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UNMC’s 2005 United Way drive tops $120,000
UNMC employees contributed $120,725 to the 2005 United Way of the Midlands campaign.
Jan 9, 2006
White privilege focus of Jan. 16 Martin Luther King program
Robert Jensen, Ph.D., associate professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, has written a book about skin color in American society – the unseen and unspoken privileges that are accorded simply because one has white skin. On Jan. 16, Dr. Jensen will be the guest speaker for the 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday commemoration.
Jan 9, 2006
UNMC, hospital to fight shortage of nursing faculty
The Nebraska Medical Center has agreed to provide $25,000 a year to the UNMC College of Nursing to supplement salaries of several new faculty recruits — faculty that will teach nursing students and practice nursing.
Jan 6, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Jill Poole, M.D.
Jill A. Poole, M.D., assistant professor of allergy, asthma and immunology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Jan 6, 2006
2006 Art Express lecture series kicks off today — NOTE CHANGE IN ROOM NUMBER
Today marks the date of the first session for the 2006 series of Art Express, a drop in lunch and lecture series that provides a closer look at Joslyn’s permanent collection and traveling exhibitions.
Jan 6, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Ali Khoynezhad, M.D.
Ali Khoynezhad, M.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Surgery, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Jan 5, 2006
Heart transplant gives teen new lease on life
2006 marks the beginning of a new chapter, a life filled with new possibilities for Justin Cornish. The 16-year-old from Lincoln, Neb., is doing well just days after undergoing a heart transplant at The Nebraska Medical Center.
Jan 5, 2006
Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners continues
UNMC, UMA and The Nebraska Medical Center are entering their second year of a cultural partnership with Joslyn Art Museum. See story for upcoming Passport Partners events.
Jan 5, 2006
Saving Faces exhibition blends medicine, art
Omaha will be the third stop for a North American tour of a unique art exhibition, which provides an in-depth look at the physical and emotional aspects of patients who underwent head and neck surgery subsequent to trauma, disfiguring forms of cancer or other problems. The exhibit will run from Jan. 13 to Feb. 24 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Jan 4, 2006
As we begin another year of educational, research and clinical accomplishments, we pause to remember some of the stories that made headlines in 2005 and a few of the many individuals who have helped make UNMC a premier health science center.
Jan 3, 2006