InterCOM
Employee input sought on parking, transportation survey
The Transportation & Parking Committee is requesting the med center community’s input through participation in a transportation and parking survey, which will be e-mailed later today to all UNMC/clinical enterprise faculty, staff and students.
Sep 29, 2014
Clinical leaders named for digestive disease, kidney services
David W. Mercer, M.D., senior vice president of medical services for the clinical enterprise and chair of the UNMC Department of Surgery, and Cory Shaw, senior vice president of the system provider network, have announced leadership positions for digestive disease and kidney services in the clinical enterprise.
Sep 29, 2014
Free Oct. 11 health, wellness event to feature new views on exercise, physiology
The Nebraska Physiological Society invites the public to attend a free health event on Oct. 11 including a talk by best-selling author and former Sports Illustrated investigative journalist, David Epstein. The event will be held in UNMC’s Durham Research Center from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Sep 29, 2014
News briefs
The staircase in the McGoogan Library of Medicine was recently cited as one of 13 sensational staircases by the website Gizmodo. A photograph of the library staircase was submitted by Teri Hartman, associate professor in the McGoogan Library of Medicine. View the 13 sensational staircases.
Sep 29, 2014
Remembering Doug Dalke, M.D.
Doug Dalke, M.D., a 1982 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, died tragically on Sept. 22 when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a drunk driver.
Sep 29, 2014
New acting director named at VA Medical Center
Eileen Kingston has been appointed acting director, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System. She has been serving as associate director for patient care/nurse executive since 1996.
Sep 29, 2014
Hands-on science program for young women comes to Omaha Nov. 15
The Perry Initiative will be holding an exciting, one-day program at UNMC on Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event, which is hosted by UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, aims to get young women interested in pursuing careers in orthopaedic surgery and engineering.
Aug 21, 2014
COM Student of the Month – Joshua Gruhl, third-year medical student
I grew up in Lincoln, attended East High School, and then received a bachelor’s degree in business from Colorado State University (Go Rams!). After working in finance for four years in Denver, I realized that I was searching for something more in my life and decided to follow my childhood interest in health and science – combined with my passion for meeting new people and forming long-term relationships – and pursue a career in medicine.
Aug 21, 2014
Explaining the butt buzz
A co-worker asked me, “Why is my hip buzzing?” She was relaxed, sitting in a side chair but could point to a small spot on her thigh that was spontaneously tingling. She said it would come and go, a few seconds each time.
Aug 21, 2014
Construction update
Several of the pedestrian walkways have been removed around the Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences & Education/UNMC Center for Drug Discovery construction site. The contractor, Hausmann Construction Company, is putting up a construction fence around the job site, which will require pedestrians to find a new route between the Sorrell Center and the Student Life Center.
Aug 21, 2014
