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Dr. Rath retires, returns to school
Retirement for general surgeon Hans Rath, M.D., meant a chance to go back to school. For two years, Dr. Rath has volunteered as an assistant in the gross anatomy laboratory in the UNMC College of Medicine. In addition to his regularly scheduled lab hours, Dr. Rath attended all 65 medical school lectures to gain as much knowledge as possible for answering students’ questions.
For his dedication to volunteering, he is the recipient of the College of Medicine’s April Volunteer Faculty of the Month Award.
Jun 12, 2002
Legislature plans special session July 30
Gov. Mike Johanns has set July 30 as the date for a special session of the Legislature to respond to the shortfall in the state budget. For the first 11 months of the current budget year, state revenue collections were $136 million below projections.
Gov. Johanns will set the agenda for the special session after June revenues are known and after the Economic Forecasting Advisory Board meets during the week of July 15 to revise its revenue projections for 2002-03.
Jun 12, 2002
UNMC chancellor: Campus intends to give raises as planned
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said today that UNMC plans to implement the scheduled salary increases to employees beginning July 1.
Jun 12, 2002
Brain death expert: accepted fact but no global consensus in diagnostic criteria
Declaring a person brain dead is a necessary step to withdraw life support and allow for organ donation. But, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, M.D., Ph.D., (pronounced ale-coe vadix) has found that the simple criteria for determining brain death has been widely expanded around the world.
On Thursday, the Mayo Clinic neurologist — considered by many to be the foremost expert on brain death — shared the results of his yearlong, global survey on brain death criteria with the UNMC community.
Jun 11, 2002
36 hours of surgery brings new hope to 10 NHS transplant patients
More than 30 hours of surgery resulted in 13 organ transplants for 10 patients at NHS. The transplant surgeries began around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 and continued until late Thursday afternoon, May 30.
When they were over, the surgical teams had transplanted six livers, one pancreas, one small bowel and four kidneys into nine adult and one pediatric patients. All 10 people are recovering at NHS.
Jun 10, 2002
Faculty Senate announces new officers, senators
The UNMC Faculty Senate officers for the 2002-2003 term are:
- Lynne A. Farr, Ph.D., president (College of Nursing)
- Paul M. Paulman, M.D., vice president/president elect (College of Medicine)
- Joel R. Bessmer, M.D., secretary/treasurer (College of Medicine)
- Nancy N. Woelfl, Ph.D., director of the McGoogan Library, agreed to continue serving as the Senate’s parliamentarian.
See story for a list of newly and re-elected senators, as well as those who have finished their term.
Jun 10, 2002
Information session today on health insurance guidelines
An employee informational session regarding the university’s health insurance plan has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 10, at Cooper Auditorium in the College of Nursing.
Jun 10, 2002
Nebraska contingent to attend biotechnology convention in Toronto
A contingent of Nebraskans will travel to Toronto this weekend to attend the largest biotechnology convention in the world in an effort to raise awareness for Omaha’s biotechnology programs.
The group, which includes representatives from the academic, business and governmental sectors, will be attending the BIO 2002 International Biotechnology Convention and Exhibition being held June 10 to12 in Toronto. More than 14,000 people from around the world attended last year’s convention.
Jun 7, 2002
UNMC to host Nebraska eighth-graders at annual Health/Science Meet
UNMC will host 60 eighth-graders from 21 schools across Nebraska at its 10th Health/Science Meet, which runs through Saturday. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional science competitions earlier this year.
Jun 7, 2002
College of Nursing study to prevent osteoporosis in breast cancer survivors
UNMC’s College of Nursing has received more than $2.9 million to evaluate a new approach to prevent osteoporosis in breast cancer survivors after menopause.
The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, may provide an alternative treatment for breast cancer survivors, most of whom cannot take hormone replacement therapy, the most frequently used preventive treatment. (See story for audio clips).
Jun 6, 2002