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Spotlight Videos
For the past several years, the UNMC Department of Public Relations has been creating brief one-minute videos each week for KETV (Ch. 7) in Omaha. The videos feature UNMC faculty as they answer basic questions of interest to the average viewer. The segments run on KETV’s morning newscasts on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. They also […]
Dec 17, 2014
Rev. Darryl Eure to headline MLK event at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine
Rev. Darryl Eure will deliver the annual keynote address to honor slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on Monday, Jan. 19. As one of the city’s best attended events on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the program, which starts at noon, is […]
Dec 17, 2014
Lydiatt new vice chair of NCCN thyroid guidelines panel
William Lydiatt, M.D., professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in the UNMC College of Medicine, has been appointed vice chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Thyroid Guidelines Panel.
Dec 17, 2014
UNMC resident selected for unique internship
Mary Huerter, M.D., a resident physician in internal medicine at UNMC, has been selected as the 2015 American College of Physicians (ACP) associate health policy intern.
Dec 17, 2014
Holiday closings approaching for Sorrell Center convenience store, lunch vendors
The Sorrell Center Convenience Store will be closed Dec. 22 through Jan. 2.
Dec 17, 2014
Mentoring group aids women faculty members
In an effort to provide more opportunities for mentoring at UNMC, the faculty mentoring office has launched a series of faculty women's mentoring sessions. The first session was held Nov. 19 with more than 55 women in attendance. Topics discussed included communication styles, negotiation, networking, promotion and tenure, and career breaks. The strong initial turnout […]
Dec 17, 2014
Community Service to Research Award seeks nominees
The Community Service to Research Award recognizes a community member who has a demonstrated record of service to UNMC research. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is accepting nominations from UNMC faculty members for this award.
Dec 17, 2014
Lightly embalmed program an innovative learning tool
When Chandra Are, M.B.B.S., arrived at UNMC in 2007, the anatomy lab had recently become an early adopter of the lightly embalmed process for cadavers. Dr. Are saw an opportunity for collaboration to enhance resident training using this updated method — and within two years he was conducting 20 sessions a year. "A new training […]
Dec 17, 2014
UNMC macular degeneration, regenerative medicine research bolstered by gift
A familiar phrase may best describe a recent $1.3 million gift by the late Mary and Roy Pearson of Holdrege, Neb. – the gift that keeps on giving.
Dec 17, 2014
