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Ground to break today on new College of Nursing facility

The UNMC College of Nursing has had to turn away more than 1,000 qualified nursing school applicants in the past five years. The reason — a lack of space in its facilities, and a shortage of those who teach students.

Oct 22, 2008

More than $96,000 raised so far during United Way drive

As of Tuesday morning, UNMC employees had raised $96,975 during the 2008 United Way campaign.

Oct 22, 2008

Surveys next step in branding initiative

This week, UNMC faculty and staff will receive a survey that measures their attitudes, images and perceptions of UNMC.

Oct 22, 2008

UNMC brings family medicine model to China

XI’AN, China — Thanks to the efforts of a UNMC team of health professionals, a model of family medicine has been introduced in a China province that could potentially become a template for the entire country to follow.

Oct 22, 2008

Innovation Week continues with panel discussion

UNeMed’s Innovation Week activities continue today with a panel discussion to answer questions on ways to finance start-up companies and how this process works for university companies.

Oct 22, 2008

Live United ’08 — Big Brothers Big Sisters help in time of need

Robin Taylor loves the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization and donates money to it every year during the United Way campaign.

Oct 21, 2008

AOH gala raises $1.1 million for UNMC cancer research

More than $1.1 million was raised Saturday night at the Ambassador of Hope Gala to support research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.

Oct 21, 2008

The purpose behind the party

So Saturday night I attended my second Ambassador of Hope Gala. What I remember about my first gala was that it was some kind of party. Big names were all around. The main event was a speech from broadcasting legend Tom Brokaw. Everyone was dressed to the nines and looked fabulous. In that regard, Saturday night was not much different.

Oct 21, 2008

Discussing cyber security — Muscle up those passwords

Using strong passwords is important because they are the entry point to UNMC’s IT resources. Misused or stolen passwords can give intruders access to not only these resources, but also to employees’ personal information.

Oct 21, 2008

Collaboration announcement

Officials of Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine and UNMC came together on Sunday to announce their plans to collaborate on a family medicine model of care spearheaded by UNMC.

Oct 21, 2008

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