UNMC Today
UNMC’s Beck remembers the forgotten client
Today’s UNMC Today includes a reprint of an article Gary Beck, education administrator in UNMC’s department of pediatrics, published in the fall 2001 edition of the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing “Notes” newsletter. Beck serves as an interpreter and activist for the Deaf community.
Apr 30, 2002
People interested in learning more about asthma are invited to attend a World Asthma Day event on Tuesday, May 7, from 7 to 8 p.m., at the University of Nebraska Center College of Nursing West Nebraska Division of Scottsbluff, in room 201. The college is located at the University Complex Panhandle Station, 4502 Ave. I. […]
Apr 26, 2002
2002 Cattlemen’s Ball to kick off May 31 with four-person golf scramble in Lincoln
A four-person golf scramble will serve as the kickoff event for the fifth annual Cattlemens Ball of Nebraska on Friday, May 31, at the new Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln. The ball will take place Saturday, June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company located 25 miles northwest of Lincoln near Valparaiso, Neb. The $400 […]
Apr 24, 2002
UNMC/NHS help kick off Race for the Kids with April 24 campus event
On Wednesday, April 24, UNMC/NHS Community Partnership and the UNMC/NHS Employee Diversity Network will co-sponsor a presentation of performances by children from Omaha Public Schools. The event will be from noon to 1 p.m., in the grassy area east of the link between NHS Clarkson Hospital and UNMC.
The program will publicize the May 11 city wide ConAgra Foods “Race for the Kids” — a benefit race for All Our Kids Foundation, Inc. — on the ConAgra Foods campus. Ward Chambers, M.D., executive director of UNMC/NHS Community Partnership, is a member of the board of directors for the All Our Kids Foundation, Inc.
Apr 22, 2002
Dillard University faculty member shares campus’ tradition, diversity
Go ahead and ask Cathy Bernosky de Flores how it feels to be a white faculty member at the historically black Dillard University in New Orleans? It’s OK, she actually loves the question. It’s just another opportunity for her to explain why “Dillard feels just like home.” De Flores is studying for her doctorate at UNMC’s College of Nursing.
Apr 19, 2002
Dr. Ghorpade receives 2002 Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Award
Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D., chief of Laboratory for Cellular Neuroimmunology at UNMC’s Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders and the scientific director of the Rapid Autopsy Program, is the 2002 recipient of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund Award. The Oldfield Award will be presented Monday, April 22, at 11:30 a.m. in the Healing Gardens of the Lied Transplant Center.
Apr 19, 2002
UNMC Researcher Anuja Ghorpade Receives Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Award
Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D., is the 2002 recipient of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund Award. Dr. Ghorpade is assistant professor in the department of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The Oldfield award will be presented on Monday, April 22, at 11:30 a.m. in the Healing Gardens of UNMCs Lied […]
Apr 18, 2002
UNMC graduate programs rank among best in country
Five graduate programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have been ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top programs in the country. The rankings appear in the April 8 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” guidebook. The five programs are: the College of Medicine rural health medicine […]
Apr 12, 2002
Lori Brunner, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is one of 50 young medical professionals to have received the American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award. The award is given annually to 25 medical students and 25 resident and fellow physicians for their exceptional leadership among their peers and achievements in […]
Apr 3, 2002
UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division to Celebrate 25th Anniversary Saturday, April 13
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division will celebrate its 25th Anniversary with a variety of activities Saturday, April 13. The division, located on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus in the West Center Building, draws nursing students from a 100-125-mile radius around Kearney. At 10 a.m., a brunch will […]
Apr 2, 2002