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Applications open for 2018 Tech Transfer Boot Camp
Camp for scientists and students is scheduled for Aug 6-10.
May 11, 2018
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Regents Bob Whitehouse, Jim Pillen, Hal Daub, Bob Phares and Paul Kenney met with campus leaders.
May 9, 2018
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Anesthesiology names two to newly endowed professorships
Steven Lisco, M.D., is named the Myrna Newland, M.D., Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology, and Cathleen Peterson-Layne, M.D., Ph.D., is named the Dr. Gail Walling Yanney Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology.
May 8, 2018
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University of Nebraska partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory
Project could lead to Nebraska creating educational niche in biodefense training
May 8, 2018
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UNMC researchers aim to improve hernia mesh
Duo is developing a mesh that will be more friendly to living tissue.
May 7, 2018
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Yanneys honored during May 5 commencement in Omaha
Mike Yanney and Gail Walling Yanney, M.D., receive J.G. Elliott Award.
May 7, 2018
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BHECN announces annual award recipients
Awards honor mentors and advocates for greater access, awareness, and information about behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
May 3, 2018
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Researchers find rheumatoid arthritis carries increased risk of heart disease
Findings published in prestigious British Medical Journal
May 3, 2018
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