Chuck Brown
UNMC/NHS corporate sponsor of Youth Leadership Omaha
UNMC/NHS has joined the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben as corporate sponsors of Youth Leadership Omaha, an organization that allows students to further develop their leadership skills.
Aug 7, 2002
Campus construction continues
Construction workers are scattered across campus. Cranes have emerged in the UNMC skyline, and cement trucks make regular visits to campus as progress continues on various construction projects. (Click for an update on the UNMC parking garage, Research Center of Excellence, east utility plant and related projects.)
Aug 1, 2002
Camp Munroe serves extraordinary students
The charm of Camp Munroe is how ordinary it is. Staff members and volunteers create the traditional day camp activities: sing-alongs, art projects and community outings. But this camp is extraordinary because of the children it serves. These children have developmental disabilities.
Jul 26, 2002
Dr. Hanlon touts advantages of rural medicine
For the past 20 years, Robert Hanlon, M.D., of the Chadron Medical Clinic has volunteered his time as a faculty member in the rural preceptorship program. In May he received the UNMC College of Medicine’s Volunteer Faculty of the Month award.
Jul 19, 2002
Dr. Lynch receives ASE’s Outstanding Teaching Award
Thomas Lynch, M.D., has received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Association of Surgical Education. He was one of three recipients honored at the April meeting in Baltimore.
Jul 18, 2002
UNMC details its economic impact on Nebraska
UNMC is one of the leading economic drivers in the state, bringing in millions of dollars each year through research and patient care services, while providing a variety of key programs to rural and underserved areas of the state.
That was the message delivered Saturday by UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., at the University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at the Holiday Inn Express in Valentine.
Jul 15, 2002
Pro wrestlers to raise funds for pediatric AIDS patients
Pro wrestling comes to Omaha on Saturday in the form of a unique fundraiser to benefit pediatric HIV/AIDS patients.
The wrestlers are associated with World League Wrestling (WLW), an organization headed by Harley Race, a legendary pro wrestling figure who is an eight-time world heavyweight champion for the National Wrestling Alliance.
Jul 12, 2002
UNMC icon, Hobart Wiltse, M.D., Ph.D., retires
Hobart “Hobe” Wiltse, M.D., Ph.D., has seen UNMC come a long way since he first stepped on campus in 1953 as a medical student.
A professor in the department of pediatrics, Dr. Wiltse may have the most longevity of any current UNMC faculty member. He retired June 28, bringing to a close an outstanding career in which he made a difference in the lives of literally thousands of patients, families and students.
Jul 3, 2002
UNMC, graduate pharmacy students host research meeting
Graduate students in the UNMC College of Pharmacy department of pharmaceutical sciences organized the 34th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting, which took place at the Double Tree Hotel from June 13-15.
More than 200 people, mostly graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, from 13 universities attended the meeting.
Jul 2, 2002
Awards ceremony for UNMC/Creighton Joint Neurology Residency Program
Neurologists and neurosurgeons from throughout the community came together June 6 to hold the first ever awards banquet for the UNMC/Creighton Joint Neurology Residency Program at The Champions Club.
Jun 17, 2002