Chuck Brown
UNMC Off The Clock — Dr. Boska enjoys his time in the sky
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope. It’s Michael Boska, Ph.D., professor and vice chairman of research in the UNMC Radiology Department, hang gliding over his acreage in Glenwood, Iowa.
Aug 8, 2007
Gift will add fun to pediatric patients’ hospital stays
Thanks to a financial gift from the Nebraska Fraternal Order of Eagles, young patients at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, will soon have some fun places to hang out during their stay at the hospital.
Aug 7, 2007
Million-step Monday — accounting for the competition
Some friendly competition is helping the folks in general accounting and sponsored programs accounting keep pace during the UNMC 1 Million Step Challenge.
Aug 6, 2007
Study focused on mystery of West Nile virus
Doctors and researchers at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are working to uncover the mystery of why some people infected with West Nile virus become severely ill and others show no symptoms.
Aug 6, 2007
Public invited to free non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma presentation
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society invites the public to a free presentation on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. CDT.
Aug 3, 2007
Web source ranks Eppley among world’s leading cancer centers
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is among 21 of the world’s leading cancer centers according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving care for cancer patients.
Aug 3, 2007
UNMC students make global contacts at international forum
Talking HIV treatments over a beer with a medical student from Japan, listening to a Chinese graduate student’s presentation on wing-expansion defects in silkworms, discussing the impact of Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsusaka joining the Boston Red Sox and eating sushi at 5 a.m. in the world’s largest fish market. These were some of the experiences UNMC students took from the International Student Forum in Tokyo in June.
Aug 1, 2007
UNMC to host 2008 International Student Forum
After sending students to Beijing and Tokyo the last two years for the International Student Forum, UNMC will get to host the event in 2008.
Aug 1, 2007
Colorado researcher/educator named new pharmacy dean
A prodigious researcher with 25 years of academic pharmacy experience, Courtney Fletcher, Pharm.D., has been selected as the new dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy.
Aug 1, 2007
Renee Fry named director of public affairs
Renee Fry, J.D., director of government relations, has been named the new director of UNMC public affairs.
Jul 31, 2007