UNMC Today - Today's Headlines

VAST Clinic helps PR’s Lisa Spellman through malaria scare

“I need to see Dr. Alison Freifeld as soon as possible when I get back,” Lisa Spellman told the receptionist at the VAST Clinic who answered the urgent phone call from Nigeria. “I have malaria.”

Jan 4, 2012

Spotlight on new faculty – Meet Justin Mott, M.D., Ph.D.

Justin Mott, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Jan 4, 2012

UNMC announces first Vital Pin recipients

A list of employees who have earned Vital Pins as part of the UNMC Vital Thank ‘U’ program.

Jan 4, 2012

Wellness Wednesday – Brown bag focused on early cancer detection

Attend the next Olson Center Brown Bag to learn how you can change your chances for cancer.

Jan 4, 2012

Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s returns to campus Jan. 27-28, volunteers sought

The second-annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s will take place at the campus ice rink on Jan. 27-28 from 5 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Jan 4, 2012

Web of Science replaced by Scopus

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research now sponsors a subscription to Scopus, Elsevier’s database product with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Jan 3, 2012

UNMC History 101 – Philanthropy then and now

A look back at some of the results of philanthropic gifts to UNMC.

Jan 3, 2012

Remembering … Annette Markin

Funeral services for Annette Markin — an ardent advocate for pulmonary hypertension (PH) awareness and wife of UNMC faculty member Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D. — will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church — 2500 California Plaza.

Jan 3, 2012

A look back at 2011 at UNMC

UNMC parties on ice all night to fight Parkinson’s, a key administrator is lost suddenly, public health gets a campus home and new faces fill several major leadership roles.

Jan 3, 2012

Weekly e-Tip – No. 4

This week, learn to save messages and attachments to PDF files.

Jan 3, 2012