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Nov. 3-7 – International Week. Nov. 4 – Science Café, 7 p.m., Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Topic – Ebola; speaker – Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health. Nov. 4 – Joslyn Art Museum will host an Art Talk & Brown Bag Lunch event featuring its latest exhibit – […]
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC, Nebraska Medicine to share Ebola expertise
UNMC and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, are launching two free online Ebola education courses. The downloadable courses will provide easy-to-understand instruction and resources for health care professionals, as well as the general public.
Oct 30, 2014
The launching of the Nebraska Medicine name in October represented an historic event for our medical center. After months of calling it the “clinical enterprise,” we finally have an identity – a powerful name that reflects our deep Nebraska roots and our mission to improve the human condition.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC study in JAMA finds old drug still reliable, safe in treating Staph
A University of Nebraska Medical Center research team has determined that a longtime antibiotic, vancomycin, is still effective in treating Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections and that physicians should continue to use the drug even though several newer antibiotics are now available in the marketplace.
Oct 30, 2014
Dr. O’Dell receives prestigious arthritis award
James O’Dell, M.D., a national leader in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, recently received the 2014 Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize for Research in Arthritis. The award, bestowed by the Arthritis Foundation, recognizes team science in action that will lead to a faster cure for arthritis and related diseases.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC researcher heads $3.3 million national study in rare pediatric diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher, William Rizzo, M.D., has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant to study 10 rare diseases that affect children beginning in infancy or early childhood and throughout their life.
Oct 30, 2014
Merging offices to provide better services to medical school
The landscape of medical education is undergoing a significant paradigm shift. In an effort to meet these needs and enhance medical student education, the Office of Medical Education (OME) has been formed. The OME merged existing services, bringing the Educational Support Office (ESO) and the Curriculum and Educational Research Office (CERO) under one umbrella.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC breaks ground on fitness center expansion
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has broken ground on a new 6,525-square-foot addition and 11,845 square feet renovation to two floors of the Student Life Center building at 40th and Jones streets.
Oct 30, 2014
Campaign for Nebraska tops $1.8 billion
The University of Nebraska and University of Nebraska Foundation announced Oct. 27 that the Campaign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities, which concludes Dec. 31, has raised more than $1.8 billion for the University of Nebraska.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC’s second Ebola patient, Ashoka Mukpo, was released from the Biocontainment Unit Wednesday after multiple tests confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that he was free of Ebola.
Oct 30, 2014
