Chuck Brown

Dr. Maurer: UNMC’s stock rises in China

One morning on his recent trip to China, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., casually read the China Daily — the nation’s largest English language paper — and happened on a story headlined, “Top schools recruiting best brains.”

Nov 8, 2011

Date corrected for Wounded Knee Durham Museum seminar

A Durham Museum seminar on Dr. Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) — a physician who witnessed and recounted the Wounded Knee Massacre — will be on Wednesday, not Tuesday as originally noted in UNMC Today.

Nov 8, 2011

Myths and misunderstandings of Tuskegee focus of today’s Wilson lecture

Susan Reverby, Ph.D., a professor at Wellesley College, will discuss misunderstandings and misinformation related to the infamous Tuskegee Experiment during the Wilson Lecture today.

Nov 8, 2011

Student Senate elections today and Wednesday

Student Senate elections will be held Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Wittson Hall lobby next to the 42nd Street entrance.

Nov 8, 2011

Flu shot clinic this morning in Storz

Another free flu shot clinic for employees will be held today from 7 to 9 a.m. in Storz Pavilion, Rooms 6-8.

Nov 8, 2011

Flu shot clinic today in University Tower

The first of several free flu shot clinics for employees scheduled for this week will be held today from 1 to 3 p.m. in University Tower’s Private Dining Rooms.

Nov 7, 2011

Benefit ‘U’ in focus – Music as Medicine

Employees can enjoy regular on campus concerts that are part of the Music as Medicine Concert Series, including one this Thursday at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Nov 7, 2011

The art of Thomas Eakins the focus of Science Cafe

The significance of paintings by artist Thomas Eakins, whose images reflected late 19th century medical education and health care — will be the focus of Tuesday’s Omaha Science Cafe.

Nov 7, 2011

Find a blue barrel, fill a blue barrel

The Campus Food Drive has moved into its second week. The goal for this year’s drive, which ends Sunday, is for the campus to collect six tons of food.

Nov 7, 2011

Student Spotlight — Amrita Datta Chaudhuri

Today we meet Amrita Datta Chaudhuri, a graduate student in the department of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience.

Nov 4, 2011