Chuck Brown
Ground to break Thursday for new public health building
Most people are used to one-on-one, doctor-patient relationships. But a public health professional takes a broader look at the health trends, problems and solutions for a community, state or region.
Aug 18, 2008
CTR seminar to focus on supercomputers
Mark Furtney, Ph.D., vice president of research and development at the Holland Computing Center, will present “High-Performance Computing: Chess, the Life Sciences, Pringles and the Singularity,” at noon today in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Aug 18, 2008
High-performance computers = high-performance research
Supercomputers — such as the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Firefly — can help scientists and researchers make research breakthroughs. Supercomputing tends to be transformative in nature — allowing researchers to look at problems they could not even dream about before.
Aug 15, 2008
I’m lucky. I probably have the best job in the world. I get to tell the UNMC story. I get to run around the medical center and interact with our incredible health professionals and learn about some of their remarkable successes. This week, I was saddened to hear that one of UNMC’s biggest champions, Gordon Hauptman, had passed away after a five-year battle with prostate cancer.
Aug 15, 2008
UNMC’s facilities and administration reimbursement rate increases
UNMC Business and Finance has successfully negotiated the first increase in its federal Facilities and Administration (F&A) rate since 2000.
Aug 13, 2008
Wellness Wednesday — CFHL to be better than ever after repairs
Jayme Nekuda considers it a case of taking lemons and making lemonade. A broken chiller pipe that caused significant damage to the Center for Healthy Living was certainly an inconvenience for members and many others who regularly use the facility. But the silver lining is that when the center reopens, it will be better than ever.
Aug 13, 2008
Air Force Surgeon General to visit his alma mater UNMC
Lt. Gen. James Roudebush, M.D., surgeon general of the United States Air Force, will be back in Nebraska on Wednesday to speak about advances in military medicine and to see the latest in advances in patient care and medical education.
Aug 13, 2008
It’s a FACT — UNMC group’s approval vital to a hospital’s standing
Recently UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, was named twice on the U.S.News and World Report’s list of the best U.S. Hospitals — once for cancer and another for neurology and neurosurgery.
Aug 12, 2008
A video podcast featuring four UNMC physicians who took part in a writing workshop earlier this year has been posted online.
Aug 12, 2008
UNMC’s research funding increases again
In spite of a harsh funding climate that makes money for research hard to come by — UNMC again saw an increase in its extramural funding in fiscal year 2007-2008.
Aug 11, 2008