Press Release
UNMC Sponsors Trip for Twelve College of Dentistry Students Volunteering in Honduras
While most students take a break from working and studying during the summer, a group of University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry students will do the opposite. On July 28, 12 UNMC students and four sponsors will travel to Nuevo Ocotopeque, Honduras, for a two-week volunteer mission. The students will stay and work […]
Jul 24, 1998
In conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service’s issuance of a new Organ & Tissue Donation stamp, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System will host a special event on Aug. 5 to sell the new stamps and provide a special first-day stamp cancellation featuring The Lied Transplant Center on the UNMC/NHS […]
Jul 24, 1998
UNMC and Cox Communications to Launch New TV Show on Cox 02TV
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will launch a 26-week pilot cable television show on July 28 at 9:30 p.m., on Cox O2TV, channel 2. The topic for the shows premiere is, Cancer Research and the Media: Fact or Hype. The program, A Healthy Debate, will focus on ethical, scientific and practical aspects of health […]
Jul 24, 1998
UNMC Study Seeks 20 Children Between the Ages of 7 and 18 Who Suffer From Frequent Headaches
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is looking for 20 children between the ages of 7 and 18 years old who suffer from frequent headaches. The children are needed for a UNMC study evaluating whether headache therapy currently conducted in a hospital clinic setting, can be done effectively in a primary care or doctor’s office […]
Jul 24, 1998
Headlines: Register Online for Mini-Medical School
Jul 24, 1998
UNMC to Host Dedication Ceremony for Addition to the Munroe-Meyer Institute
A world-class research facility that will centralize genetic research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus will be officially dedicated at 9:30 a.m., on Monday, July 27. The three-level, 36,000 gross square foot building, which is part of the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC, is located at 45th and Dewey streets. The addition will […]
Jul 24, 1998
Dr. Payne Named Assistant Dean for UNMC College of Dentistry Jeffrey Payne, D.D.S., has been named assistant dean for research and postgraduate and graduate dental education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln. The appointment, effective July 1, is new to the college’s management structure. It was created by combining […]
Jul 24, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System have formed the South Omaha Community Care Council, a 25-member group whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of South Omaha residents. The council, which meets every other month, will serve as a resource in the community that provides information on prevention, intervention […]
Jul 23, 1998
Multi-Skilled Rural Health Professional Work Force
is Goal of UNMC’s Add-A-Competency Program The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s rural education program has graduated 64 students since its beginning in 1991. Of those rural program graduates, 94 percent obtained their first job in a rural area – 76 percent of those jobs were in rural Nebraska. Prior to the program, only 8 […]
Jul 23, 1998
UNMC Student Wins First Place Award for Research on Infectious Diseases and Immunology Sandra Willian, a University of Nebraska Medical Center student won first place in the McLaughlin Awards at the 39th annual National Student Research Forum held in Galveston, Texas. Ms. Willian is a 1989 graduate of Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., and […]
Jul 18, 1998