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Jen O’Neill wins award from renowned distance education school
WINNETKA, Ill. — Jen O’Neill has won the Robert J. Winn Family Education Award from The Hadley School for the Blind, an international distance education school, for her commitment to educating herself and her daughter, who suffers from retinopathy of prematurity.
Oct 30, 2008
Inventors honored during Innovation Week awards ceremony
Great ideas — even those that were stumbled on — can reap great rewards not only for the inventor, but also mankind.
Oct 30, 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.” This week, we feature Kevin Gamble, copy services supervisor in printing services.
Oct 30, 2008
Closer still but United Way goal not yet met
It looks like the campus United Way campaign may go down to the wire again.
Oct 30, 2008
NU Foundation announces record fundraising year
LINCOLN — The University of Nebraska Foundation recently announced that during its last fiscal year, it raised $166.5 million — the most ever raised in a single year — in total gifts, bequests and life insurance proceeds.
Oct 30, 2008
Forum today on affirmative action initiative
UNMC’s Faculty Senate will sponsor a forum today at noon in the Wittson Hall Amphitheatre on ballot initiative 424.
Oct 29, 2008
Wellness Wednesday — Researchers to raise cancer awareness over 140 miles
Outside the laboratory, Tony Hollingsworth, Ph.D., has run, swam and cycled hundreds of miles during the past year.
Oct 29, 2008
Pulmonary hypertension event set for Saturday
Nebraska’s first lady, Sally Ganem, will serve as honorary chairperson at the third annual “Phenomenal Hope for a Cure” fundraising event on Saturday at the DC Centre, 11830 Stonegate Drive in Omaha.
Oct 29, 2008
Faces of Opportunity — Vanessa King
Born in Greece, UNMC College of Nursing student Vanessa King, lived in England before her dad was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base when she was 6.
Oct 29, 2008
United Way goal in sight with three days left
As of Tuesday, UNMC employees had raised $125,595 during the 2008 United Way fund drive. That total is about 89 percent of the campus goal of $140,980.
Oct 29, 2008