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Campus invited to dance for those with disabilities
After the last dance held at the UNMC Student Life Center in January for teens and adults with developmental disabilities, Amy Wenninghoff, mother of 17-year-old Joey Wenninghoff, went home and cried. Tears of joy. Her son had had the time of his life at the Winter Wonderland dance that his parents told him was his prom.
Mar 13, 2008
Task force promoting health care reform plan for Nebraska
Affordable, accessible health care coverage for all Nebraskans. That’s what a task force co-chaired by internal medicine professors, John Benson, M.D., of UNMC and Richard O’Brien, M.D., of Creighton University, is hoping to provide the groundwork for with its recently released report on health care reform in the Cornhusker State.
Mar 12, 2008
UNMC Off the Clock – Dr. Baldwin loves the scouting life
Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy, has a lot of fond memories of his work with the Boy Scouts over the past 25 years.
Mar 12, 2008
Meet UNMC Distinguished Scientist Ercole Cavalieri, D.Sc.
UNMC researcher Ercole Cavalieri, D.Sc., answers questions about his work, life and interests. NOTE: This profile is part of a series highlighting the 26 researchers who were named UNMC Distinguished Scientists or New Investigators for 2007. Each of these researchers will be profiled in UNMC Today leading up to a March 20 ceremony to recognize their achievements.
Mar 12, 2008
Nomination deadline today for faculty awards
Today is the deadline to submit award nominations that recognize UNMC faculty for meritorious teaching or service.
Mar 12, 2008
Durham museum lecture today at noon
Join Nebraska Humanities Scholar Sara Brandes Crook today at noon in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater as she immerses herself in a first person portrayal of one of Nebraska Territory’s early permanent white female settlers.
Mar 11, 2008
Meet UNMC Distinguished Scientist Keith Johnson, Ph.D.
UNMC researcher Keith Johnson, Ph.D., answers questions about his work, life and interests.
NOTE: This profile is part of a series highlighting the 26 researchers who were named UNMC Distinguished Scientists or New Investigators for 2007. Each of these researchers will be profiled in UNMC Today leading up to a March 20 ceremony to recognize their achievements.
Mar 11, 2008
Quadruplets born at the medical center
Lee and Rachel Woollen of Holdrege, Neb., are looking forward to a day when they might return home as a family of six. They know there may be months of waiting before that day. Their four babies were born Feb. 11 just after 2 p.m.
Mar 11, 2008
UNMC team studies HIV and alcohol combo affect on brain
The combined effects of alcohol and HIV on the brain are the focus of a $1.6 million grant two UNMC researchers recently received from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse — a division of the National Institutes of Health.
Mar 11, 2008
Million-step Monday — McFadden strikes back
Making good on a promise he made after losing the Gold Shoe in January, Greg McFadden of the Health Professions Tracking Center reclaimed the gilded footwear by pounding out 611,357 steps during the month of February.
Mar 10, 2008