UNMC Today
Dr. Thomas McDonald Named President of UneMed Corp.
Thomas McDonald, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s department of pathology and microbiology, has been elected president of UneMed Corp. by its board of directors. UneMed’s mission is to serve UNMC by developing and commercializing discoveries made by UNMC faculty, staff and students. Dr. McDonald has assisted UNMC in a variety […]
Jul 20, 1999
Architectural Firm Selected for UNMC Research Centers of Excellence
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Saturday approved HDR Architecture, Inc. of Omaha as the firm that will provide architectural and engineering services for the Research Centers of Excellence to be constructed on the west end of the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on the present site of the University Geriatric Center. HDR […]
Jul 20, 1999
UNMC, Mary Lanning, Good Samaritan Team up to Provide Nursing Students with Practical Experience, Opportunity
Nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, with the help of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Health Systems, are getting six to eight weeks of valuable nursing experience this summer. Fourteen senior nursing students are participating in the Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program which gives the […]
Jul 14, 1999
UNMC, Mary Lanning, Good Samaritan Team up to Provide Nursing Students with Practical Experience, Opportunity
Nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, with the help of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Health Systems, are getting six to eight weeks of valuable nursing experience this summer. Fourteen senior nursing students are participating in the Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program which gives the […]
Jul 14, 1999
70 Eighth-Graders from Across Nebraska Attend UNMC’s 7th Annual Health/Science Meet
Seventy eighth-grade students from 18 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC’s seventh annual Health/Science Meet earlier this month for a three-day, educational and entertaining experience. The meets goal is to inspire Nebraska eighth-graders, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional […]
Jul 6, 1999
UNMC, BryanLGH Medical Center Team up to Provide Nursing Students with Practical Experience
Nursing students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Lincoln Division received seven weeks of practical nursing experience this summer through BryanLGH Medical Center in Lincoln. Sixteen senior nursing students participated in the UNMC Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program, which gives students an opportunity to apply nursing theories and skills, as well […]
Jul 2, 1999
Three Physicians Join University Medical Associates, UNMC Faculty
Three physicians have joined University Medical Associates, the faculty group practice associated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. They also will hold faculty appointments at UNMC. The three include: Peter Chilian, M.D., and David Faust, M.D., UNMC Department of Anesthesiology; and Janet Merfield, M.D., UNMC Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Chilian, M.D., an […]
Jul 1, 1999
UNMC College of Nursing Graduates Inducted into Honor Society
Sixty-four recent graduates of University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing have been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, a professional nursing organization of 260,000 nurses internationally that recognizes and promotes scholarship, leadership and research in nursing. The students will join the Gamma Pi Chapter which is made up of […]
Jul 1, 1999
UNMC Student Organization Wins National Award
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Student National Medical Association chapter has received the Outstanding Chapter Service Award at the national SNMA conference in Miami, Fla. The chapter was recognized for its minority community work and its assistance to minority medical students. During the past year, the organization held four health fairs in Omaha to […]
Jun 30, 1999
$900,000 Grant Allows UNMC College of Nursing to Establish Nurse Practitioner Program in Norfolk, Beatrice
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Omaha has received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish the family nurse practitioner program to Norfolk and Beatrice. The program will make it possible for students to earn a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing by […]
Jun 25, 1999