UNMC Today
University Agrees to Carhart Settlement
Citing a federal judges prediction that it would almost certainly lose the case if it went to trial, the University of Nebraska has agreed to reach a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Bellevue physician Leroy H. Carhart. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in January. The settlement would reinstate Dr. Carhart as […]
Aug 23, 2001
This years Nebraska Agromedicine Consortium Meeting will look at some of the critical health issues facing farm families and industrial food production workers. The meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Kearney Holiday Inn in Kearney, Neb. This conference is designed to educate primary health-care providers on occupational and […]
Aug 22, 2001
UNMC to Lead $5.6 Million Research Project Looking Into Causes of Congenital Heart Defects
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year, $5.6-million federal grant to study the causes of congenital heart defects. The grant called a program project grant was awarded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one of the institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Thomas Rosenquist, Ph.D., […]
Aug 22, 2001
Public, Health Professionals Invited to UNMC/NHS Breastfeeding Conference
The Olson Center for Womens Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold a one-day Breastfeeding: Babys Natural Choice conference on Wednesday, August 29, to provide education on the benefits of breastfeeding, as well as insight into research on breastfeeding and management of breastfeeding problems and concerns. Keynote speaker will be Thomas Hale, […]
Aug 21, 2001
UNMC Researchers Take Aim on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a deadly killer, but most people are unaware of what it is. Thats why the University of Nebraska Medical Center and other research institutions around the world are trying to raise awareness for COPD, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States behind heart disease, cancer and stroke. […]
Aug 17, 2001
The family of Plattsmouth, Neb., native, Alvin B. Rakow, has made a $50,000 gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to establish a scholarship fund in his memory at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The gift creates a fund to provide an annual scholarship to a senior medical technology student in the UNMC School […]
Aug 17, 2001
Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso Selected as Site of 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska
Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb. has been selected as the site of the 2002 Cattlemens Ball of Nebraska to be held on June 1. The ball hosts will be Dan and Kathy Benes along with Dans parents, Ermin and Delores Benes and family. The Benes Cattle Company is located 25 miles northwest of Lincoln […]
Aug 16, 2001
Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso Selected as Site of 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska
Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb. has been selected as the site of the 2002 Cattlemens Ball of Nebraska to be held on June 1. The ball hosts will be Dan and Kathy Benes along with Dans parents, Ermin and Delores Benes and family. The Benes Cattle Company is located 25 miles northwest of Lincoln […]
Aug 16, 2001
Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso Selected as Site of 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska
Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb. has been selected as the site of the 2002 Cattlemens Ball of Nebraska to be held on June 1. The ball hosts will be Dan and Kathy Benes along with Dans parents, Ermin and Delores Benes and family. The Benes Cattle Company is located 25 miles northwest of Lincoln […]
Aug 16, 2001
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy are collaborating with researchers from Monash University in Australia, the Swiss Tropical Institute and Hoffmann-LaRoche in Switzerland, to develop a new anti-malarial drug discovered at UNMC. The team will share a two-year, $3.3 million grant provided by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a unique, […]
Aug 13, 2001