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McGoogan Library remodels its special collections area
The McGoogan Library staff recently held an open house to showcase the initial changes to the eighth floor: expanding the archives into what had previously been office space, repositioning stacks and recarpeting the special collections area.
May 21, 2004
Dr. Bessmer receives Gold U Award for May
Joel Bessmer, M.D., doesn’t have time to twiddle his thumbs — not with an active clinical practice, not with 65 internal medicine residents to mentor and not with 10 children at home.
May 20, 2004
Silver U recipients for May announced
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
May 20, 2004
Oncologist’s editorial published in cancer journal
Jean Grem, M.D., professor of oncology and hematology at UNMC, has published an editorial in the May 19 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The editorial looks at the difficulty in studying the various regimens of adjuvant chemotherapy available for treating colorectal cancer.
May 20, 2004
A weekly IRB message — revised application forms
Each Wednesday, UNMC Today features an informational article about changes affecting UNMC’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the research community. Read on to see how the new application forms are different.
May 19, 2004
Arts for Hearts Show, silent auction May 20-21 to benefit MMI
Although a number of fund-raising events benefit MMI programs, the annual Arts for Hearts Show and Silent Auction is the only event where the items for sale are hand-crafted by MMI clients. The Third Annual Arts for Hearts Show and Silent Auction will take place this week.
May 19, 2004
UNMC leadership team makes historic trek across Nebraska
It was a historic trip – two days, four speaking stops, 32 media interviews and more than 1,000 miles. In what is believed to be the largest group of University of Nebraska leaders to ever go out as a group across the state, 10 UNMC administrators piled into two vans on April 28 and 29 and went from Omaha to Scottsbluff and back on a landmark goodwill tour.
May 19, 2004
2004 Harris award winners announced
Six UNMC graduate students have received the 2004 Norman and Bernice Harris Awards in Cancer Research.
May 18, 2004
Good Samaritan showers patient with kindness
“Angels” is how Mickayla Zellner describes the act of kindness bestowed upon her last week at The Nebraska Medical Center. But, it all started several weeks ago, when the expectant mother was going to a routine obstetrics office visit on campus.
May 18, 2004
College of Dentistry honored for helping children
UNMC’s College of Dentistry in Lincoln is being recognized today by the Nebraska State Board of Health with an award for Dental Day V. The award is given to acknowledge community efforts to promote public health.
May 17, 2004