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Faculty Senate forum on ballot initiative draws fiery debate
With the general election just days away, UNMC’s Faculty Senate sponsored a forum on Wednesday concerning a controversial ballot initiative.
Oct 31, 2008
Friday Husker pick’em – Oklahoma
Well, the Cornhuskers are on a bit of a winning streak having won their last two games and they have some momentum heading into Saturday’s game with their old rivals, the Oklahoma Sooners.
Oct 31, 2008
Dr. Hageman to step down after 19 years as PT chair
Pat Hageman, Ph.D., has a thing about holidays. She was born on Christmas Eve. She met her husband on Halloween. … In keeping with her holiday tradition, today — which is Halloween — Dr. Hageman steps down as chairwoman of the division of physical therapy education.
Oct 31, 2008
Mission of mercy provides dental care in western Nebraska
UNMC dental faculty and students took part in the fourth annual Nebraska Mission of Mercy in Mitchell, Neb. The UNMC volunteers, together with area dentists and hygienists, treated 1,065 people during the two-day event and provided $571,515 in dental care.
Oct 30, 2008
Jen O’Neill wins award from renowned distance education school
WINNETKA, Ill. — Jen O’Neill has won the Robert J. Winn Family Education Award from The Hadley School for the Blind, an international distance education school, for her commitment to educating herself and her daughter, who suffers from retinopathy of prematurity.
Oct 30, 2008
Inventors honored during Innovation Week awards ceremony
Great ideas — even those that were stumbled on — can reap great rewards not only for the inventor, but also mankind.
Oct 30, 2008
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” This week, we feature Kevin Gamble, copy services supervisor in printing services.
Oct 30, 2008
Closer still but United Way goal not yet met
It looks like the campus United Way campaign may go down to the wire again.
Oct 30, 2008
NU Foundation announces record fundraising year
LINCOLN — The University of Nebraska Foundation recently announced that during its last fiscal year, it raised $166.5 million — the most ever raised in a single year — in total gifts, bequests and life insurance proceeds.
Oct 30, 2008
Forum today on affirmative action initiative
UNMC’s Faculty Senate will sponsor a forum today at noon in the Wittson Hall Amphitheatre on ballot initiative 424.
Oct 29, 2008