Newsroom
Poison center provides tips for using insect repellants
Summer is a good time to remind parents to be cautious in the use of DEET containing insect repellents on their children.
Jul 8, 2008
Book shines light on the power of organ donation
SHAWNEE, Kan. — A 16-year-old boy’s day should be full of a lot of things: school, sports, guitar lessons, a part-time job to buy that first car. But in the summer of 2003, much of Jordan Shaw’s day was spent hooked up to a dialysis machine.
Jul 8, 2008
College of Nursing awards seven for teaching, research, service
During its recent annual spring retreat in Lincoln, the UNMC College of Nursing presented seven awards to faculty and staff for excellence in teaching, research and service.
Jul 8, 2008
MMI docs’ book to help parents of noncompliant children
If you haven’t seen it on the hit TV show “Supernanny,” you’ve may have seen it in the supermarket: children who won’t comply with their parents. They back-talk, name-call or just won’t and don’t cooperate in general.
Jul 7, 2008
Participants of the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Adult Social Club recently attended the Nebraska Belly Dancing Spectacular in Omaha where they met belly dancers who gave them a history of belly dancing and showed them some moves.
Jul 7, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Julia Warnke
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 Julia Warnke, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jul 7, 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.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature John Ingraham, campus security sergeant in the UNMC Security Office.
Jul 3, 2008
For many on campus, Independence Day causes thoughts to turn those who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. In the following article, we recognize service men and women who hold special places in the hearts and minds of members of the UNMC community.
Jul 3, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Craig Kreikemeier
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 Craig Kreikemeier, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jul 3, 2008
NIH renews Dr. Wheelock’s CoBRE grant
When you’re a new investigator, having just one person to ask for suggestions about the complicated world of grant writing is helpful. Having two high profile researchers as your mentors for five years is unheard of. But that is exactly the winning formula Peggy Wheelock, Ph.D., said led to the success of seven junior investigators at UNMC to obtain their own RO1 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Jul 2, 2008