Newsroom
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature Elaine Ryan, office associate I in the department of internal medicine.
Aug 7, 2008
UNMC launches diversity lecture/culture series
It is part education, part celebration. That’s the idea behind UNMC’s new diversity lecture/culture series. The year-long program features ten events alternating between six lectures and four cultural events.
Aug 7, 2008
Courtship letters offer glimpse of 1930s medicine
Researchers of Nebraska history and early 20th century medicine have a compelling new source of information. “The Holoubek-Baker Letters, 1937-1939: An Annotated Collection,” edited by veteran journalist Martha Holoubek Fitzgerald of Shreveport, La., presents first-hand accounts of doctors in training in Nebraska and Louisiana.
Aug 7, 2008
UNMC seeks volunteer tour guides
Volunteers are needed to serve as docents for the UNMC Tour Program. The position involves escorting groups to various locations on campus.
Aug 6, 2008
Wellness Wednesday – rollin’ with Dr. Rodenhorst-Weber
When we started Wellness Wednesday — we said we would find out what UNMC employees do to stay well. Today do we head to the western edge of UNMC’s 500-mile campus to catch up with Kim Rodenhorst-Weber, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Scottsbluff division of the UNMC College of Nursing.
Aug 6, 2008
PT applicants to use streamlined application process
Applying to multiple physical therapy education programs just got easier.
Aug 6, 2008
UNMC urologist aims to ‘bring sex back to the Midwest’
One can’t watch an hour-long television show without seeing a commercial for erectile dysfunction. But what about female sexual dysfunction? If approximately one in four females experience some form of sexual dysfunction in their lifetime, according to Michael Feloney, M.D., assistant professor of urologic surgery at UNMC, then why aren’t women being targeted by marketers in the same way men are?
Aug 6, 2008
UNMC docs part of myeloma study in New England Journal
There are some families that, for whatever reason, have higher incidences of myeloma than others. Researchers from UNMC, Creighton University School of Medicine and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences want to know why.
Aug 5, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Ximeng Zheng
Twenty-two students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Ximeng Zheng, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Aug 5, 2008
‘Omaha Cares’ initiative aims to raise neighborly safety
Metro area residents might not be their ‘neighbors’ keepers’ but a little vigilance can go a long way to improving community safety.
That’s the belief of the Neighborhood Center (NC), which launched a special public awareness campaign on July 28.
Aug 5, 2008