Chuck Brown
Jaywalking on Saddle Creek
Omaha police have received complaints about jaywalkers crossing Saddle Creek Road illegally to and from the UNMC campus and The Nebraska Medical Center. Pedestrians caught jaywalking are subject to citations.
Sep 25, 2006
Honors program alums act as chaperones
Students in the Holdrege Summer Honors Program spent five days in Omaha this summer learning about health sciences and health careers through interactive, hands-on learning opportunities. This year, the 10 high school students from the Holdrege area, were chaperoned by two alumni of the program.
Sep 22, 2006
Cattlemen’s Ball raises more than $563,000
For the second consecutive year, the Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska has raised more than a half million dollars for research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.
Sep 21, 2006
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma presentation Oct. 5
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society invites the public to a free presentation Oct. 5, on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Patients, family members, friends and health professionals are invited to attend.
Sep 15, 2006
Foundation awards UNMC grants for research equipment
UNMC has received three grants totaling $237,000 from the University of Nebraska Foundation to acquire and upgrade biomedical research equipment. The foundation awards grants each year to worthy campus projects.
Sep 14, 2006
Seminar to provide insights on postdoctoral education
Postdoctoral scholars, or postdocs, play a critical role in every research institution. On Monday, UNMC’s new Office of Postdoctoral Education will hold its first-ever postdoctoral education seminar. The event is open to postdocs, faculty and graduate students.
Sep 8, 2006
UNMC surgeon president of ACS Nebraska chapter
Debra Sudan, M.D., a transplant surgeon and director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program for UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected president of the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. She will serve a two-year term, which ends in January 2008.
Sep 6, 2006
West Nile survivors join study to unlock mystery
Meet 93-year-old Helen Uher who became severely ill with West Nile virus in 2003. Uhr is among 300 Nebraskans who have volunteered for a study to determine why some people become severely ill with the mosquito-borne virus while others don’t even know they’ve been infected.
Sep 5, 2006
Dr. William Berndt, former UNMC chancellor, dies
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 for William Berndt, Ph.D., former chancellor of UNMC. He died Thursday, Aug. 31 at The Nebraska Medical Center due to ongoing lung complications. Dr. Berndt, 73, joined UNMC in 1982 and held several key administrative posts over the next 20 plus years, serving as chancellor from 1996 to 1998.
Sep 1, 2006
Skin cancer screenings at the State Fair
The Nebraska Medical Center, in cooperation with the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, is offering Nebraska State Fair goers free face evaluations using Dermascan – a tool that helps screen for cancer-causing sun-damage.
Aug 25, 2006