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Student efforts net recycling drop-off point on campus

Thanks to efforts led by UNMC Student Senate President Jonathan Henning, a recycling drop-off point to be used by the entire Omaha community now sits near the Student Life Center.

Dec 21, 2007

Cookies, tea and cheese cubes … Oh my!

Boasting a spread of food and drink as appealing to the eye as it was the taste buds, the annual Chancellor’s Holiday Tea once again drew hundreds to Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium on Wednesday.

Dec 21, 2007

Tea for Dr. Buehler set for Jan. 3

A tea for Bruce Buehler, M.D., will be Thursday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. in University Tower’s Private Dining Room C.

Dec 21, 2007

Forum on mall shootings rescheduled for Friday

An employee/student forum about the Dec. 5 Westroads Mall shooting set for Thursday has been rescheduled for today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Dec 21, 2007

N.C. firm/UNMC partner to investigate potential new drugs

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Addrenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with UNeMed Corporation, the technology transfer arm of UNMC, giving Addrenex exclusive rights to the medical center’s library of nearly 400 compounds that target “adrenergic” receptors — docking sites on cells that react with the hormones adrenalin and noradrenalin.

Dec 21, 2007

Dr. Langnas: Transplant patients can lead full lives

A Minnesota girl who was seriously injured in June when a pool drain sucked out her small intestine underwent a multi-organ transplant on Monday at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center.

Dec 21, 2007

Snow doesn’t slow down alumni’s holiday open house

Fresh snowfall didn’t keep several UNMC employees from venturing out to the Alumni Holiday Open House on Thursday, Dec. 6.

Dec 20, 2007

NEWS ADVISORY — Forum on mall shootings rescheduled for Friday

An employee/student forum about the Dec. 5 Westroads Mall shooting set for today has been rescheduled for Friday at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Dec 20, 2007

Mall shooting survivor thanks medics for saving his life

Two weeks after being critically wounded in one of the deadliest events in Nebraska history, Fred Wilson said Wednesday that he had no anger toward his assailant, 19-year-old Robert Hawkins.

Dec 20, 2007

UNMC student does summer internship at CNN

Zac Handler only had one year of medical school under his belt when he took an internship with CNN in Atlanta this past summer.

Dec 20, 2007

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