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Japanese delegation, UNMC to sign partnership agreement today
The development of a “materials medicine network,” which pursues research in nanomedicine and other fields is the focus of a visit to UNMC today by representatives from four Japanese institutions.
Mar 25, 2008
Rheault receives Chancellor’s Gold U Award for March
It was a late Friday afternoon and the end of a stressful week when Tracy Rheault was called into the meeting. “What’s happened now?” she thought as the cardiothoracic surgery team gathered. Then, her mentor, Carin Borg, made an unexpected announcement. Rheault, manager of the cardiovascular and thoracic surgery section, had been chosen as this month’s Chancellor’s Gold U Award for her exemplary service.
Mar 25, 2008
Million-step Monday – walking in kiwi country
College of Dentistry Dean John Reinhardt, D.D.S., and his wife, Claudia, stand atop “Rocky Mountain” overlooking Lake Wanaka on the South Island, New Zealand, during a trip the couple took in December.
Mar 24, 2008
Former VA regional director Birdzell dies
Samuel H. Birdzell, former regional director of the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Omaha, died Feb. 1 at his home in Champaign, Ill. He was 91.
Mar 24, 2008
NU names associate vice president of academic affairs and research
Richard Hoffmann, Ph.D., has been named associate vice president of academic affairs and research for the University of Nebraska effective May 1.
Mar 24, 2008
Dr. Vose named to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society board
The Nebraska Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently named UNMC’s Julie Vose, M.D., to its board of trustees, a two-year term.
Mar 24, 2008
March Silver ‘U’ recipients announced
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Mar 21, 2008
Gilmore award presentation today
Ted Mikuls, M.D., an associate professor of rheumatology at UNMC, will be presented with the 2008 Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award today at 3 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
Mar 21, 2008
Business and finance’s Connie Rush dies after battle with cancer
Connie Rush — division director of payroll, records and benefits at UNMC — died Wednesday at The Nebraska Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. She was 52.
Mar 21, 2008
For fourth-year UNMC medical students Michelle Sudyka and Kelli Rudman, being matched up has become natural. The two Omahans have gone to school together since seventh grade. First, it was middle school at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School, then on to Gross High School, undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas and medical school here at UNMC. So when both learned Thursday that they are headed to Milwaukee for residencies, they were surprisingly … well … surprised.
Mar 21, 2008