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Reenforcement on the front lines of mental health

It’s estimated that more than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary care level and that percentage jumps considerably in rural areas where there often are no mental health practitioners for hundreds of miles.

Jan 6, 2012

Spotlight on new faculty – Meet Alissa Fial

Alissa Fial, assistant professor in the McGoogan Library of Medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Jan 6, 2012

Openings remain for Foundations for Success course

Managers can still nominate employees for the Foundations for Success career development series.

Jan 6, 2012

Lookin’ at U – Dani Wilson-Baxter

This week, we learn more about Dani Wilson-Baxter, office associate in the College of Nursing.

Jan 5, 2012

Dental student grateful for more than just a scholarship

When UNMC dental student Jake Zitterkopf sat down to write a thank you letter to the people who gave his scholarship, he never intended to go above and beyond the ordinary. But that’s what he did. (Story links to University of Nebraska Foundation website.)

Jan 5, 2012

Learn@Lunch focused on financial independence

At the next Human Resources Learn@Lunch, Darren Dageforde, manager of utilities and energy engineering at UNMC, will show attendees how to apply financial intelligence to their personal relationships with money.

Jan 5, 2012

Community revitalization leader Othello Meadows III to speak at MLK event

Othello H. Meadows III will deliver the keynote address on the UNMC campus on Monday, Jan. 16 to honor slain civil rights leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 5, 2012

Wellness Wednesday – Brown bag focused on early cancer detection

Attend the next Olson Center Brown Bag to learn how you can change your chances for cancer.

Jan 4, 2012

Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s returns to campus Jan. 27-28, volunteers sought

The second-annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s will take place at the campus ice rink on Jan. 27-28 from 5 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Jan 4, 2012

VAST Clinic helps PR’s Lisa Spellman through malaria scare

“I need to see Dr. Alison Freifeld as soon as possible when I get back,” Lisa Spellman told the receptionist at the VAST Clinic who answered the urgent phone call from Nigeria. “I have malaria.”

Jan 4, 2012