Chuck Brown
Mary Wendl appointed to Nebraska Center for Nursing Board
Mary Wendl, business manager of the Morehead Center for Nursing Practice at UNMC, knows Nebraska faces a nursing shortage and she wants to do something about it.
Oct 2, 2008
Sept. 28 = happy birthday x 3 for Omaha family
Paul Tomich, M.D., has delivered hundreds of babies since graduating from medical school 35 years ago. However, the UNMC OB/GYN physician has never witnessed a birth quite like the one he saw on Sunday morning at The Nebraska Medical Center.
Oct 2, 2008
UNMC looks to top United Way goal again
It went down to the wire last year, but UNMC employees flexed their collective generosity muscles to raise more than $136,000 and surpass the goal for the campus’ annual United Way drive. This year’s campaign starts on Monday, Oct. 13 and ends on Friday, Oct. 31. UNMC officials — including Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D. — have increased this year’s goal to $140,000 and are calling on employees to help surpass the campus goal again.
Oct 1, 2008
Dr. Zheng’s laboratory receives $1.8 million NIH grant
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded the laboratory of UNMC’s Jialin Zheng, M.D., a $1.8 million RO1 grant to study how neural repair processes are inhibited in patients who suffer from HIV-1 associated dementia.
Sep 30, 2008
Rural rotation poster contest winners take home $250 each
Fourth-year medical students Christelle Iboudo and Lindsay Northam each received $250 for poster presentations they created after serving rural rotations as third-year medical students.
Sep 29, 2008
Friday Husker Pick’em — Virginia Tech
Our panel members are all 3-0. So are the Cornhuskers. But now it starts to get tricky.
Sep 26, 2008
Cattlemen’s Ball raises record amount of $796,000
The 2008 Cattlemen’s Ball was one for the record books. A sellout crowd of nearly 4,000 people gathered at the Niewohner Cattle Company near Albion, Neb., for this year’s ball on June 6-7. They raised a record $796,000, of which about $700,000 went to the Eppley Cancer Center.
Sep 26, 2008
Writer stumps for mental health reform
Pete Earley is on a mission to try to improve mental health care in the United States.
Sep 26, 2008
Center for Reducing Health Disparities host summer interns
For many students, summer means a break from school work. But, a group of north Omaha high school students decided to spend this past summer at UNMC.
Sep 25, 2008
Thursday and Friday events to showcase Bennett Hall, SAHP
The spotlight will shine on the “new” Bennett Hall during separate events held today and Friday in the newly renovated building.
Sep 25, 2008