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Nominate excellent co-workers for the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’
Got an excellent co-worker? Nominate him or her for the monthly Chancellor’s Silver U award.
May 21, 2008
Pawnee Elementary students visit the medical center
Using table salt, sugar and cayenne pepper, Maurice Godfrey, Ph.D., an associate professor of pediatrics, recently demonstrated to 72 fourth-grade students from Pawnee Elementary School exactly how the human sense of taste works.
May 21, 2008
Regents visit UNMC, tour Sorrell Center
A tour of the nearly-completed Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education was one of the highlights Friday during a visit to UNMC by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
May 20, 2008
Doorways of Opportunity: The importance of pipeline programs
This is the third in a series of stories about a move to ban affirmative action in Nebraska and the potential impact such a policy change would have at UNMC.
May 20, 2008
Allied health’s Tanya Custer looks to pay it forward
Tanya Custer wants to help children with cancer. Today, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you can help her.
May 20, 2008
Dentistry students’ research recognized by international association
The research of three UNMC College of Dentistry students recently was recognized by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
May 20, 2008
JAMA publishes UNMC study about depression and head and neck cancer
A UNMC-led pilot study that showed antidepressants can significantly reduce the risk of depression for head and neck cancer patients is the focus of an article published today in the Archives of Otolaryngolgy — one of the publications produced by the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).
May 19, 2008
Today’s CTR seminar to focus on UNMC center
Jennifer Larsen, M.D., associate dean for clinical research in the College of Medicine, will discuss the UNMC Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) during the monthly CTR seminar today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
May 19, 2008
Dr. Oleynikov spreading the word about NOTES
Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) may be coming to an operating room near you. It would offer pain-free surgery with no incision for some of the most common abdominal surgeries, such as gallbladder and appendix removal. On Tuesday in San Diego at the Digestive Disease Week® 2008 conference, UNMC’s Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., will be among three other surgeons presenting abstracts on various NOTES procedures.
May 19, 2008
UNMC employees save on Rose memberships
A drive is on for UNMC employees to become members of the Rose Theater.
May 19, 2008