eEwQ Xh

Newsroom

New version of UNMC Connect available online

The Summer 2008 edition of UNMC Connect can now be read online by clicking here.

Sep 16, 2008

Aging poses challenge to state health care workforce

Nebraska is ahead of most states in training a health care workforce to meet state needs, according to a report released this month.

Sep 15, 2008

Minority Public Health Association hosts workshop in Omaha today

The Nebraska Minority Public Health Association will host “The Practical Visioning Workshop” today in Omaha from 1 to 4 p.m. at the UNO/UNMC Collaborating Center for Public Health and Community Service, 115 S. 49th Ave., Room 002.

Sep 15, 2008

Time remains to make plans for alumni reunion

Alums who want to make reservations for this weekend’s UNMC Alumni Reunion still have time.

Sep 15, 2008

Stemming obesity the focus of today’s CTR seminar

Gerald Combs Jr., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grand Forks (N.D.) Human Nutrition Research Center, will discuss the efforts his team is making to address obesity today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Sep 15, 2008

Med students help with back-to-school physicals

UNMC medical students helped with school physicals recently during the second annual “Back to School Bonanza at Omaha’s Sacred Heart Elementary School.

Sep 12, 2008

Friday Husker Pick ’em – New Mexico State

Our panel members — internal medicine’s Lisa Runco (with her teammate, former Husker football star Chad Kelsay), Jeffrey Hill, M.D., associate dean for admissions and student affairs, and anesthesiology professor Rob Zatechka, M.D. — weigh on this week’s game between Nebraska and New Mexico State.

Sep 12, 2008

USDA center director to discuss tackling obesity

Addressing obesity and other issues caused by the condition will be a focus point of a Monday lecture by Gerald Combs Jr., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grand Forks (N.D.) Human Nutrition Research Center.

Sep 12, 2008

NU Foundation Omaha office moves to Aksarben Village

The University of Nebraska Foundation’s Omaha office will move this weekend to
2285 S. 67th St., Suite 200, in the new Aksarben Village development.

Sep 12, 2008

UNMC a key stop for reverse trade mission

When UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., went to China last month to help UNMC move forward on its various initiatives with Chinese institutions, he couldn’t have been more impressed with how he was treated. Now, it’s payback time. On Thursday, a contingent of Chinese and Japanese professionals came to UNMC as part of the first-ever reverse trade mission under the direction of Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman.

Sep 12, 2008