Chuck Brown
UNMC learns more on diversity post Initiative 424
When Nebraska voters passed Initiative 424 last year to eliminate affirmative action, it created new challenges for institutions like UNMC that try to build diverse student bodies, faculties and staffs.
Mar 27, 2009
At risk. Overweight. Obese. These are words many parents hear from their children’s health care providers.
Mar 26, 2009
Blood drive to feature spring fever theme
Typically, the Red Cross will send you home if you try to donate blood with a fever. But if it’s just a case of spring fever, well, then you’ll be perfectly welcome to donate during the April 2 blood drive at the Center for Health Living.
Mar 25, 2009
Stem cell issue causing concerns
On March 6, representatives of the Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research and the Nebraska Catholic Conference came to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting with a request — they urged the regents to prevent UNMC from expanding its research with embryonic stem cell (ESC) lines beyond the limited cell lines approved by President Bush in 2001.
Mar 24, 2009
Applications available for more than $15 billion in federal grants
Applications for more than $15 billion in federal research grants are now available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the economic stimulus package signed into law last month by President Obama.
Mar 20, 2009
Lions Clubs give $328,000 gift to UNMC low vision program
From bike riding to bingo, Lions Clubs and Foundations of Nebraska and Iowa joined forces for the first time ever to support a cause significant to the organization worldwide — the prevention of blindness. The funds raised will enhance services at the Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation on the UNMC campus.
Mar 20, 2009
After 40 years, Kim Bauman still dreams of being a doctor. Marriage, two children and an 11-year career as a biology teacher in Gothenburg may have delayed her dream a bit — but it did not diminish it. On Thursday, Bauman reached a milestone in her quest to make her dream a reality when she learned she would serve a family medicine residency at Lincoln Medical Education Partnership.
Mar 20, 2009
New procedure helps prevent esophageal cancer
Eat, drink and be merry — that’s how many like to have a good time. Fun for most people, but for those with chronic heartburn or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), eating can translate into real misery. It is a problem plaguing about one in five adults.
Mar 19, 2009
Wellness Wednesday — Walking the (Cross) walk
OK, so the first story I ever wrote for UNMC Today way back in the fall of 2006 was about jaywalking on Saddle Creek Road. The gist was that Omaha police and campus officials strongly urged us med center types to use the crosswalks to cross Saddle Creek Road.
Mar 18, 2009
Dr. Gendelman: Shoot for the stars
“Never give up. Always have high level goals.”
Those were words of advice from UNMC’s 2008 Scientist Laureate Howard Gendelman, M.D., to his colleagues Monday afternoon at the third annual Distinguished Scientist ceremony.
Mar 18, 2009