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Public Health Week starts Monday with community breakfast
College of Public Health faculty, staff and students will join members of the Omaha community at a Monday breakfast to discuss ways to reduce violence and increase safety in the city’s neighborhoods. The event kicks off National Public Health Week at UNMC.
Mar 31, 2011
Pediatric clinic seeks children’s books for award-winning program
The pediatric clinic in the Durham Outpatient Center seeks books for the Reach and Read program — which involves giving age-appropriate books and “reading prescriptions” to all children between 6 months and 5 years of age at health care visits.
Mar 30, 2011
Wellness Wednesday – Olson Center Brown Bag focused on anti-depressant alternatives
More than 170 million prescriptions are written for antidepressant medication every year.
Mar 30, 2011
Dr. Maurer to receive Distinguished Alumni Award from alma mater
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., will receive a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the school where he earned his medical degree — SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Mar 30, 2011
Stuttering the topic of Thursday’s Lincoln Science Cafe
Stuttering will be the focus of Thursday’s Lincoln Science Cafe.
Mar 30, 2011
20 spots available for Thursday blood drive
As of Monday afternoon, 20 spots remained for Thursday’s blood drive in the Center for Healthy Living.
Mar 29, 2011
UNMC Grants — Fu Chen wins prestigious dental awards
A drug delivery system that, in the form of a mouthwash, fights cavities, periodontal disease and bad breath received attention from the international dental community this month.
Mar 29, 2011
Matthew Zimmerman, Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and integrative physiology, will receive the 2011 Joseph P. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award at a campus ceremony today.
Mar 29, 2011
Dr. Keim Janssen receives Class of 1962 award
Sarah Keim Janssen, Ph.D., instructor in the department of genetics cell biology and anatomy award, received the College of Medicine Class of 1962 Basic Science Outstanding Teacher award at last week’s College of Medicine AOA/Faculty Honors Convocation.
Mar 29, 2011
Prepare to tell your tall tale today
Jack and the Beanstalk, Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan — these are the part of the foundation of American folklore. And they are all lies. Good stories, but lies.
Mar 29, 2011