Press Release

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

Margaret Bumann joins UNMC Public Affairs Department

Veteran Omaha television reporter, Margaret Bumann, has joined the Public Affairs Department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center as special projects coordinator.   A native of Ida Grove, Iowa, Bumann has spent the past 16 years covering the medical beat for KETV, Channel 7, Omaha’s ABC affiliate.   During her tenure at KETV, Bumann […]

Oct 25, 2004

Omaha philanthropist Chuck Durham to be honored at Nov. 5 Ambassador of Hope Gala; French leader in fight against cancer to speak at Nov. 4 Carol Bell Memorial Lecture

The Friends of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center will honor Omaha Philanthropist Chuck Durham at its Ambassador of Hope Gala at the Qwest Center Omaha Friday, Nov. 5.   The Ambassador of Hope Award, which will be presented to Durham, is given to those who’ve made significant contributions in the fight […]

Oct 25, 2004

UNMC to sponsor ‘Winter Health Tune Up’ Event Nov. 6; offers free health screenings at Clarkson West Medical Center, 144th & Center

The University Medical Associates, the physician group practice of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, invites the public to its free “Winter Health Tune Up,” event Saturday, Nov. 6, from 9 to 11 a.m., at its location in the Clarkson West Medical Center building at 144th and Center streets near Oak View Mall.   The […]

Oct 20, 2004

NASA officials visiting UNMC to explore current, new partnerships

Two leading medical officials with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will visit the University of Nebraska Medical Center Oct. 13 and 14 to talk about current and potential partnerships with UNMC. The Medical Center has served as an advisor to NASA’s medical office, working on two new health programs to help meet future […]

Oct 13, 2004

UNMC College of Nursing holds induction ceremony for 131 new nursing students in Scottsbluff, Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across the state Oct. 10 to recognize 131 new nursing students as they committed to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse. The ceremony also reiterated some the most important values for the professional nurse and for […]

Oct 11, 2004