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Anthony Davis, composer of Opera Omaha’s “Wakonda’s Dream” discussed the creative process behind the opera in the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium on Thursday.
Mar 9, 2007
Sunday bridal show to benefit Eppley Cancer Center
Future brides and others can simultaneously check out the latest in wedding fashion and support UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center at the “Suite of Dreams Bridal Boutique and Fashion Show” on Sunday. A bonus feature of the event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in the Old Market, is that Eppley Institute professor Robert Lewis, Ph.D., will serve as a model in the fashion show.
Mar 9, 2007
‘Walk and Roll for Disabilities’ raises record $30,000
More than 450 registered participants and more than $30,000 raised. Both numbers were records realized at the 3rd annual Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation “Walk & Roll for Disabilities,” held in February at the Westroads Mall.
Mar 8, 2007
Order form helps surgical patients get right antibiotics
A special order form for antimicrobials used at The Nebraska Medical Center is improving patient safety and helping more surgical patients receive appropriate antibiotics, the results of a recent study show.
Mar 8, 2007
Art class aimed at improving observation skills
Searching for a better way to teach observational skills to medical students and resident phyisicians, UNMC’s William Lydiatt, M.D., and Virginia Aita, Ph.D., have developed a unique research project designed to teach observation through the use of the arts.
Mar 8, 2007
Proposed cloning bill draws crowd
Seventh-grader Megan Berens has had diabetes for seven years. On Wednesday, the 13-year-old told Judiciary Committee members she hopes for a cure so she can “live without fear.” Berens was among the youngest to testify in opposition to LB 700, a bill that would ban reproductive and therapeutic cloning.
Mar 8, 2007
UNMC Off The Clock — The Sangers are quite the anglers
For many a father and son, fishing has served as a bonding activity. A chance to spend time together in nature while pursuing the thrill of the catch. This is holds true for UNMC’s Warren Sanger, Ph.D., and his son, Travis Sanger, M.D. The only difference between the Sangers and many other father-son fishing tandems is the Sangers are really, really good at fishing.
Mar 7, 2007
American Indian dancers offer lunchtime culture break
The Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium served as a cultural crossing point on Tuesday during a demonstration of traditional Native American Indian dances. During a noontime performance, members of the American Indian Dance Theater performed several routines, including one that involved about 20 members of the audience participating in a dance resembling a conga line.
Mar 7, 2007
Wakonda’s Dream vouchers available
A limited number of ticket vouchers for “Wakonda’s Dream” are available through the Public Affairs Department. Call Margaret Griffin at 559-4353 for information about the vouchers.
Mar 7, 2007
Proposed cloning bill would ban therapeutic cloning
State lawmakers today will hear testimony on LB 700, a bill that purports to ban the cloning of humans. While LB 700 does, in fact, ban human cloning, also known as reproductive cloning, it also bans a technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), or “therapeutic cloning.”
Mar 7, 2007