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Schmit-Pokorny receives award from national nursing society

PITTSBURGH — Kim Schmit-Pokorny, nurse manager and case manager in the section of oncology/hematology, has received the 2009 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Excellence in Blood and Marrow Transplantation Award.

May 12, 2009

SNMA organization holds graduation reception

For Marcus Harris, M.D., and his family, graduation weekend held a lot of “firsts.”

May 12, 2009

VA pharmacists receive preceptor of the year award

Lourdes Heuermann, Pharm.D., Janelle Sellers, Pharm.D., and Jeremy McIntyre, Pharm.D., clinical pharmacists at the Veteras Affairs Medical Center in Grand Island, received the Preceptor of the Year award during the recent College of Pharmacy Honors Convocation.

May 11, 2009

COPH hands out year-end awards

A UNMC researcher, a master’s of public health (MPH) student and a Spanish/Latin American studies student from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln were among those who received awards at the recent College of Public Health awards banquet.

May 11, 2009

Think Green — Sorrell Center awarded LEED Certification

The Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education building has achieved LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

May 11, 2009

Dr. Achutan leads study that deals smoking a blow in Vegas casinos

Second hand smoking has been dealt another blow — this time in some Las Vegas casinos.

May 11, 2009

May 12 workshop to feature Durham Museum photo archives

Join The Durham Museum’s Curator Carrie Wieners on a walk through more than 100 years of photography as you tour the museum’s photo archives in “Eyewitness to History — The Durham Museum Photo Archives.”

May 8, 2009

State’s largest-ever NIH grant to help students across Nebraska

A UNMC program aimed at producing more scientists in the state has recently been awarded the largest NIH grant in Nebraska history.

May 8, 2009

Short course in cancer biology set for next week

A free short course in cancer biology, titled “MicroRNA and Cancer,” is set to run next Monday through Wednesday.

May 8, 2009

Free DRC II lunch bags available in public relations

Several commemorative Durham Research Center II lunch bags are left over from this week’s dedication events and are available on a first come, first served basis in UNMC Public Relations on the fifth floor of Swanson Hall.

May 8, 2009