UNMC Today
UNMC students to attend international forum in Tokyo
For the second-straight year, UNMC will have student representatives at the International Student Forum, which will be held at the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo in late June.
Feb 19, 2007
Chinese medical exchange students return home
The heart of the Asian Pacific Rim Development Program is the continued exchange of students between UNMC and Chinese biomedical institutions. The second delegation of four Chinese medical students finished their three-month rotation at UNMC in December. In parting, these students left UNMC Today with some of their most lasting impressions about UNMC and America.
Feb 19, 2007
Nursing grad student performs in Tuskegee Airmen tribute
Dorothea Clute is used to serious challenges.
The former high school honor student and athlete received her bachelor of science in nursing degree from UNMC in 2001. She spent the next 18 months working in the liver/small bowel transplant unit of University Tower, then four more years in home health care, including a term as interim director of clinical services and competency tester for nursing assistants. … Considering all this, who would guess that one of her real passions is wearing a cow costume and performing live on stage?
Feb 16, 2007
Buehler to step down as MMI director, UNMC pediatrics chairman
Bruce Buehler, M.D., the man whose leadership helped elevate the Munroe-Meyer Institute into one of the top programs in the country for genetics work and treating people with developmental disabilities, plans to step down from his dual role as MMI director and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics on Oct. […]
Feb 15, 2007
UNMC’s College of Public Health names External Advisory Council
The newly formed College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has formed an External Advisory Committee made up of 34 people from around the state with public health expertise. “The committee will bring together a diverse group of people who will be able to provide critical input in helping […]
Feb 14, 2007
Local students make UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the fall semester 2006. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Feb 12, 2007
UNMC researcher makes important discovery in cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Knowing the cause of any disease is the biggest boon to finding ways to fight and treat it. UNMC researcher, Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., is trying to do just that in the case of Alzheimer’s disease. In an article published this month in The American Journal of Pathology, Dr. Ikezu and his team explain how […]
Feb 12, 2007
Experienced development team looks to strengthen UNMC
With more than 80 years of combined fund-raising experience, members of the University of Nebraska Foundation’s UNMC development team share a common goal — to maximize private support for the medical center.
Feb 8, 2007
Dr. Pamies hosts third annual diversity celebration
Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, has served in a number of positions at major biomedical institutions where the minority members were a small, often scattered, portion of the campus. That’s why he inaugurated the annual “Diversity Celebration” for minorities at UNMC in 2005. The Third Annual Diversity Celebration was Jan. 19 at Happy Hollow Country Club. More than 60 faculty members, students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and their family members attended.
Feb 5, 2007
Holdrege couple donates $200,000 for UNMC vision loss research
There was a time when Mary Pearson thought she would have to stand by and watch her husband Roy slowly lose his sight to macular degeneration. Then she learned she could do something about it. A federal law known as the Pension Protection Act was passed in August and allows people ages 70 ½ […]
Feb 2, 2007