Chuck Brown
UNMC seeks to raise $100,000 for Haiti outreach fund
UNMC has set a goal to raise $100,000 for the University of Nebraska Foundation’s UNMC Haitian Relief and Outreach Fund.
Jan 27, 2010
Tiny heart pump provides non-invasive option for cardiac patients
Chad Kimpel died multiple times on July 1. That was the day a heart attack brought the 41-year-old father of three from Farragut, Iowa, to UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center.
Jan 26, 2010
Volunteers busy in Haiti, plans for second deployment in works
Thirteen volunteers from the medical center are busy treating the wounded in Haiti this morning. Meanwhile, UNMC already has started to lay groundwork for a second deployment to help the Caribbean nation recover from the massive earthquake that struck on Jan. 12.
Jan 26, 2010
Into the eye of the storm: volunteers land in Haiti
UNMC surgeon Corrigan McBride, M.D., led nine medical center health care professionals into Haiti on Sunday morning, marking the medical center’s official entrance into the earthquake ravaged nation.
Jan 25, 2010
UNMC currently hosts two doctors from India through a partnership with the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Jan 22, 2010
Wellness Wednesday – Grant aims to fight childhood obesity
Omaha was one of 41 cities selected to receive a Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Jan 20, 2010
Gray: Tough minds, tender hearts and decisive judgment needed
In the face of crises in health care and economics and continued societal injustice, Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray said Monday that Americans need to adopt three tenants Martin Luther King Jr. said are essential for people to truly love each other.
Jan 19, 2010
Councilman Gray to deliver MLK address today at noon
Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray will present today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorative address at noon in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Campus Events Center.
Jan 18, 2010
Melanie Stewart — ‘landlord for the DRCs’ — receives January Gold ‘U’
One day a broken sprinkler line may spray water all over the Durham Research Center atrium. Another day a researcher may need Stewart to find a new piece of equipment for a laboratory. Such is life for Melanie Stewart.
Jan 15, 2010
UNMC plans response to Haiti relief efforts
An informational meeting will be held today at noon for UNMC faculty and students interested in deploying to Haiti as part of a medical center team that will provide medical aid in the earthquake-ravaged country.
Jan 15, 2010