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Thursday poster presentation to showcase undergrads’ research

Participants in the UNMC Summer Undergraduate Research Program will show their work during a poster presentation on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Jul 30, 2008

Wellness Wednesday — a call for Corporate Cup runners

UNMC is calling for runners, walkers, stroller pushers, wagon pullers and other foot travelers to participate in the 28th Annual Omaha Corporate Cup run on Sunday, Sept. 21.

Jul 30, 2008

Dental student hopes to see wife on the medal stand in Beijing

Third-year dentistry student Bronsen Schliep played Division I college basketball and yet he’s only the second-best athlete in his own home. But that’s what you get when you’re married to Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, a former All-American hurdler at Nebraska who will run for her native Canada in next month’s Olympics.

Jul 30, 2008

Out of commission

Fitness equipment from the Center for Healthy Living sits idle on one of the center’s basketball courts as clean up begins following a flood in the facility caused by a broken chiller pipe.

Jul 30, 2008

The cool side of science

“This is cool,” said one kid as he held up the test tube of DNA he had just extracted from strawberries.

Jul 29, 2008

BRIN scholars on campus — meet Lokesh Kalekar

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 Lokesh Kalekar, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.

Jul 29, 2008

UNeMed welcomes new licensing associate

UNeMed, the technology transfer arm for UNMC, welcomes licensing associate Sara Conrad to its staff.

Jul 29, 2008

Center for Healthy Living services reduced for repairs

The Center for Healthy Living remains closed following a flood caused by a broken chiller pipe and many services including fitness classes and access to the weight equipment and racquetball courts will not be offered until further notice.

Jul 29, 2008

Sorrell Center shows latest in simulated training tools

UNMC faculty members saw a different kind of patient in the new Sorrell Center during last week’s Simulation Day.

Jul 28, 2008

An enjoyable trip to the emergency room

Lance Hoffman, M.D., assistant professor and assistant residency program director for emergency medicine, guides legislative candidate Rex Moats through the emergency department on Friday.

Jul 28, 2008