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Wednesday keynote speaker on challenges, opportunities in public health

An interview with Harrison Spencer, M.D., president of the Association of Schools of Public Health and keynote speaker at Wednesday’s opening of the new College of Public Health building.

May 16, 2011

Benefit ‘U’ in focus – Museum partnerships

Employees and students at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center get free admission to the Joslyn Art Museum as well as the Durham Museum thanks to partnerships between the medical center and the museums.

May 16, 2011

Love BBQ? Check out the new food vendor at UNMC

Beginning this week, a new food vendor, This Little Piggy BBQ, joins the list of campus vendors at the Sorrell Center and Durham Research Center. Note the summer hour schedule for vendors at each location.

May 16, 2011

Dr. Linder to lead NU innovation and economic competitiveness initiatives

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the appointment of James Linder, M.D., as senior associate to the president for innovation and economic competitiveness and president of the University Technology Development Corporation (UTDC).

May 13, 2011

A day in the life of a UNMC public health student

Watch a video of a day in the life of College of Public Health student Paul Kolkman, M.D.

May 13, 2011

A look ahead to the public health building opening

The campus community is invited to Wednesday’s official opening of the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health at 519 S. 40th Plaza Circle.

May 13, 2011

UNMC for the record

UNMC Push-ups for Haiti event receives national recognition.

May 13, 2011

Music as Medicine – Facts about Joseph Haydn

A question for you classical music fans out there: Did you know Austrian composer Joseph Haydn was a close friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven?

May 13, 2011

Public health student travels long way to attend college

Bernie Medise, M.D., a pediatrician, is UNMC’s first public health student from Indonesia to be sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

May 12, 2011

Physician assistant trailblazer Jesse Edwards dies at 83

Armed with a dry sense of humor and a knack for uniting people behind a cause, Jesse Edwards helped bring the physician assistant profession to the state of Nebraska.

May 12, 2011