Press Release

UNMC Graduating Dental Class Finishes Second In Nationwide Exam

This years graduating class of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry ranked second nationwide in an examination taken by all of the nations dental students. Students in their final year of dental school take Part 2 of the American Dental Associations National Board Examination during the first week of December. UNMC recently […]

May 24, 2000

Grand Island Pediatrician Selected for UNMC Teaching Award

Grand Island pediatrician Karen Higgins, M.D., has been selected to receive the Volunteer Faculty Clerkship Teaching Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center department of pediatrics. The UNMC department of pediatrics gives the award annually to one volunteer faculty member from greater Nebraska and to one from Omaha. Student comments and evaluations are used […]

May 19, 2000

UNMC Medical Student Wins National Research Award

Julie Grundman, who will enter her third year in medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center this fall, recently won a national award for her research project dealing with a computer-based teaching method. The Society of General Internal Medicine presented Grundman with the Mack Lipkin Sr. Award for the best research presentation by […]

May 15, 2000

UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute Guild Sponsors June 11 Garden Walk to Benefit Children, Adults with Disabilities

The 33rd Annual Garden Walk sponsored by the Munroe-Meyer Institute Guild of the Munroe-Meyer Institute, a unit of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will be held Sunday, June 11. Proceeds go to support the therapeutic, training and research activities benefiting children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities and chronic handicapping conditions. Denese Stalnaker and […]

May 11, 2000

UNMC’s Paustian Receives State Association’s Service to Medicine Award

Fred Paustian, M.D., a semi-retired faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, recently was awarded a statewide honor for his medical service. Dr. Paustian received the Nebraska Medical Associations Distinguished Service to Medicine Award April 28 at the NMAs annual session. Dr. Paustians career at UNMC has spanned more than 40 years. A […]

May 10, 2000

UNMCs Armitage Appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board

President Bill Clinton has appointed James Armitage, M.D., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, as a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board. Members of the board advise the president, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the director of the National Cancer Institute, with respect […]

May 9, 2000

New Graduate Degree Program for Fall 2000;

UNMC/UNO to Offer Bioinformatics Program The explosion in genomic information has created an unprecedented need for scientists with the ability to use computers and information science to study large amounts of genetic information and biological structures. Beginning this fall, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Omaha will join together […]

May 8, 2000

Couple Donates Two Quarter Horses for 2000 Cattlemen’s Ball

Carl and Renee Amick of Doniphan, Neb. have donated two quarter horses for the auction at the third annual Cattlemen=s Ball of Nebraska to be held Saturday, June 3 at the Haythorn Ranch near Arthur, Neb. The six-year-old dun horse and the 11-year-old chestnut horse belonged to the couple’s daughter, Sonja Amick, who lost her […]

May 5, 2000

UNMC College of Dentistry Offers Free Dentistry Seminar to Dentists, Hygienists at Mahoney State Park, North Platte, Scottsbluff, Grand Island

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Dentistry is offering a free, four-hour seminar providing updates in dentistry to dentists and dental hygienists May 8 through 12 during its annual Continuing Education Caravan. The caravan stops at Mahoney State Park, North Platte, Scottsbluff and Grand Island. The program includes presentations by the new dean […]

May 5, 2000

Dr. Armitage to Lead Blood and Marrow Transplantation Society; Dr. Vose Elected as Association’s Treasurer

James Armitage, M.D., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, has been elected president of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Armitages UNMC colleague, Julie Vose, M.D., professor of Internal Medicine and Oncology/Hematology, was elected as the groups treasurer. They will serve one-year terms in their respective positions, […]

May 4, 2000