Press Release

UNMC NHS To Hold Sept. 30 Tree Planting in Ainsworth To Raise Awareness for Organ Donation

 A tree-planting ceremony to honor organ donors and recipients will be held Sept. 30 in Ainsworth as part of “The Tree of Life” campaign being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System. A total of 24 Nebraska cities will hold tree-planting events over the next 12 months as part […]

Sep 21, 1998

Carol Bell Lectureship Program at UNMC Hopes to Heighten Cancer Awareness

 One of the countrys leading prostate cancer experts, Donald S. Coffey, Ph.D., will come to the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Sept. 16 to deliver the first lecture in honor of a prominent Omaha woman who died of cancer last year.  The noon lecture, to be held in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater on the […]

Sep 14, 1998

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Joins Local Organizations to Host Cancer Awareness Rally

Approximately 496,000 Americans died in the five wars fought in this century. But cancer takes the lives of 550,000 Americans each year. In an attempt to help win the war against cancer, THE MARCH, a national campaign to make cancer the nations number one health priority, has been organized. The University of Nebraska Medical Center […]

Sep 11, 1998

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Receives More Than $95,000 from Cattlemen’s Ball Proceeds

 The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center has received more than $95,000 in proceeds from the 1998 Cattlemens Ball. Windmills Against the Sandhills Sky, was the theme for the first ball, which was held June 6 at the Graff/Snover Ranch in Ainsworth. More than 2,000 people attended the fundraising event and more than […]

Sep 11, 1998

New Jersey Couple Makes $500,000 Gift to the Lied Transplant Center

A New Jersey man who was successfully treated for cancer nearly 10 years ago at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has shown his appreciation by making a $500,000 gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to benefit The Lied Transplant Center, which is nearing completion on the UNMC campus.    David Aresty, of Morristown, […]

Sep 4, 1998

UNMC, Children’s Hospital Combine to Put Continuing Education Classes on the Internet

 In an effort to make continuing education classes more accessible to rural primary care physicians and other health-care providers, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Children’s Hospital have combined forces to put Pediatric Grand Rounds lectures on the Internet.  The project is being directed by James Harper, M.D., director of undergraduate pediatric education at […]

Sep 4, 1998

Fifty-one Students Receive Diplomas at UNMC Commencements

 Diplomas were conferred on 51 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during commencement ceremonies in Kearney, Omaha, Lincoln and Scottsbluff. The following is a list of graduates by college, degree and hometown: COLLEGE OF NURSING Bachelor of Science (West Nebraska Division) NATICK, MASS. — Kimberley Ann Dunn Gordon (with Academic Excellence) Bachelor of Science (Lincoln […]

Sep 4, 1998

World Renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon to Deliver Keynote Address at UNMC/SNMA Conference

World-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, motivational speaker and acclaimed author, Benjamin Carson, M.D., is the keynote speaker at the 1998 Region II Conference of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA). The conference, which is hosted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its SNMA chapter, will be held Oct. 23 at the DoubleTree Hotel. As part […]

Aug 28, 1998

UNMC, NHS To Hold Sept. 16 Tree Planting in Nebraska City To Raise Awareness for Organ Donation

 A tree-planting ceremony to honor organ donors and recipients will be held Sept. 16 in Nebraska City as part of “The Tree of Life” campaign being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System. A total of 24 Nebraska cities will hold tree-planting events over the next 12 months as […]

Aug 27, 1998

Discussions Under Way with Methodist Health System

Creighton Action with Alegent Health Triggers Psychiatry Department Breakup with UNMC  In response to a recent announcement by Creighton University that it has signed an agreement with Alegent Health regarding behavioral health, University of Nebraska Medical Center officials announced today that the agreement violates the spirit and letter of the combined Creighton/Nebraska Department of Psychiatry […]

Aug 14, 1998