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Hair to be shaved in the DOC today

Baldness will descend on the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium at 1 p.m. today as UNMC pediatric oncologist Bruce Gordon, M.D., and several others will give up their hair at the Shave-A-Thon to benefit The St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Jul 8, 2011

2011 Management Series class graduates

Forty-two UNMC employees recently graduated from the medical center’s Management Series.

Jul 7, 2011

Lookin’ at U – Pam Cox

This week, we learn more about Pam Cox, radiation specialist and instructor of chemical and radiation safety.

Jul 7, 2011

A vital connection

When Karol Warchola’s work phone rang on a recent Thursday afternoon, the social services associate for UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute had no idea it was a friend calling.

Jul 7, 2011

NU names new leader of distance/online education operations

Mary Paulett Niemiec has been appointed as NU’s associate vice president for distance education and director of University of Nebraska Online Worldwide.

Jul 7, 2011

Wellness Wednesday – Sports drinks vs. water

Before you reach for that Gatorade Fruit Punch bottle the next time you drag your sweaty self into the neighborhood gas station, read this article from Yahoo about the choice between sports drinks and water.

Jul 6, 2011

Growing Clinical Research — Dr. Larsen on biobanks

One of the major topics discussed as leaders set the annual strategic roadmap for the campus was clinical research and the use of biobanks.

Jul 6, 2011

Individual retirement counseling sessions in July and August

Representatives from TIAA/CREF will be at UNMC on Wednesday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 26. One on one counseling sessions will be scheduled through TIAA-CREF’s counseling advice service by calling 1-800-732-8353.

Jul 6, 2011

2011 Foundations for Success class graduates

Armed with new tools to advance careers at UNMC, 41 UNMC employees have graduated from the ninth session of the Foundations for Success program.

Jul 6, 2011

UNMC History 101 – Dr. Livingston and the Civil War

Several of the doctors who in 1881 founded the Omaha Medical College, the predecessor institution to UNMC, were veterans of the Civil War.

Jul 5, 2011