Press Release
UNMC students to hold free health fair Nov. 16
News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold a community health fair on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Campfire USA headquarters, 2566 St. Mary’s Ave. The health fair will focus on nutrition and fitness, with […]
Nov 7, 2008
Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomes 20 new scholars, graduates 17
The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomed its fourth class of scholars recently – a class of 13 Nebraskans and seven Iowans. It also graduated 17 from the class of 2007-08. The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute is one of 14 institutes funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The […]
Nov 6, 2008
UNMC affiliation agreement with western Nebraska hospitals expands cancer clinical trials
News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm A formal affiliation agreement with hospitals in Grand Island, North Platte and Scottsbluff will expand all cancer clinical trials at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center to people in those communities. St. Francis Medical Center in Grand […]
Nov 6, 2008
UNMC remembers Dr. Miles Skultety
F. Miles Skultety, M.D., Ph.D., one of the key physicians who helped begin the transformation of the University of Nebraska Medical Center from a hospital primarily providing indigent care into a major academic health science center during the 1970s and 1980s, died Monday at his home in Omaha after a battle with prostate cancer. Funeral […]
Nov 6, 2008
A message from UNMC’s Chancellor regarding Initiative 424
I’m deeply disappointed by the passage of Initiative 424. While the University of Nebraska Medical Center will continue to comply with all federal and state requirements, our campus remains strongly committed to diversity within the law. Having a diverse health care workforce is essential to solving our nation’s health care crisis. When we have faculty, […]
Nov 5, 2008
Pulmonary hypertension event set for Nov. 1
Nebraska’s First Lady, Sally Ganem, will serve as honorary chairperson at the third annual “Phenomenal Hope for a Cure” fund-raising event on Nov. 1 at the DC Centre, 11830 Stonegate Drive in Omaha. The event is held to raise awareness of and funds for helping to find a cure for the rare and sometimes fatal […]
Oct 28, 2008
UNMC researchers awarded $10.6 million federal grant from National Institutes of Health
News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm The University of Nebraska Medical Center received $10.6 million from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to research nanomedicine, drug delivery, therapeutics and diagnostics. UNMC researcher Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., is the principal […]
Oct 23, 2008
Full media kit available at www.unmc.edu/nursing The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has had to turn away more than 1,000 qualified nursing school applicants in the past five years. The diagnosis: a lack of space in its facilities, and a shortage of those who teach students. Today, in Omaha, the […]
Oct 22, 2008
Ambassador of Hope gala raises more than $1.1 million for cancer research
More than $1.1 million was raised Saturday night at the Ambassador of Hope Gala in Omaha to support research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. Hundreds of people came to the Qwest Center Omaha and several more attended a satellite gala in Scottsbluff. The event featured comments from the 2008 Ambassador of Hope […]
Oct 21, 2008
UNMC College of Nursing welcomes new associate dean of research
Oct. 20, 2008 News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm Marlene Cohen, Ph.D., an expert in cancer symptom research, has been appointed as the new associate dean for research and the Kenneth E. Morehead Endowed Chair in Nursing. “She is the perfect fit,” said Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., dean of […]
Oct 20, 2008