Chuck Brown
Wellness Wednesday – Opposite but not equal
An old children’s riddle goes something like this, “What weighs more … five pounds of feathers or five pounds of rocks?” Of course, this easily fools 5-year-olds and feeble-minded newsletter editors, as five pounds are five pounds — be they feathers or rocks. But it also leads to another question, which packs more punch?
Mar 11, 2009
Researchers, others say new stem cell policy means hope
Living for 19 years with two sons who have type 1 diabetes has brought home one fact for Rik Bonness. Hope is necessary.
Mar 10, 2009
UNMC to offer listing service to help with moves to Omaha
UNMC is working with Crew Innovations, Inc., to develop a private off-campus listing service to help UNMC students, fellows, faculty, staff, researchers and alumni find housing in the Omaha metropolitan area.
Mar 9, 2009
Kathy Minikus receives January Gold ‘U’
People who bring positive energy to everything they do are the foundations of happy and productive workplaces. Kathy Minikus is such a person.
Mar 6, 2009
Dr. Peck selected to deliver prestigious public health lecture
Magda Peck, Sc.D., professor of pediatrics and public health, has been selected for the John C. MacQueen Lecture Award for her innovative work in the field of maternal and child health (MCH).
Mar 5, 2009
Legendary anatomy professor Dr. Norah Metcalf dies
Norah Metcalf, M.B.B.S., did everything with irrepressible enthusiasm.
Mar 4, 2009
Geriatric care conferences fill a need
On one of the coldest nights of the year, about 450 health care providers gathered at UNMC and 11 other sites around the state to participate in a two-hour evening conference focused on interdisciplinary geriatric care.
Mar 2, 2009
UNMC’s Ira Combs appears in national insurance magazine
Ira Combs, community nurse liaison in UNMC’s Center for Reducing Health Disparities in the College of Public Health, was selected to appear in a commemorative edition of Aetna’s African-American History Calendar.
Mar 2, 2009
Newest regent tours UNMC
Regent Tim Clare toured UNMC on Thursday afternoon. The Lincoln attorney is the newest member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents having been elected in 2008.
Mar 2, 2009
Pharmacy ranks sixth nationally in research funds
The UNMC College of Pharmacy ranks sixth nationally among 110 pharmacy schools in terms of National Institutes of Health research dollars per Ph.D. faculty member, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) has announced.
Feb 27, 2009