Press Release
UNMC Students to Receive Diplomas Across Nebraska at Commencements
Diplomas will be conferred on University of Nebraska Medical Center students this month during commencement ceremonies in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Kearney on Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m., 32 students from the College of Nursing’s Kearney Division and 10 students from the medical technology division of the School of Allied Health Professions […]
May 1, 1998
UNMC Students in Kearney to Receive Diplomas at May 7 Commencement
Diplomas will be conferred on students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Kearney Division during a commencement ceremony May 7 at 7 p.m. at the Sports and Fitness Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. NOTE TO KEARNEY HUB: PLEASE RUN THIS LIST THE SAME DATE AS UNK’S COMMENCEMENT LIST. A complete list […]
May 1, 1998
University of Nebraska Medical Center Announces 1997-98 Scholarship Recipients
A total of 650 students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center received scholarships during the 1997-98 school year. The academic scholarships are funded and administered in part by UNMC and the University of Nebraska Foundation. This year the scholarships totaled nearly $1.8 million. COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY BEATRICE Jason Roche, Mayme & Steve Severa and […]
Apr 21, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Student Association for Rural Health, made up of students from rural areas studying at UNMC, sponsored its first Rural Health Professions Career Day recently. The event targeted high school students from rural areas who are interested in careers in the health professions. About 150 high school students from 38 […]
Apr 17, 1998
When University of Nebraska Medical Center Professor Larry Crouch, Ph.D., was tasked with co-directing the annual blood drive for the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln, he knew exactly how to get Nebraska football fans’ blood flowing. The native Nebraskan had just returned from a research fellowship at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry […]
Apr 17, 1998
UNMC, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Alzheimer’s Chapters to Host One-day, Advanced Workshop on Care of Alzheimer’s Patients The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Methodist Health Systems will sponsor an Alzheimer’s disease workshop in North Platte on Wednesday, April 22, at the Camino Inn. The one-day, hands-on, advanced workshop is being held in cooperation […]
Apr 13, 1998
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf To Receive First "Ambassador of Hope" Award from UNMC
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army Central Command during Operation Desert Storm in 1990, has been selected to receive the first Ambassador of Hope Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. Gen. Schwarzkopf will be honored at a Nov. 6 dinner at Ak-Sar-Ben. The Ambassador of […]
Apr 3, 1998
Organ Donation and Distribution To Be Focus of Omaha Press Club Forum on April 23
Why do so many people die waiting for a donor organ to become available? Why aren’t more people willing to donate their organs? What is being done to raise the public’s awareness level of organ donation? Who determines which patient will receive a donor organ? Byers W. Shaw, Jr., M.D., professor and chairman of the […]
Apr 3, 1998
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Awarded $4.4 Million Grant to Battle Pancreatic Cancer
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University are the only two institutions in the nation to receive a Special Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate gastrointestinal cancer. Through the $4.4 million SPORE grant, basic and clinical researchers from the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center will collaborate […]
Apr 2, 1998
UNMC, NHS Invites Public to Free, Six-Week Series in Omaha on Aging
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System, will offer a free Mini-Medical School series for people interested in learning about aging issues. Beginning April 15, the six-week series, titled, "What’s Age Got To Do With It?, will run Wednesday evenings, April 15-May 20, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the UNMC […]
Apr 2, 1998