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Powerful research networking tool headed to campus

UNMC will soon launch SciVal Experts, an expertise profiling and research networking tool that will help medical center researchers form partnerships and demonstrate their expertise to the global research community.

Jan 9, 2012

Benefit ‘U’ in focus – A note about health insurance cards

If you are a new enrollee in the UNMC medical plan as of Jan. 1, you will need two different cards.

Jan 9, 2012

Student spotlight – Jacob Peterson

Today we meet Jacob Peterson, a first-year medical student.

Jan 6, 2012

Reenforcement on the front lines of mental health

It’s estimated that more than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary care level and that percentage jumps considerably in rural areas where there often are no mental health practitioners for hundreds of miles.

Jan 6, 2012

Spotlight on new faculty – Meet Alissa Fial

Alissa Fial, assistant professor in the McGoogan Library of Medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Jan 6, 2012

Openings remain for Foundations for Success course

Managers can still nominate employees for the Foundations for Success career development series.

Jan 6, 2012

Lookin’ at U – Dani Wilson-Baxter

This week, we learn more about Dani Wilson-Baxter, office associate in the College of Nursing.

Jan 5, 2012

Dental student grateful for more than just a scholarship

When UNMC dental student Jake Zitterkopf sat down to write a thank you letter to the people who gave his scholarship, he never intended to go above and beyond the ordinary. But that’s what he did. (Story links to University of Nebraska Foundation website.)

Jan 5, 2012

Learn@Lunch focused on financial independence

At the next Human Resources Learn@Lunch, Darren Dageforde, manager of utilities and energy engineering at UNMC, will show attendees how to apply financial intelligence to their personal relationships with money.

Jan 5, 2012

Community revitalization leader Othello Meadows III to speak at MLK event

Othello H. Meadows III will deliver the keynote address on the UNMC campus on Monday, Jan. 16 to honor slain civil rights leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 5, 2012