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Bone marrow transplant program celebrates 25 years

Twenty-five years — 4,000 transplants. UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are celebrating a significant milestone this year.

Nov 20, 2008

Music as Medicine to be held today at noon

The campus is invited today to bring lunch and enjoy music from the Omaha Chamber Music Society at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Nov 20, 2008

Wellness Wednesday — It’s NUFlex re-enrollment time again

NUFlex re-enrollment opened Monday and employees have until 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5 to complete the re-enrollment process.

Nov 19, 2008

Study compares price of top treatments for rheumatoid arthritis

The best treatment for the best price. All patients want that, but when rheumatologists have a choice between two effective “gold standard” treatments, one costing 15 times more than the other, why is the expensive option most often selected?

Nov 19, 2008

Open house honors bone marrow and stem cell transplant program

Medical center employees are invited to attend an open house today from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center.

Nov 19, 2008

Campus food drive ends Monday

As of Tuesday, about 6,000 pounds of food had been collected during the “Our Heartiest Thanks!” food drive.

Nov 19, 2008

UNMC feels the love

Love is in the air. Well, not quite, but it will be — soon. The UNMC Department of Public Affairs is launching the “I Love UNMC” video contest, and invites all faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends to participate.

Nov 19, 2008

Campus Native American Heritage Month celebrations start today

Omaha Native and folk art singer, Michael Murphy, will kick off UNMC’s celebration of Native American Heritage Month with a performance today at noon in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

Nov 19, 2008

Thursday’s Music as Medicine to feature chamber music

The Omaha Chamber Music Society will feature flutist Maria Harding, cellist Paul Lewdon and pianist John Bennett at Thursday’s Music as Medicine concert.

Nov 18, 2008

Bruch receives November Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ award

If Phil Bruch played baseball, he’d be a utility player — someone who can fill in wherever he’s needed.

Nov 18, 2008

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