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Toy drive to benefit American Indian children
It all started with a simple offer of help. Three years ago on a drive with a friend to an American Indian reservation in South Dakota, Mike Cieciorka, a nurse in the cardiology clinic at UNMC, agreed to help raise money to buy toys for Christmas for the children who live there.
Nov 25, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – Jixin Dong, Ph.D.
Jixin Dong, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Eppley Institute, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Nov 25, 2008
Max Kurz, Ph.D., is back. The Omaha native returned to his roots recently after serving as a professor in the Health and Human Performance Department at the University of Houston where he taught biomechanics for three years.
Nov 24, 2008
Robin Taylor’s office in the Durham Research Center resembles a small grocery store thanks to the donations of the staff in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience during the “Our Heartiest Thanks!” food drive.
Nov 24, 2008
A note about office holiday decorations
A note from the campus safety committee about office holiday decorations.
Nov 24, 2008
Leading up the Dec. 12 opening of Mark Gilbert’s “Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of Care” at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, UNMC Today will run a series of essays that detail the experiences of patients, loved ones and health care workers who were exposed to the project. Today we feature an essay by Deloris Poulin of Bellevue.
Nov 24, 2008
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.
Nov 24, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – Kathleen Scott
Kathleen Scott, instructor in the UNMC ob/gyn department, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Nov 21, 2008
One food drive goal met, another in reach
As of Thursday, about 7,250 pounds of food had been collected during the “Our Heartiest Thanks!” food drive.
Nov 21, 2008
At a private dinner on Monday night, UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, honored this year’s “Legends” for their contributions to the practice of medicine.
Nov 21, 2008