Press Release
Thirty-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry located in Lincoln, were honored during the College of Dentistry’s 31st Annual Professionals’ Day, an opportunity for faculty, students and staff to share professional and academic activities. The students were recognized as having the top 15 percent grade-point-averages of their class, with a […]
Mar 25, 1998
UNMC College of Dentistry Students Make Dean’s List
Twenty-five students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry located in Lincoln, were named to the dean’s list for the 1997 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 10 percent of their class. The students are listed below by program of study and hometown: Bachelor […]
Mar 24, 1998
The first-ever Cattlemen’s Ball, Nebraska’s biggest country western party of the year, will be held June 6 at the Graff/Snover Ranch near Ainsworth. Proceeds from the event, which is expected to draw 3,000 people from throughout the state, will go toward cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center. The feature […]
Mar 19, 1998
UNMC to Host Annual Health/Science Meet Regional Competitions for Eighth Graders
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold regional science competitions at schools across the state for students competing to attend the sixth annual Health/Science Meet. At the regional competitions, students will present either a five-page science essay or a display dealing with a specific scientific field with the top presenters qualifying to attend UNMC’s […]
Mar 18, 1998
UNMC Nursing Students Earn Dean’s List Honors One hundred twenty-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the dean’s list following the 1997 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, with […]
Mar 18, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will host a series of speakers whose presentations will focus on outcomes research, a method by which the effectiveness of health-care delivery systems can be measured in terms of cost-effectiveness. The lectures will be held on UNMC’s Omaha campus and broadcast live to sites in Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney […]
Mar 4, 1998
AIDS Research to be Advanced with Latest Grant Awards Received by UNMC
More than $860,000 in grant awards received by the University of Nebraska Medical Center during the second quarter of the 1997-98 fiscal year will fund research in the battle against AIDS. The grants follow breakthrough AIDS research at UNMC that led to the development last fall of the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Diseases, which […]
Mar 4, 1998
Changes in the nation’s health-care system have shifted health-care decisions from state and national levels to the local level. This development demands a new type of health-care professional throughout Nebraska. Through a three-year grant, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Nursing has implemented a curriculum that will help meet that demand. The funding, […]
Mar 4, 1998
Spend an Evening in Paradise at Kaleidoscope ‘98
Get a mid-winter break in paradise at the University of Nebraska Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Kaleidoscope event March 21. The Scoular Building at 2027 Dodge St. will be turned into an Hawaiian paradise. All proceeds will benefit The Lied Transplant Center Healing Gardens. The evening includes a silent auction, a dinner catered by Hap Abraham and […]
Mar 3, 1998
Dr. Charles Enke Appointed Chairman of UNMC Radiation Oncology Department
Charles Enke, M.D., medical director of radiation oncology at Clarkson Hospital, has been appointed chairman of the department of radiation oncology in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine and will serve as medical director for the Nebraska Health System (NHS). NHS is the combined hospital and clinical operation formed by the recent […]
Mar 2, 1998