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Medical center making plans for potential bird flu pandemic
On the weekend before Halloween, a city-wide exercise, Operation Triple Play, will test the Omaha community’s response to a mass disaster.
Oct 27, 2006
Study looks at feasibility of College of Nursing division in Norfolk
The results of the first phase of a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a new UNMC nursing division in Norfolk will be presented to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents at their Nov. 3 meeting.
Oct 27, 2006
UNMC’s College of Nursing Kearney Division sponsored a Children’s Health Fair last Thursday at the Hilltop Mall in Kearney.
Oct 26, 2006
Ruth and Bill Scott have joined Chuck Durham as the leading philanthropists to support UNMC through gifts to the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Oct 26, 2006
What others are saying about Dr. Paustian
Members of the UNMC community weigh in on the announcment that several new facilities will be named after legendary physician Fred Paustian, M.D.
Oct 26, 2006
UNMC’s United Way campaign more than halfway to goal
With $90,000 already raised, UNMC is well on its way to achieving this year’s United Way campaign goal of $126,000.
Oct 25, 2006
Dr. Paustian to be honored today
Fred Paustian, M.D., and his wife, Mary Ann “Maisie,” will formally be honored today at a campus celebration in the Durham Outpatient Center atrium at 10:30 a.m. Plans to name several new UNMC facilities after the Paustians will be announced at the ceremony.
Oct 25, 2006
Scott donation to fund amphitheaters, research labs
Omaha philanthropists Ruth and Bill Scott have made another major investment – their third this year – to the University of Nebraska Foundation to advance the objectives of UNMC.
Oct 25, 2006
UNMC emergency residency program proving fruitful
UNMC’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program is allowing the university and Scottsbluff’s Regional West Medical Center to improve health care in Nebraska.
Oct 24, 2006
For the past 14 years, second-year medical students at UNMC have gotten a taste of working with professional and non-professional interpreters and non-English speaking patients to better understand how to overcome communication barriers.
Oct 24, 2006