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Employee forum this morning in the Sorrell Center

An employee forum will be held today at 9 a.m. in the Maisie Paustian Amphitheater (Room 3001) in the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education.

Dec 3, 2008

Craig Morgan to perform at 2009 Cattlemen’s Ball in Doniphan

DONIPHAN, Neb. — Country singer Craig Morgan, who performs fan-favorites “Red Neck Yacht Club” and “International Harvester,” and whose single “Love Remembers” has spent the last several months on the country radio charts is slated as the spotlight entertainment for the 11th annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska, June 5-6, near Doniphan.

Dec 2, 2008

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Shawn Gibbs, Ph.D.

Shawn Gibbs, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of environmental, agricultural, and occupational health in the College of Public Health, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Dec 2, 2008

Employee forums today and Wednesday

Forums today and Wednesday for employees and faculty will focus on record research numbers, employee survey results, low employee turnover rates at UNMC and the “I Love UNMC” social media campaign.

Dec 2, 2008

This gnome loves UNMC, do you?

You want to know how much I love UNMC? So much so that I’d dress up like a gnome and let my good friend Andrew Nelson manipulate my image in such a way that video now exists of a one-foot tall version of me professing my love for UNMC from the top of a water cooler.

Dec 2, 2008

Got a cold or flu? Try chicken soup to ease symptoms

A study of chicken soup’s effectiveness as a cold remedy has made somewhat of a celebrity of UNMC’s Stephen Rennard, M.D.

Dec 2, 2008

Dr. Carlson co-writes book on minimally invasive surgery

A new book on minimally invasive surgery by UNMC’s Mark Carlson, M.D, is likely the first full-length operative atlas to include video on how to perform each of the procedures described in the text.

Dec 1, 2008

Food drive sets new record for donations to Omaha’s Food Bank

It was the kind of charitable partnership never before assembled. It resulted in donated amounts of food and supplies never before amassed in one food drive. More than 20,400 pounds — or 10 U.S. tons — of food and supplies were gathered at The Nebraska Medical Center/UNMC campus as well as other locations around the heartland.

Dec 1, 2008

Tickets remain for ‘1,000 Stars’ event

Tickets are still available for the 16th Annual Night of a Thousand Stars Gala, which will be held on Saturday.

Dec 1, 2008

UNMC study bolsters genetic tool for determining lymphoma treatment

A research study published in the Nov. 27 New England Journal of Medicine reaffirms the importance of gene expression profiling as a tool to predict how aggressive the most common form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma will be in a patient.

Dec 1, 2008