Press Release
The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites nurses interested in earning bachelors or masters degrees in nursing, including the family nurse practitioner program, to attend free informational sessions in Beatrice, Aug. 16. The sessions will discuss ways to earn a degree with greater flexibility using the Internet and other distance education tools. Informational sessions will […]
Jul 31, 2000
First Procedures Will Be Later This Summer
UNMC To Become Eighth U.S. Medical Center To Use Robotic Surgical Equipment The University of Nebraska Medical Center soon will be the eighth medical center in the United States to use robotic surgical equipment that allows patients less surgical trauma, shorter hospital stays, and faster rehabilitation and recovery. We are excited about this new innovation […]
Jul 26, 2000
UNMC State of Nebraska Make Available Report on Health Status of Nebraskans
A report on Nebraskas health status reveals that more than 50 percent of all hospital stays are paid for by Medicare and Medicaid, making Nebraska hospitals highly vulnerable to major changes in public policies. In the states efforts to provide health insurance to uninsured children, the Kids Connection program increased its enrollment in one year […]
Jul 25, 2000
Biomedical Research Enriches Academics
UNMC to Double Research Funding by 2004 The University of Nebraska Medical Center is on target to increase its annual research funding to $68 million by the beginning of fiscal year 2004-2005. The increase, outlined in UNMC’s Research Strategic Plan, would yield a broad range of direct and indirect economic benefits. As of July 1, […]
Jul 20, 2000
UNMC College of Pharmacy Students Make Dean’s List for Spring 2000
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the deans list for the spring 2000 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. UNMC’s College of Pharmacy is one […]
Jul 20, 2000
UNMC College of Pharmacy Students Make Spring 2000 Dean’s List
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2000. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, with divisions in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, is the largest […]
Jul 20, 2000
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Starts Breast Cancer Training Program for Graduate Students
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center announced today a breast cancer training program for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. The new program, set to begin in the fall, is being funded by a four-year, $850,000 Department of Defense Breast Cancer Training Grant from the United States Army. Kenneth Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director […]
Jul 7, 2000
Can hormone replacement therapy have a positive effect on preserving bones that support teeth in women following menopause as it is thought to do in the rest of the body? Preliminary research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry would seem to indicate that it can. A two-year, $107,000 clinical research […]
Jun 27, 2000
Minden native to Study in India
UNMC Research Coordinator Receives Fulbright Jill Brown, a research coordinator in geriatrics at UNMC, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study for nine months in India. In September, Brown will travel to Varanasi, India, where she will do a creative writing project centered on perspectives of death and dying. Located on the banks of […]
Jun 22, 2000
UNMC College of Medicine Alumni Establish $500,000 Teaching Award
A father and son have committed $500,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation to establish a teaching excellence award at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine. It was made by two UNMC alums, Jerome Hirschmann, class of 1941, and his son, Richard, class of 1973. Both live in the Chicago area. Jerome […]
Jun 20, 2000