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Today’s Durham lecture to focus on mapping of the Amazon

Join the Durham Museum today at noon in the College of Nursing, Room 1010 for another scholar lecture on the UNMC campus to learn about mapping the source of the Amazon River.

Jul 22, 2008

State Sen. Nelson impressed by campus growth, enthusiasm

State Sen. John Nelson couldn’t help himself. “He’s not very excited about the work he does is he?” the senator from Omaha asked facetiously after leaving a very thorough presentation on Monday by David Kelly, Ph.D., in the Eppley Institute Automated High-Throughput Screening Facility

Jul 22, 2008

BRIN scholars on campus — meet Roxanna Fees

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 Roxanna Fees, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.

Jul 22, 2008

UNMC on Chinese list of preferred U.S. universities

UNMC has been selected to join the likes of Harvard, Yale and Washington University on the Chinese Scholarship Council’s (CSC) list of preferred U.S. institutions for student exchanges.

Jul 22, 2008

Eppley Institute’s Murphy receives Gold ‘U’ award

Wally Murphy looked around the roomful of people gathered for a department get-together and listened as Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center, paid compliment after compliment to an employee who was to receive the June Gold ‘U’ award.

Jul 21, 2008

Study: Medicare Part D contributed to rural pharmacy closings

When the Medicare D prescription drug coverage benefit began in January 2006, it provided seniors greater peace of mind by protecting them from high drug costs and unexpected drug expenses.

Jul 21, 2008

Aug. 9 golf tournament to benefit children with cancer

The public is invited to participate in a golf tournament Aug. 9 that will benefit children with cancer. The tournament is sponsored by Camp Quality Heartland and will be held at Tara Hills Golf Course, 1410 Western Hills Drive in Papillion.

Jul 21, 2008

Explaining the research

Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and associate director for education and training at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, explains his breast cancer research to legislative candidate Dan Marvin on Thursday, as M.D., Ph.D., student Adrian Epstein looks on.

Jul 21, 2008

Dr. Tinker retires after 11 years as anesthesiology chairman

After 11 years as chairman of UNMC’s department of anesthesiology, John Tinker, M.D., retired effective July 1. He will continue as a consultant to the anesthesiology department.

Jul 18, 2008

Sen. Hansen and family get a close-up of UNMC

The new Sorrell Center will be a major tool for UNMC as it looks to recruit the nation’s best students and faculty, state Sen. Tom Hansen said Wednesday after a tour of the College of Medicine’s new home.

Jul 18, 2008