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Dr. Zheng’s laboratory receives $1.8 million NIH grant
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded the laboratory of UNMC’s Jialin Zheng, M.D., a $1.8 million RO1 grant to study how neural repair processes are inhibited in patients who suffer from HIV-1 associated dementia.
Sep 30, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty — meet Micah Beachy, D.O.
Micah Beachy, D.O., assistant professor of general internal medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Sep 30, 2008
$5 ‘Pirates of Penzance’ tickets available to UNMC staff, students
UNMC faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to purchase $5 tickets for the Opera Omaha production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.”
Sep 30, 2008
Crozier receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ for September
Jennifer Crozier wanted to be a doctor. Then, she wanted to impact the lives of doctors. Now, UNMC’s residency program coordinator in general surgery is impacting their lives in ways she never planned.
Sep 30, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty — meet Rachel Bonnema, M.D.
Rachel Bonnema, M.D., assistant professor of general internal medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Sep 29, 2008
Bennett Hall: A thing of beauty
From the outside, Bennett Hall continues to stand tall. From the inside, the third oldest building on campus defies its 1900 beginnings.
Sep 29, 2008
Rural rotation poster contest winners take home $250 each
Fourth-year medical students Christelle Iboudo and Lindsay Northam each received $250 for poster presentations they created after serving rural rotations as third-year medical students.
Sep 29, 2008
UNMC receives $5.3 million grant for pancreatic cancer research
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $5.3 million, five-year Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in pancreatic cancer to the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. UNMC was one of only two programs funded this year in pancreatic cancer.
Sep 29, 2008
Friday Husker Pick’em — Virginia Tech
Our panel members are all 3-0. So are the Cornhuskers. But now it starts to get tricky.
Sep 26, 2008
Cattlemen’s Ball raises record amount of $796,000
The 2008 Cattlemen’s Ball was one for the record books. A sellout crowd of nearly 4,000 people gathered at the Niewohner Cattle Company near Albion, Neb., for this year’s ball on June 6-7. They raised a record $796,000, of which about $700,000 went to the Eppley Cancer Center.
Sep 26, 2008