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Video helps you prepare for workplace violence
How would you respond if a shooter opened fire in your workplace? Based on the spate of mass shootings in the past year — including several on college campuses and one at Omaha’s Westroads Mall on Dec. 5 — this, unfortunately, is not an unreasonable question.
Mar 28, 2008
SAP ESS users group sessions announced
SAP Employee Self Service (ESS) will soon move to its new permanent home in Firefly (firefly.nebraska.edu) — the University of Nebraska’s secure online business portal. … There will be three informational sessions available for employees to attend in order to familiarize themselves with Firefly.
Mar 28, 2008
A video montage from last week’s Match Day ceremony at Joslyn Art Museum.
Mar 28, 2008
Mary Ann Linder scholarship founded for nursing students
An endowment named for the mother of UNMC’s James Linder, M.D., has been established to benefit students at the UNMC College of Nursing.
Mar 27, 2008
UNMC students show original research at annual forum
Several UNMC students took home awards from the 39th Annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum, which was held recently at the Embassy Suites in downtown Omaha.
Mar 27, 2008
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature Bob Huerta, help desk analyst in ITS customer support services.
Mar 27, 2008
Alumnus is today’s AOA Distinguished Speaker
Ray Hershberger, M.D., one of the nation’s leaders in congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation, returns to his alma mater today as the 2008 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Distinguished Speaker.
Mar 27, 2008
April 22 seminar focused on unintentional intolerance
Most people have a sincere and honest disgust towards prejudices that are based on superficial factors. … But what if “nice” people are regularly intolerant of and exclude others solely on the basis of non-substantive factors and don’t know it?
Mar 27, 2008
UPDATED — Governor signs stem cell bill into law
A bill that represents a compromise between supporters and opponents of embryonic stem cell research was signed into law on Tuesday by Gov. Dave Heineman. The law took effect immediately.
Mar 26, 2008
‘Research addicts’ honored for their excellence
Tom Rosenquist, Ph.D., called them research addicts, the 27 who were honored as UNMC’s 2007 Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator award winners.
Mar 26, 2008