UNMC Today
UNMC, NHS Invites Public to Free, Six-Week Series in Omaha on Aging
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System, will offer a free Mini-Medical School series for people interested in learning about aging issues. Beginning April 15, the six-week series, titled, "What’s Age Got To Do With It?, will run Wednesday evenings, April 15-May 20, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the UNMC […]
Apr 2, 1998
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Awarded $4.4 Million Grant to Battle Pancreatic Cancer
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University are the only two institutions in the nation to receive a Special Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate gastrointestinal cancer. Through the $4.4 million SPORE grant, basic and clinical researchers from the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center will collaborate […]
Apr 2, 1998
University Medical Associates Opens Keystone Health Center at 88th & Maple
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has opened the Keystone Health Center, a University Medical Associates (UMA) health center located at 8814 Maple St. The facility is the most recent addition to UNMC’s Primary Care Network. The Keystone facility will staff two family medicine physicians, Audrey Paulman, M.D., and William Hay, M.D., and family nurse […]
Apr 1, 1998
Nebraska Health System, UNMC Invites Nurses to Attend Third Annual State-of-the Art Nursing Conference in Omaha The Third Annual State-of-the-Art Nursing conference will be held April 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Omaha Marriott Hotel, 10220 Regency Circle. The conference, aimed at nurses and people in nursing management and educational roles, is […]
Apr 1, 1998
A research team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is developing a tool to help Nebraska communities predict and plan for nursing shortages. Mary Cramer, Ph.D., assistant professor, UNMC College of Nursing, received a $5,000, 12-month grant from the national Anne Zimmerman, RN American Nurses Foundation Scholar grant to conduct the research. The grant […]
Apr 1, 1998
UNMC, NHS Plan Tree Plantings Throughout the State To Raise Awareness for Organ Donation
A series of 22 tree plantings will be held in communities throughout Nebraska during the next 12 months in an effort to recognize organ donors and recipients while raising the awareness level for organ donation. "The Tree of Life" campaign is being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System. […]
Apr 1, 1998
Thirty-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry located in Lincoln, were honored during the College of Dentistry’s 31st Annual Professionals’ Day, an opportunity for faculty, students and staff to share professional and academic activities. The students were recognized as having the top 15 percent grade-point-averages of their class, with a […]
Mar 25, 1998
UNMC College of Dentistry Students Make Dean’s List
Twenty-five students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry located in Lincoln, were named to the dean’s list for the 1997 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 10 percent of their class. The students are listed below by program of study and hometown: Bachelor […]
Mar 24, 1998
The first-ever Cattlemen’s Ball, Nebraska’s biggest country western party of the year, will be held June 6 at the Graff/Snover Ranch near Ainsworth. Proceeds from the event, which is expected to draw 3,000 people from throughout the state, will go toward cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center. The feature […]
Mar 19, 1998
UNMC Nursing Students Earn Dean’s List Honors One hundred twenty-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the dean’s list following the 1997 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, with […]
Mar 18, 1998