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TANGO! and Juneteenth celebration highlight diversity events

UNMC’s Human Resources and the Employee Diversity Network (EDN) will sponsor two events for medical center employees this month.

Jun 2, 2009

Tickets still available for Cattlemen’s Ball

Tickets are still available for the 11th annual Cattlemen’s Ball — which will be held Saturday near Doniphan.

Jun 2, 2009

Dr. Anderson to present tonight’s Science Cafe

Dan Anderson, M.D, Ph.D., assistant professor of cardiology, will present “Diet, Exercise, Inflammation and Heart Disease: What’s the Connection” during a Science Cafe today at 7 p.m. at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. in Omaha.

Jun 2, 2009

Dr. Shull accepts post in Wisconsin

James Shull, Ph.D., professor and chairman of UNMC’s Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, has been named chairman of the Department of Oncology/McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The appointment is effective Sept. 1.

Jun 2, 2009

Behavioral health bill to boost workforce, training, access to care

Nebraska is a step closer to a mental health workforce that can better serve families that deal with such behavioral health issues as depression, substance abuse, schizophrenia and addictions.

Jun 2, 2009

Dr. Sorrell, wife Shirley, to receive humanitarian honors

Michael Sorrell, M.D., professor in the College of Medicine, and his wife, Shirley, will be honored at the Conference for Inclusive Communities (CFIC) 2009 Humanitarian Dinner on Thursday.

Jun 1, 2009

Budget headlines UNMC forums

UNMC’s budget, federal stimulus funding, a tobacco-free campus and the Thank ‘U’ program will be among the topics of the forums for employees and faculty later this month.

Jun 1, 2009

Path/micro graduate students honored

Four pathology and microbiology students were honored recently at the department’s graduate student research seminar.

Jun 1, 2009

Dr. Pamies appointed to medical examiners board executive committee

The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) has named Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, to their nine-member executive committee of the governing board of the NBME.

Jun 1, 2009

Prestigious fellowship to fund student’s research in South Africa

Brady Beecham, an M.D./Ph.D. student, has become the first UNMC student to receive the Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship.

Jun 1, 2009