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Alzheimer’s Research at UNMC Recognized as Oldfield Research Fund Winner
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., a UNMC faculty member whose research focuses on Alzheimers disease, has been recognized as the second recipient of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimers Research Fund. Col. Barney Oldfield USAF (ret.) presented Dr. Ikezu with the $10,000 award during a ceremony in front of the University Geriatric Center. Later, Oldfield and Dr. Ikezu […]
May 1, 2000
UNMC, NHS Nurses Among 24,000 Licensed Nebraska Nurses to Celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12
Nurses at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System will celebrate National Nurses Week with activities, beginning May 6 and ending May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as a profession. The week, themed, “Relight the Lamp,” is dedicated to honoring nurses and their contributions. There are about 24, […]
Apr 28, 2000
$1.3 Million Renewable Award to UNMC Researcher
UNMCs Dr. Lynell Klassen Receives Prestigious MERIT Award from NIH University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher Lynell Klassen, M.D., has received the prestigious Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health. The five-year award totals $1.3 million. Dr. Klassen, the […]
Apr 26, 2000
Researchers from UNMC Team with Nebraska Department of HHS and CDC:
New Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Bacteria Identified; Study Appears in New England Journal of Medicine Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have teamed with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control to determine how antibiotic-resistant bacteria develop to cause disease in humans. The investigation, which is detailed in […]
Apr 26, 2000
The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites nurses interested in earning bachelors or masters degrees in nursing to attend informational sessions in Beatrice, May 2, to learn about ways to earn a degree with greater flexibility through Internet-based and other distance education. Informational sessions will be held in the Homesteader Room at the Beatrice Community […]
Apr 24, 2000
Surgeon’s Research Also Recognized with $1.1 Million Grant from National Institutes of Health
Dr. Timothy Baxter Selected for Membership in Prestigious James IV Association of Surgeons, Inc. Timothy Baxter, M.D., a professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is one of four surgeons in the United States to be selected for membership in the James IV Association of Surgeons, Inc. […]
Apr 24, 2000
Ricky Van Shelton to be featured at 2000 Cattlemen’s Ball
Country music artist Ricky Van Shelton will be featured at the third annual Cattlemens Ball of Nebraska to be held June 3 at the Haythorn Ranch near Arthur, Neb. In addition to five platinum and three gold albums, Shelton has had 12 hit singles including I am a Simple Man, Between the Lines and Just […]
Apr 19, 2000
The Friends of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center have established a $300,000 endowment at the University of Nebraska Foundation to demonstrate their commitment to cancer research and education at the University of Nebraska Medical Centers Eppley Cancer Center. The yearly interest generated by the endowment will be available to the Cancer Center for its research […]
Apr 17, 2000
UNMC College of Dentistry Students Selected into Dental Honorary Society
Five University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry students were recently selected as members of the Alpha Alpha Chapter, the colleges chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, a national dental honorary society that consists of 58 chapters in the United States. Omicron Kappa Upsilon was founded in 1914 at Northwestern University Dental School in Evanston, […]
Apr 12, 2000
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry student, John McPherson of Kemmerer, Wyo., has received the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Kramer Award of Excellence. McPherson, a junior dental student, was selected based on his scholastic record, character, potential for advancement in the dentistry profession, service to humanity and dedication and service. He is the son […]
Apr 12, 2000