UNMC Today - Today's Headlines
Making college more affordable for more Nebraskans
Collegebound Nebraska — a newly expanded financial aid program at the University of Nebraska — is making a college education more affordable for thousands of Nebraska students, NU President James B. Milliken said Monday.
Nov 26, 2008
Wellness Wednesday – A thought for Thanksgiving
Ahh, Thanksgiving. While initially the holiday was meant to celebrate a successful harvest, it seems that now, for most people including me, Thanksgiving is an excuse to eat too much.
Nov 26, 2008
Friday Husker pick ’em (Wednesday edition) – Colorado
It seems the extra time between games gave our panelists time to reach some sort of telepathic synergy in terms of their predictions for Friday’s Nebraska-Colorado game.
Nov 26, 2008
Smoking, heavy drinking produce ‘double whammy’ in lungs
It’s well known that prolonged, heavy consumption of alcohol can cause liver and brain damage and that smoking causes a variety of life-threatening diseases.
Nov 26, 2008
Remembering Dr. Darrel Moreland
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today for Darrel Moreland, D.D.S., a strong supporter of the UNMC College of Dentistry and a friend to many at the University of Nebraska who died Sunday following an apparent heart attack.
Nov 26, 2008
Employee forums scheduled for Dec. 2-3
Record research numbers, employee survey results, low employee turnover rates at UNMC and the “I Love UNMC” social media campaign will be among the topics at chancellor’s forums for employees and faculty on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Nov 25, 2008
Leading up the Dec. 12 opening of Mark Gilbert’s “Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of Care” at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, UNMC Today will run a series of essays that detail the experiences of patients, loved ones and health care workers who were exposed to the project.
Nov 25, 2008
Apathy study funded by Alzheimer’s Association
Prasad Padala, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at UNMC and a staff psychiatrist at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, received a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.
Nov 25, 2008
Toy drive to benefit American Indian children
It all started with a simple offer of help. Three years ago on a drive with a friend to an American Indian reservation in South Dakota, Mike Cieciorka, a nurse in the cardiology clinic at UNMC, agreed to help raise money to buy toys for Christmas for the children who live there.
Nov 25, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – Jixin Dong, Ph.D.
Jixin Dong, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Eppley Institute, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Nov 25, 2008