UNMC Today
UNMC research expert tabbed for national post
Ernest Prentice, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected president of the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) Board of Trustees. Dr. Prentice, who served one other term as SCAW president in 1994-1995, began his current term on Jan. 1. SCAW is composed of […]
Jan 27, 2010
UNMC seeks to raise $100,000 for Haiti outreach fund
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has set a goal to raise $100,000 for the UNMC Haitian Relief and Outreach Fund through the University of Nebraska Foundation. The fund — which to this point has raised about $10,000 — supports relief missions such as the one undertaken by 13 medical center volunteers who arrived in […]
Jan 26, 2010
UNMC, metro school districts form health care career alliance
A future shortage of health care providers across Nebraska is prompting a community effort to prepare current high school students for health care careers. An alliance between the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Omaha area school districts will give high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to take college-level courses in preparation for […]
Jan 26, 2010
UNMC, Nebraska Medical Center volunteers head to Haiti this weekend
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will send a group of 13 health professionals to Haiti this weekend to help treat victims of the massive earthquake on Jan. 12. The group includes seven physicians and six nurses. They represent UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center. One of the physicians is from Children’s […]
Jan 22, 2010
Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Health to be topic of Feb. 9 Omaha Science Café
Everywhere we look, there is talk about sex and how it impacts our lives. Hear and engage in a candid conversation titled, “Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Health,” with a researcher and scholar in the field. Christopher Fisher, Ph.D., will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, Feb. 9, during the Omaha Science Café, from 7 to […]
Jan 21, 2010
UNMC medical students to offer information, resources for mental illness
Medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center received a $4,000 Helping Hand Grant from the American Psychiatric Foundation to increase awareness about mental illnesses. The students will hold 10 to 15 community education sessions to share information with underserved Omahans on how to recognize mental illness and where to get help. The Helping […]
Jan 20, 2010
UNMC partners with UNK in effort to educate more rural physicians
In a proactive move to try to meet the demand for family physicians in rural Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Kearney have established the Kearney Health Opportunities Program (KHOP). “With 32 percent of rural physicians over the age of 55, workforce projections indicate a critical shortage of […]
Jan 19, 2010
New physical therapy students participate in white coat ceremony
Fifty first-year physical therapy students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center donned white coats on Jan. 8 to mark one of their symbolic first steps into the profession. The students, who will graduate in 2012, also took an oath of professionalism. Donations from UNMC alumni helped pay for the white coats, […]
Jan 15, 2010
UNMC responds to earthquake in Haiti
NOTE: UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer wants UNMC to play an active role in the recovery effort in Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake. Here is a letter he sent to all faculty, students and staff today. If media would like to find out more about UNMC’s efforts to support Haiti’s recovery, please contact […]
Jan 13, 2010
"Are Liberals and Conservatives Physiologically Different,” will be the featured talk at the Jan. 21 Lincoln Science Café. John Hibbing Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln Foundation Regents University Professor of Political Science, will speak from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the red9 at 9th and M streets. Last fall Dr. Hibbing was featured on “The Daily […]
Jan 7, 2010