Newsroom
New HR division born out of restructuring
The new UNMC Employee Benefits and Work-Life Programs Division has been created as part of a restructuring in the medical center’s business and finance and human resources operations.
Jun 18, 2008
UNMC/Children’s partnership takes next step
In the next step in implementing an affiliation between Children’s Hospital and the UNMC College of Medicine, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday approved the creation of a new physician practice.
Jun 18, 2008
Dr. Kanmogne received $1.4 million NIH grant
UNMC researcher Georgette Kanmogne, Ph.D., recently received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, to study ways to prevent HIV-1 associated dementia.
Jun 18, 2008
Durham Museum lecture to focus on The Amazon Basin
On Tuesday, June 24 at noon, Ryan Valdez from the Smithsonian Associates will give a compelling presentation on the eight country regions of the Amazon with the greatest concentration of biodiversity anywhere on earth.
Jun 18, 2008
UNMC research looks to improve macular degeneration care
This is the second of three stories that will run in UNMC Today this week that focus on the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention, the largest biotechnology event in the world, to be held this week in San Diego. A team from UNMC will join a number of other Nebraska academic, business and industry organizations in showcasing biotechnology innovations during the convention, which will take place in the San Diego Convention Center.
Jun 17, 2008
COPH hands out year-end awards and scholarships
An administrator from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, a premedical student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a community-health nurse recently received awards from the UNMC College of Public Health.
Jun 17, 2008
Regent shares lessons learned over past 18 years
When University of Nebraska Regent Charles Wilson, M.D., thinks of the university, he sees a large supertanker — not a racing hot rod.
Jun 17, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Andrew Block
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 Andrew Block, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jun 17, 2008
UNMC attends its eighth BIO conference
This is the first of three stories that will run in UNMC Today this week that focus on the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention, the largest biotechnology event in the world, to be held June 17-20 in San Diego. A team from UNMC will join a number of other Nebraska academic, business and industry organizations in showcasing biotechnology innovations during the convention, which will take place in the San Diego Convention Center.
Jun 16, 2008
Volunteers needed for National Veterans Wheelchair Games
More than 3,000 volunteers are needed to assist in the 2008 National Veterans Wheelchair Games, taking place July 25 to July 29 in Omaha.
Jun 16, 2008