Newsroom
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 Bill O’Neill, senior associate director of public affairs.
May 15, 2008
Wayne State appoints Dr. Noren; Dr. Mueller named interim COPH dean
Jay Noren, M.D., founding dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, was appointed president at Wayne State University in Detroit on Wednesday.
Dr. Noren will start at Wayne State on Aug. 1 and will continue as dean of the College of Public Health until that time. Upon Dr. Noren’s departure, Keith Mueller, Ph.D., associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Public Health, will take over as interim dean while UNMC conducts a national search for a full-time dean.
May 15, 2008
Doorways of Opportunity: UNMC forms Team Access
This is the second 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 15, 2008
Music as Medicine to feature chamber music
A violin player and pianist from the Omaha Chamber Music Society will perform during today’s Music as Medicine concert at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center Atrium.
May 15, 2008
UNMC doctors write book on care for Arab patients
The world of health care in Arab countries is revealed in a book written by UNMC’s Laeth Nasir, M.B.B.S., and Arwa Abdul-Haq, M.B.B.S.
May 14, 2008
Weaving cultural competency across campus
In 2005, campus leaders discussed cultural competency as being more than a series of diversity projects. It is an attitude, they said, that values differing experiences and perspectives and welcomes culture, world viewpoints and gender. In 2006, the goal formally became one of UNMC’s critical success factors complete with action steps.
May 14, 2008
Still time to RSVP for seminar on congressional funding
Time remains to RSVP for Thursday’s seminar on congressionally-directed funding and the best avenues to secure it.
May 14, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Yazen Alnouti, Ph.D.
Yazen Alnouti, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
May 14, 2008
Doorways of Opportunity — The big picture
This is the first 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 13, 2008