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HIV/AIDS awareness day features week of activities

The sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is Tuesday, Feb. 7, but a week’s worth of HIV/AIDS-related educational activities are planned in Omaha. This year’s activities run from Feb. 4 -10.

Feb 2, 2006

South Omaha clinic changes name, relocates

UNMC announced today that its South Omaha Neighborhood Association (SONA) clinic is moving into bigger space and changing its name. The move and name change will occur this week as the SONA Clinic at 31st & Q Streets closes its doors today and moves all health care services five blocks west to 36th & Q Streets. The clinic will reopen Monday as the UNMC Community Health Center.

Feb 1, 2006

Childhood cancer survivor receives new heart

As a child, 25-year-old Chris Collins won a hard fought battle with cancer. Now, as an adult, the Council Bluffs, Iowa, man is doing well in the days after receiving a new heart.

Feb 1, 2006

Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners February offerings

As part of the Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners program, medical center employees can gain free admission to this month’s opening of “French Donjons: Castle of Coucy, Medieval Life in Miniature,” as well as participate in Friday’s discussion on “The Da Vinci Code Debate.” Click for details.

Feb 1, 2006

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Ken Bayles, Ph.D.

Kenneth Bayles, Ph.D., associate professor of Pathology/Microbiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.

Jan 31, 2006

Connealy sworn in as Student Senate president

Dan Connealy recently took the oath of office to become the 2006 UNMC Student Senate president. The third-year medical student from Chadron also will serve as the UNMC student representative on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

Jan 31, 2006

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ph.D.

Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology/microbiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.

Jan 30, 2006

Researchers studying staph to be published

Toni Patton, Ph.D., Soo-Jin Yang and Ken Bayles, Ph.D., are authors of an article scheduled to appear in early February in Molecular Microbiology, the most prestigious journal in their field.

Jan 30, 2006

UNMC campus accomplishments — 2004-2005

UNMC’s 2004-2005 campus accomplishments — in the areas of education, research, community partnerships, cultural competence, new technologies and employee loyalty — include the following: Education The dental class of 2008 had an overall pre-dental grade point average of 3.79, the highest in the history of the College and the highest of the 56 dental schools […]

Jan 27, 2006

MMI’s Walk and Roll for Disabilities benefit set for Feb. 19

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation invite the public to participate in its second annual “Walk & Roll for Disabilities.” The event will be inside Westroads Mall on Sunday, Feb. 19.

Jan 27, 2006