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Several UNMC Physicians employees gathered at the Turner Park Health Clinic on Saturday to distribute gifts to the families of indigent patients who are seen at the clinic. It was the third-straight year clinic employees took part in the donation.
Dec 27, 2007
December 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.
Dec 26, 2007
Experts discuss moving on after tragedy
During a forum for employees and students on Friday, two experts from the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement discussed community reaction to the Westroads Mall Shooting.
Dec 26, 2007
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
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