Newsroom

Video from Saturday’s Omaha’s Got Talent event has been posted on YouTube.

Sep 25, 2007

Million-step Monday — Top 10 signs you’re obsessed with your pedometer

In a nod to the true king of late night television (to heck with what the TV ratings say – Jay Leno couldn’t carry Ball State University alumnus David Letterman’s cue cards), the UNMC Public Affairs Staff has assembled a list of the Top 10 signs that you are obsessed with your pedometer.

Sep 24, 2007

Clinical and translational research seminar series starts today

A new seminar series focused on clinical and translational research kicks off today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Sep 24, 2007

Spreading the word to rural Nebraska

Pierre Fayad, M.D., is on a mission to make people more aware of the dangers associated with stroke, the No. 3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. Dr. Fayad, the Reynolds Centennial Professor and chairman of the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, took his message on the road last week heading to western Nebraska to make presentations in Scottsbluff, North Platte and McCook.

Sep 24, 2007

Winners of the second United Way drawing announced

Congratulations to the following UNMC employees, who won prizes in the second United Way campaign drawing on Friday.

Sep 24, 2007

Second United Way prize drawing to be held Friday

The second of three weekly United Way prize drawings will be held this afternoon.

Sep 21, 2007

Employees invited to parade celebrating midtown and its diversity

It was a hot October day with temperatures in the 90s. Despite the heat, 10,000 men in black bowler hats and suit coats marched through midtown Omaha to what was called “the country.” That was where a cornerstone was being laid at Saint Cecilia Cathedral. The historic parade, 100 years ago, was one of the largest in Omaha history. A century later, on Oct. 6, 2007, a parade along those same streets will mark the event’s centennial.

Sep 21, 2007

Gov. Heineman impressed with UNMC following tour

Viewing cutting edge radiation therapy treatment methods and listening to the heart beat and breathing pattern of a patient simulator left Gov. Dave Heineman singing UNMC’s praises after a tour of the medical center Wednesday.

Sep 21, 2007

September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

You can barely see the small scar on Bethany Bauer’s throat. But it’s a daily reminder of what the 23-year-old has been through. It’s where doctors at The Nebraska Medical Center cut through, to get at the thyroid cancer, a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck.

Sep 20, 2007

Ambassador of Hope Gala named one of Omaha’s top events

In an Academy Award-style event, the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center was one of seven award winners honored at the inaugural Big Event Awards Celebration held Sept. 12 at the Joslyn Art Museum.

Sep 20, 2007