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Center for Healthy Living begins reopening

The dynamic and resistive equipment — or aerobic and weight equipment — along with the gymnasium and locker rooms at the Center for Healthy Living have reopened.

Sep 16, 2008

2008-2009 HPTC directories now available

The 2008-2009 version of the Directory of Nebraska and Western Iowa Healthcare Resources is now available.

Sep 16, 2008

New version of UNMC Connect available online

The Summer 2008 edition of UNMC Connect can now be read online by clicking here.

Sep 16, 2008

Stemming obesity the focus of today’s CTR seminar

Gerald Combs Jr., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grand Forks (N.D.) Human Nutrition Research Center, will discuss the efforts his team is making to address obesity today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Sep 15, 2008

Aging poses challenge to state health care workforce

Nebraska is ahead of most states in training a health care workforce to meet state needs, according to a report released this month.

Sep 15, 2008

Minority Public Health Association hosts workshop in Omaha today

The Nebraska Minority Public Health Association will host “The Practical Visioning Workshop” today in Omaha from 1 to 4 p.m. at the UNO/UNMC Collaborating Center for Public Health and Community Service, 115 S. 49th Ave., Room 002.

Sep 15, 2008

Time remains to make plans for alumni reunion

Alums who want to make reservations for this weekend’s UNMC Alumni Reunion still have time.

Sep 15, 2008

Med students help with back-to-school physicals

UNMC medical students helped with school physicals recently during the second annual “Back to School Bonanza at Omaha’s Sacred Heart Elementary School.

Sep 12, 2008

Friday Husker Pick ’em – New Mexico State

Our panel members — internal medicine’s Lisa Runco (with her teammate, former Husker football star Chad Kelsay), Jeffrey Hill, M.D., associate dean for admissions and student affairs, and anesthesiology professor Rob Zatechka, M.D. — weigh on this week’s game between Nebraska and New Mexico State.

Sep 12, 2008

USDA center director to discuss tackling obesity

Addressing obesity and other issues caused by the condition will be a focus point of a Monday lecture by Gerald Combs Jr., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grand Forks (N.D.) Human Nutrition Research Center.

Sep 12, 2008