Press Release
UNMC To Establish Center for Human Molecular Genetics
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Saturday approved a proposal to establish a Center for Human Molecular Genetics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in an effort to bring together basic scientists and clinicians campus-wide in a single, unified genetics program. The center will be housed in newly completed research space in the […]
Jul 20, 1999
Nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, with the help of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Health Systems, are getting six to eight weeks of valuable nursing experience this summer. Fourteen senior nursing students are participating in the Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program which gives the […]
Jul 14, 1999
Nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, with the help of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Health Systems, are getting six to eight weeks of valuable nursing experience this summer. Fourteen senior nursing students are participating in the Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program which gives the […]
Jul 14, 1999
70 Eighth-Graders from Across Nebraska Attend UNMC’s 7th Annual Health/Science Meet
Seventy eighth-grade students from 18 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC’s seventh annual Health/Science Meet earlier this month for a three-day, educational and entertaining experience. The meets goal is to inspire Nebraska eighth-graders, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional […]
Jul 6, 1999
UNMC, BryanLGH Medical Center Team up to Provide Nursing Students with Practical Experience
Nursing students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Lincoln Division received seven weeks of practical nursing experience this summer through BryanLGH Medical Center in Lincoln. Sixteen senior nursing students participated in the UNMC Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program, which gives students an opportunity to apply nursing theories and skills, as well […]
Jul 2, 1999
UNMC College of Nursing Graduates Inducted into Honor Society
Sixty-four recent graduates of University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing have been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, a professional nursing organization of 260,000 nurses internationally that recognizes and promotes scholarship, leadership and research in nursing. The students will join the Gamma Pi Chapter which is made up of […]
Jul 1, 1999
Three Physicians Join University Medical Associates, UNMC Faculty
Three physicians have joined University Medical Associates, the faculty group practice associated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. They also will hold faculty appointments at UNMC. The three include: Peter Chilian, M.D., and David Faust, M.D., UNMC Department of Anesthesiology; and Janet Merfield, M.D., UNMC Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Chilian, M.D., an […]
Jul 1, 1999
UNMC Student Organization Wins National Award
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Student National Medical Association chapter has received the Outstanding Chapter Service Award at the national SNMA conference in Miami, Fla. The chapter was recognized for its minority community work and its assistance to minority medical students. During the past year, the organization held four health fairs in Omaha to […]
Jun 30, 1999
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Omaha has received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish the family nurse practitioner program to Norfolk and Beatrice. The program will make it possible for students to earn a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing by […]
Jun 25, 1999
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is part of network:
NCCN and ACS Unveil First-Ever Patients’ Version of Practice Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer patients have an invaluable new resource in their fight against cancer, thanks to a joint effort between the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center is a […]
Jun 23, 1999