Press Release
New physical therapy students participate in white coat ceremony
Fifty first-year physical therapy students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center donned white coats on Jan. 8 to mark one of their symbolic first steps into the profession. The students, who will graduate in 2012, also took an oath of professionalism. Donations from UNMC alumni helped pay for the white coats, […]
Jan 15, 2010
UNMC responds to earthquake in Haiti
NOTE: UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer wants UNMC to play an active role in the recovery effort in Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake. Here is a letter he sent to all faculty, students and staff today. If media would like to find out more about UNMC’s efforts to support Haiti’s recovery, please contact […]
Jan 13, 2010
"Are Liberals and Conservatives Physiologically Different,” will be the featured talk at the Jan. 21 Lincoln Science Café. John Hibbing Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln Foundation Regents University Professor of Political Science, will speak from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the red9 at 9th and M streets. Last fall Dr. Hibbing was featured on “The Daily […]
Jan 7, 2010
UNMC skating rink offers $10 family pass on Saturdays
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s outdoor skating rink is offering a $10 pass for the entire family on Saturdays until Feb. 28 when it closes. The pass includes admission and skate rental. The rink, which opened in December, is located between 40th Street and 42nd Street, and Dewey Avenue and Emile Street. […]
Jan 6, 2010
Julie Vose, M.D., elected to American Society of Clinical Oncology board of directors
Julie Vose, M.D., has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr. Vose, the Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professorial Chair and chief of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology, begins her four-year term in June. ASCO […]
Jan 5, 2010
Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray to speak at UNMC/Nebraska Medical Center Martin Luther King Day event
Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray will deliver a commemorative address on the UNMC campus on Monday, Jan. 18, to honor slain civil rights leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Gray’s speech, which is sponsored by UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, will be in the Truhlsen Campus Events Center in the Sorrell Center. "We are […]
Jan 4, 2010
UNMC receives $462,945 grant to increase nurse practitioners certified in geriatric nursing
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has been awarded a three-year grant for $462,945 with the goal to increase the number of nurse practitioners with geriatric expertise in rural and medically underserved communities in Nebraska. In rural Nebraska, 16 percent of older adults live in rural communities, but there are no geriatricians […]
Dec 23, 2009
Personalized medicine is topic of Omaha Science Café on Jan. 5
The science of personalized medicine will be this month’s topic for the Omaha Science Café from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Courtney Fletcher, Pharm.D., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, will be the featured speaker. Personalized medicine studies how individuals […]
Dec 22, 2009
UNMC expands presence in China
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has taken three major steps in expanding its presence in China. The initiatives include opening an office at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, creating the Sino-U.S. Center for Lymphoma and Leukemia in Tianjin, and establishing a unique training center for family practice physicians in Xi’an. “Our […]
Dec 22, 2009
$12,500 raised at UNMC’s pre-party for Night of a Thousand Stars
About $12,500 was raised for the Nebraska AIDS Project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s pre-party on Dec. 5 for Night of a Thousand Stars. The total raised at this year’s party, which was once again held at Pauli’s Blue Room, was up $2,300 from the amount raised last year. The event was attended […]
Dec 18, 2009