Newsroom
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
BRIN scholars arrive on campus
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.
Jun 16, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Andie Gilkey
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 Andie Gilkey, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jun 16, 2008
Dr. Shaw to step down as surgery chair to lead new project
Bud Shaw, M.D., the founder of UNMC’s world-renowned solid organ transplant program, will step down as chairman of the department of surgery at the end of June.
Jun 13, 2008
Dr. Schaefer to start genetics program at Arkansas
G. Bradley Schaefer, M.D., always knew he wanted to be a doctor, ever since he was a “little bitty kid” to be exact, but it was his freshman zoology class that generated an interest in genetics.
Jun 13, 2008
UNMC leadership team to visit western Nebraska
Chancellor Harold M. Maurer M.D., and eight other members of the UNMC leadership team will visit seven western Nebraska communities June 23 and 24.
Jun 13, 2008
Little Sioux tragedy illustrates how small this town really is
A column about UNMC employees who were involved in Wednesday night’s tragedy at the scout camp near Little Sioux, Iowa.
Jun 13, 2008
First of February quadruplets heads home
It’s a day for which Lee and Rachel Woollen of Holdrege, Neb., have been waiting for months. They plan on three more days like it in the coming weeks. Brett Woollen, the first of their four children born Feb. 11, is out of the hospital.
Jun 12, 2008
Football 101 raises more than $40,000 for cancer research
LINCOLN — Excitement filled the air recently as nearly 900 Nebraska football fans gathered at the Hawks Championships Center to catch a glimpse of the Bo Pelini era at Football 101. Head Coach Pelini and his staff coached basic defensive, offensive and special teams skills to the women and men in attendance.
Jun 12, 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 Judy Huey, an office assistant in the transplant data office.
Jun 12, 2008