen has accepted this new position, Dr. Rosenquist said. […]
Jan 6, 2004
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center will sponsor the 2004 Martin Luther King Commemorative Presentation on Jan. 19. The featured guest speaker will be Tony Brown, acclaimed veteran African American journalist and talk show host. The program will be free to the public and held from noon to 1 p.m. […]
Jan 5, 2004
Santa pays special visit to Munroe-Meyer Institute
It wasn’t Christmas morning, but the smiles were just as big Dec. 22 when Santa Claus arrived with a bag of toys for children at the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Winter Camp.
Dec 24, 2003