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Inaugural class graduates from UNMC High School Alliance
Thirty-two high school students from nine metro-area school districts celebrated their graduation from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s High School Alliance program May 12. A graduation ceremony and reception was held in their honor at the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Sciences Education on the UNMC campus. Each student received a certificate […]
May 27, 2011
Broken Bow’s Dr. Holcomb named UNMC Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year
When University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy students arrive for a rotation at Holcomb Pharmacy in Broken Bow, they can expect their comfort zone to, shall we say, expand. Mike Holcomb, Pharm.D., a 1990 College of Pharmacy graduate, likes to tailor the rotations through his pharmacy for to the experience level of the […]
May 26, 2011
June 7 Omaha Science Café to explore emerging contaminants in U.S. waterways
The topic of the Omaha Science Café on June 7 will explore what’s behind the ’emerging contaminants’ in rivers, lakes, ponds and streams across the United States. A presentation by Alan Kolok, Ph.D., titled, “Biologically active compounds as pollutants: Strange goings-on in U.S. waterways,” will begin at 7 p.m. at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th […]
May 26, 2011
UNMC one of eight sites selected for suicide prevention study
Five-year program will address one of society’s hidden problems The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one of eight participating sites in a national research study designed to identify ways to improve the detection and prevention of suicide among patients who present to hospital emergency departments (EDs). The project is being funded through a […]
May 24, 2011
Salvation Army Kroc Center receives $22,000 for Healthy Home Project
Medical Center provides $12,000 in funding The Salvation Army Kroc Center has received $22,000 in funding for its Healthy Home Project, which is designed to help families become healthier by changing aspects of their daily routine and lifestyle. Locally, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, as […]
May 23, 2011
The new University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Mobile Nurse Managed Clinic will make its maiden voyage May 25 to Norfolk, and Neligh on May 26. The college has partnered with Charles Harper, Jr., M.D., internal medicine physician, and Jean Suehl, APRN, geriatric nurse practitioner at Faith Regional Physician Services in Norfolk, […]
May 20, 2011
Children’s Dental Day returns to the Panhandle
Faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will return to the Nebraska Panhandle Friday and Saturday to offer dental services, at no cost, to children in the region. This is the 20th Children’s Dental Day event since the college started holding them in 2001. More than 200 […]
May 20, 2011
UNMC opens new College of Public Health building named for visionary Nebraska couple
One of the greatest accomplishments of UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., during his 12 years as chancellor was creating the College of Public Health – the first new college at UNMC since 1968. The college fills a void in UNMC’s broad range of health programs, and more importantly, enhances health care for all Nebraskans. […]
May 18, 2011
Patient safety organization names executive director
Holdrege nursing executive, Ann McGowan, is appointed The Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety (NCPS) announced today that Ann McGowan, R.N., M.S.N., has been named executive director of the coalition. In her role, McGowan will be responsible for the overall management of NCPS activities and for providing direction to the coalition and its members as they […]
May 16, 2011
Physician assistant trailblazer Jesse Edwards dies at 83
Co-founded PA program at UNMC in 1971 Armed with a dry sense of humor and a knack for uniting people behind a cause, Jesse Edwards helped bring the physician assistant profession to the state of Nebraska. Edwards, 83, died Tuesday at a hospice facility in Surprise, Ariz., following a short illness. "Jesse Edwards […]
May 12, 2011