Chuck Brown
Sara Pirtle co-authors guidebook on global health
They say the world is getting smaller and for Sara Pirtle that is true in more ways than one.
Dec 4, 2008
This gnome loves UNMC, do you?
You want to know how much I love UNMC? So much so that I’d dress up like a gnome and let my good friend Andrew Nelson manipulate my image in such a way that video now exists of a one-foot tall version of me professing my love for UNMC from the top of a water cooler.
Dec 2, 2008
Dr. Carlson co-writes book on minimally invasive surgery
A new book on minimally invasive surgery by UNMC’s Mark Carlson, M.D, is likely the first full-length operative atlas to include video on how to perform each of the procedures described in the text.
Dec 1, 2008
Wellness Wednesday – A thought for Thanksgiving
Ahh, Thanksgiving. While initially the holiday was meant to celebrate a successful harvest, it seems that now, for most people including me, Thanksgiving is an excuse to eat too much.
Nov 26, 2008
Friday Husker pick ’em (Wednesday edition) – Colorado
It seems the extra time between games gave our panelists time to reach some sort of telepathic synergy in terms of their predictions for Friday’s Nebraska-Colorado game.
Nov 26, 2008
Remembering Dr. Darrel Moreland
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today for Darrel Moreland, D.D.S., a strong supporter of the UNMC College of Dentistry and a friend to many at the University of Nebraska who died Sunday following an apparent heart attack.
Nov 26, 2008
Making college more affordable for more Nebraskans
Collegebound Nebraska — a newly expanded financial aid program at the University of Nebraska — is making a college education more affordable for thousands of Nebraska students, NU President James B. Milliken said Monday.
Nov 26, 2008
Apathy study funded by Alzheimer’s Association
Prasad Padala, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at UNMC and a staff psychiatrist at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, received a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.
Nov 25, 2008
Tickets on sale for ‘Thousand Stars’ event
Tickets are now on sale for the 16th Annual Night of a Thousand Stars Gala, which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Nov 21, 2008
2008 Legends honored
At a private dinner on Monday night, UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, honored this year’s “Legends” for their contributions to the practice of medicine.
Nov 21, 2008