Newsroom

Lookin’ at U — Luann Andersen

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 Luann Andersen, executive administrator to Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D.

Mar 13, 2008

Dr. Mikuls receives 2008 Gilmore Award

A Wall-Street analyst surveying the work of UNMC’s Ted Mikuls, M.D., would likely come away with the following conclusion — the associate professor of rheumatology’s stock is rising.

Mar 13, 2008

Meet UNMC New Investigator Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D.

UNMC researcher Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., answers questions about her 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 13, 2008

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

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

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

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

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