Press Release
Radiation science students host school games
Jim Temme, associate director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Radiation Science Technology Division, never could say no to his daughter. So when Abby McGinnis, a kindergarten teacher at Miller Park Elementary School in North Omaha, asked if Temme could round up a few volunteers to help out at the school’s first carnival on […]
Nov 19, 2004
Paul Sammut, M.D., honored for cystic fibrosis research
Paul Sammut, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was among four individuals honored as “Omaha’s Finest” at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual event Nov. 5. Dr. Sammut has worked extensively in the areas of CF treatment and research at UNMC for the past 16 years. More than $35,000 was […]
Nov 16, 2004
Pharmacy students honor veterans
Patriotic letters from University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy students fill a hallway at the Thomas Fitzgerald Veterans’ Home in Omaha. Members of the UNMC Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) spent Monday writing nearly 50 letters thanking the home’s veterans for their military service and sacrifice. The letters are on display today as […]
Nov 11, 2004
Shortage of oncologists is nationwide
Strides in prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer are being made every day. The work being done in research and clinical trials is contributing to an increased survival rate for people with cancer. At the same time, the incidence of lymphoma is increasing and UNMC and oncologists around the country face a shortage of […]
Nov 9, 2004
A $5 million gift commitment by Dr. Leland and Dorothy Olson of Omaha will enable the University of Nebraska Medical Center to create the city’s first comprehensive outpatient center focused exclusively on women’s health. This gift, made to the University of Nebraska Foundation, will establish the Olson Women’s Outpatient Care Center as part of […]
Nov 8, 2004
Legacy of African American nurses honored
This year’s Tuskegee Airmen International Convention in Omaha featured the first formal tribute to black women in uniform ever held at a Tuskegee Airmen national convention. The Nebraska Medical Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing and Community Partnership, and Clarkson College sponsored that program. Valda Boyd Ford, director of UNMC Community […]
Nov 5, 2004
UNMC receives approval of Board of Regents to establish Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling
University of Nebraska Medical Center received approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents today to establish Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling. Funding for the center comes from a five-year $9.9 million grant that UNMC received last year. The grant, which is funded by the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) program – […]
Oct 29, 2004
Regents approve center for drug delivery, nanomedicine
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved the creation of The Nebraska Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine (CDDN) to develop innovative tools for improving drug delivery systems through nanoscale technologies. In the future, such research could yield implantable devices — 100,000 times smaller than the head of a pin — that […]
Oct 29, 2004
UNMC receives Regents approval for UNMC Center for Research in Leukemia and Lymphoma
The University of Nebraska Medical Center received approval Friday from the University of Nebraska Board of Regent for the UNMC Center for Research in Leukemia and Lymphoma. The center will facilitate a more rapid translation of research discoveries to benefit cancer patients. The center will physically and administratively bring together basic, translational, and clinical […]
Oct 29, 2004
Lincoln Division of College of Nursing to move to new location
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a proposal Friday that would allow the Lincoln Division of the UNMC College of Nursing to enhance its education facilities by moving to the Commerce Court Building at 1230 O St. The move would be temporary, completed in time for the 2005-06 school year and will […]
Oct 29, 2004