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Artists, musicians and others raise funds for VA wheelchair games
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and the Great Plains Paralyzed Veterans of America will host “A Night at the Bemis” fundraiser May 17 to benefit the 28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, which will come to Omaha this summer.
Apr 24, 2008
Dr. Lomneth receives Outstanding Teacher Award
She had planned to be a forest ranger until she landed in an Illinois cornfield. As she gazed out over the field, where she and other undergraduates had been assigned to build a nature trail, Carol Lomneth, Ph.D., knew this wasn’t the career she had in mind.
Apr 24, 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 Karen Sum, an office associate in the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.
Apr 24, 2008
Dr. Neumeister earns Outstanding Teaching Award
Take a negative and turn it into a positive. That’s the task the UNMC College of Medicine faced three years ago after the sudden death of legendary educator LeeRoy Meyer, M.D. One of the faculty members who answered the call was Scott Neumeister, M.D.
Apr 23, 2008
SHARING The Trail event a success
The fourth annual SHARING the Trail 5K run/walk took place on April 5 at Miller’s Landing Park to benefit the student-run SHARING Clinics at UNMC.
Apr 23, 2008
Dr. Evans chosen for national psychology award
Joe Evans, Ph.D., would have been happy just to be compared to those he considers to be the best in the business of psychology. Now, the director of psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute and professor in the department of pediatrics at UNMC is among the best.
Apr 23, 2008
Dr. Kiyota receives 2008 Oldfield Award
Vada Kinman Oldfield would have turned 98 on Monday. And so — as has happened every year near her birthday since her death in 1999 — a UNMC researcher received the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Award. This year’s recipient was Tomomi Kiyota, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience.
Apr 23, 2008
Vicki Hamm receives Chancellor’s Gold U for April
For the past 32 years, Vicki Hamm has been the point person to thousands of residents who make UNMC their home for specialty training stretches lasting one to eight years.
Apr 23, 2008
UNMC Alumni Reunion Weekend slated for Sept. 19-20
The UNMC Alumni Reunion Weekend will be held Sept. 19-20.
Apr 22, 2008
A few small changes in your home and yard can lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and save money. Explore our list of nine simple steps you can take around the house and yard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Apr 22, 2008