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Councilman Gray to deliver MLK address today at noon

Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray will present today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorative address at noon in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Campus Events Center.

Jan 18, 2010

Wear Denim for Disabilities Jan. 18-Feb. 5

UNMC employees can contribute to recreation therapy programs at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) simply by wearing denim.

Jan 18, 2010

Volunteers sought for immediate Haiti deployment — MEETING ROOM CHANGED

Today, UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center will assemble their first group of volunteers for immediate deployment to Haiti, in collaboration with Project MediShare, in response to the U.S. State Department’s call for expert help for the earthquake-ravaged nation.

Jan 18, 2010

UNMC reflects on Dr. King – Day 2

Today is the second of a two-part series that features these reflections on Dr. King.

Jan 15, 2010

Melanie Stewart — ‘landlord for the DRCs’ — receives January Gold ‘U’

One day a broken sprinkler line may spray water all over the Durham Research Center atrium. Another day a researcher may need Stewart to find a new piece of equipment for a laboratory. Such is life for Melanie Stewart.

Jan 15, 2010

Free mail-service generic drugs available for HRA participants

Those who completed the Wellstream/Health Risk Assessment (HRA) last fall and are, therefore, eligible for the free generic prescriptions through CVS Caremark using their mail service program, can now access that benefit.

Jan 15, 2010

Cindy Dvorak finds skate

Cindy Dvorak, a senior medical billing and coding associate for UNMC Physicians, was the first person to find the ice skate icon Thursday’s UNMC Today.

Jan 15, 2010

UNMC plans response to Haiti relief efforts

An informational meeting will be held today at noon for UNMC faculty and students interested in deploying to Haiti as part of a medical center team that will provide medical aid in the earthquake-ravaged country.

Jan 15, 2010

Lookin’ at U – Jennifer Endres

Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” This week, we feature Jennifer Endres, research technologist in the department of pathology and microbiology.

Jan 14, 2010

Physical therapy students participate in white coat ceremony

Fifty first-year physical therapy students donned white coats on Jan. 8 to mark one of their symbolic first steps into the profession.

Jan 14, 2010