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Trumpeter and harpist to play Music as Medicine today

Trumpeter Craig Bircher and harpist Mary Bircher will perform during the Music as Medicine concert today at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Mar 19, 2009

Lookin’ at U — Nikki Clark

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 Nikki Clark, a student in the College of Nursing.

Mar 19, 2009

New procedure helps prevent esophageal cancer

Eat, drink and be merry — that’s how many like to have a good time. Fun for most people, but for those with chronic heartburn or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), eating can translate into real misery. It is a problem plaguing about one in five adults.

Mar 19, 2009

Latest Silver ‘U’ recipients announced

To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.

Mar 18, 2009

Dr. Grissom, first full-time chair of internal medicine, dies

Robert Grissom, M.D., who served more than 50 years with UNMC and will long be remembered for building a modern internal medicine program at the medical center, died Tuesday at age 92.

Mar 18, 2009

Wellness Wednesday — Walking the (Cross) walk

OK, so the first story I ever wrote for UNMC Today way back in the fall of 2006 was about jaywalking on Saddle Creek Road. The gist was that Omaha police and campus officials strongly urged us med center types to use the crosswalks to cross Saddle Creek Road.

Mar 18, 2009

Dr. Gendelman: Shoot for the stars

“Never give up. Always have high level goals.”
Those were words of advice from UNMC’s 2008 Scientist Laureate Howard Gendelman, M.D., to his colleagues Monday afternoon at the third annual Distinguished Scientist ceremony.

Mar 18, 2009

UNMC lauds AAHC president for remarks before Senate committee

Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said UNMC fully supports Steven Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers, and the testimony he presented last week on behalf of the AAHC in front of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.

Mar 18, 2009

Students to spend spring break doing service work

Nearly 70 UNMC faculty and students will provide medical service work during spring break trips to Jamaica, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Winnebago Indian Reservation and southern Mexico.

Mar 17, 2009

Latest UNMC Connect now available online

Read the latest about the health care workforce shortage in the winter 2009 edition of UNMC Connect, which is now available online.

Mar 17, 2009