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Wellness Wednesday — the wellness and preventative services benefit
Annually each UNMC employee with Blue Cross and Blue Shield coverage through UNMC (spouse and dependents if family coverage option is chosen) has a $250 “Wellness and Preventative Services” benefit.
Jul 1, 2009
INBRE scholars on campus – meet Maxine White
Twenty-six students from 10 different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today we meet Maxine White, a junior majoring in biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Jul 1, 2009
Visiting professor’s lecture finds an interested listener
Omaha philanthropist Ruth Scott, center, was in attendance Friday for a lecture by visiting professor Lawrence Dorr, M.D., right, at a ceremony for UNMC’s graduating orthopaedic surgery residents.
Jul 1, 2009
Family Medicine Interest Group honored nationally
UNMC’s Family Medicine Interest Group has won the 2008-2009 Program of Excellence award through the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Jul 1, 2009
UNMC helps find new genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis
UNMC researchers are part of a nationwide consortium that has identified a new risk factor gene for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) — a crippling disorder that affects about 1 percent of the U.S. population.
Jun 30, 2009
Nebraska Disaster Behavioral Health Conference set for July 17
For the sixth year, health professionals, chaplains and first responders will gather in Omaha to learn about the psychological aspects of dealing with disasters, during the Nebraska Behavioral Health Conference.
Jun 30, 2009
INBRE scholars on campus – meet Karen Holly
Twenty-six students from 10 different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. Today we meet Karen Holly, a sophomore majoring in bioinformatics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Jun 30, 2009
‘CSI Omaha’ the focus of July 7 Science Cafe
The popular CBS show, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas forensic scientists as they uncover the circumstances behind mysterious deaths and other crimes.
Jun 30, 2009
Radiation Science Technology to hold first-ever alumni reunion
It started with a simple idea – let’s have a party. From there, it has mushroomed into a full-blown reunion July 17-18 for graduates of the UNMC Radiation Science Technology Education program.
Jun 30, 2009
An alumnus’ special delivery
Bill Orr, M.D., a member of the College of Medicine Class of 1962, performs a mock child delivery for “Noelle,” a new patient simulator in the Sorrell Center’s Clinical Skills Laboratory.
Jun 29, 2009