Chuck Brown
College of Public Health hands out year-end awards
A champion for statewide public health, a scientist researching the use of asthma medication in schools and a student who transcended a traumatic experience to become a proponent for the disabled received this year’s College of Public Health awards.
May 21, 2007
Fighting cancer in Grand Island
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story originally appeared in The Grand Island Independent on April 20.)GRAND ISLAND — Even more cutting-edge cancer research and clinical trials will soon be available to patients in Central Nebraska.
May 21, 2007
NU jumps six spots in national R&D rankings
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., was pleased this week upon learning that the University of Nebraska had moved up six places to No. 27 among all public universities in the United States in the National Science Foundation rankings in research and development.
May 18, 2007
‘Music as Medicine’ to feature noontime trombone extravaganza
While the Omaha Chamber Music Society is presenting today’s “Music as Medicine” concert at noon – make no mistake – the sound emanating from the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium will not be typical chamber music.
May 17, 2007
Spiders and snakes and bees, oh my!
If there was any doubt that spring is here you only have to ask the nurses at the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. The calls on carbon monoxide and cough and cold medicines have been replaced by incidents involving gasoline, ant killer, fertilizers, spring cleaning chemicals and critters that bite and sting.
May 17, 2007
Raines Scholarship expanded to assist nursing students
A longtime scholarship that has benefited western Nebraska medical students at UNMC for the past 23 years has been expanded to provide support to nursing students as well.
May 16, 2007
Virtual trek across Nebraska begins tomorrow
Jayme Nekuda of the Center for Healthy Living wants you to walk to western Nebraska’s Chimney Rock starting tomorrow.
May 14, 2007
Bluejay guard Dotzler assists UNMC staff with the mail
On the basketball court, Josh Dotzler dishes assists. Here at UNMC, the Creighton point guard dishes the mail.
May 14, 2007
Julie Braun receives April Gold ‘U’
For Julie Braun it’s all about family. Whether it be at home taking care of five children — including four teenagers — or at work as an administrative assistant in UNMC’s Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Braun takes care of everyone as if they were family. For her work here at UNMC, Braun received the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for the month of April.
May 11, 2007
Pharmacy robot in use at The Nebraska Medical Center
The newest employee in the newly remodeled inpatient pharmacy at The Nebraska Medical Center is drawing a lot of attention. This worker stands 8 feet tall, spans a width of 36 feet and holds the key to reducing medication errors and increasing patient safety and pharmacy productivity — giving pharmacists more time to spend consulting with physicians and nurses about patient care and medication safety.
May 10, 2007