Press Release
UNMC College of Dentistry Freshman Class GPA Ranks Highest in College’s History
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln is educating more than half of Nebraska’s dentists, and according to grade-point-averages and scores on national clinical exams, they are some of the brightest in the United States. Since 1990, UNMC’s freshman dental classes have ranked in the top 10 for highest grade-point-averages among […]
Nov 3, 1997
UNMC College of Nursing Awarded Grant to Reduce Education Barriers to Rural, Minority Nurses
For more information contact:Vicky Cerino, 402-559-5190Oct. 22, 1997 The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has received a continuation grant for $463,073 to develop and deliver state-of-the-art computer conferencing systems for use in its Adult Health and Illness Master of Science in Nursing program. The systems, using the Internet, will help breakdown […]
Oct 22, 1997
VAMC, UNMC Reach Agreement To Expand Cooperative Programs In Several Areas
Two longtime Omaha health-care providers — the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center — announced today that they have developed a memorandum of intent that would allow the two institutions to form a stronger cooperative relationship in the areas of education, research, clinical services and administration. The two medical centers […]
Oct 17, 1997
UNMC to Hold Memorial Service Oct. 12 for Deceased Newborns and Infants
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold a memorial service Oct. 12 for infants and newborns who have died at UNMC during the past year. The service is in recognition of October’s designation as National Perinatal Bereavement Month. The non-denominational service will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Westlawn and Hillcrest Memorial Park, 57th […]
Oct 7, 1997
October 1 Set as Effective Date:
UNMC and Clarkson Merge Hospital and Clinical Operations with Formation of Nebraska Health System The University of Nebraska Board of Regents, during a special meeting Monday night in Lincoln, unanimously approved the proposed merger of hospital and clinical operations between the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Clarkson Regional Health Services. Effective Wednesday, the new […]
Sep 30, 1997
Former Star Cornhusker Athletes Lend Support to UNMC Organ, Tissue, Marrow Donation Campaign
Three former University of Nebraska athletes and a present Cornhusker coach are lending their support to a statewide advertising campaign being launched this month by the University of Nebraska Medical Center to create awareness for the need for more organ, tissue and bone marrow donors. The advertisements feature former Nebraska championship quarterbacks Jerry Tagge and […]
Sep 25, 1997
Click below to listen and learn more about UNMC as seen through the eyes of its health professions students. If you don’t have Real Player 8, click here to download it. Nurse practitioner student Leah Jorgensen on UNMC’s Outreach/Sharing Clinic in South Omaha Rural Resident Dr. Matt Byrd on UNMC’s Rural Physician Training Program MD/PhD […]
Sep 25, 1997
Cancer is one those words that can make a person’s blood run cold at the moment it is spoken. It is even more unsettling when the disease strikes a child. The two largest grants received by the University of Nebraska Medical Center during the second quarter of 1997 will help fund research into a form […]
Sep 18, 1997
UNMC Opens First Primary Care Health Center in Iowa
University Medical Associates, the physician group for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has opened its first primary care health center in Iowa. UMA at Council Bluffs is located at 1751 Madison Ave. and provides internal and family medicine services. The facility opened Sept. 2. The public is invited to attend a free open house, […]
Sep 11, 1997
Three Nebraska universities are launching an all-out attack on diseases of the brain with the creation of a Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders. The purpose of the center, which was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Sept. 5, is to combine clinical and basic research efforts in diseases of the […]
Sep 10, 1997