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Million-step Monday — match the teams
A matching game using team names from the 1 Million Step Challenge.
Jul 30, 2007
Dr. Keith Mueller appointed to eHealth Council
Keith Mueller, Ph.D., associate dean of academic affairs in the UNMC College of Public Health, has been appointed by Gov. Dave Heineman to Nebraska’s newly formed eHealth Council. The appointment was effective in May, and Dr. Mueller will serve on the council until December 2010.
Jul 30, 2007
Reconstruction to begin Monday at Saddle Creek and Farnam intersection
Reconstruction starts Monday on the southeast and southwest corners of the Saddle Creek Road and Farnam Street intersection. When completed, the walking distance between the two corners will be shortened.
Jul 27, 2007
Infant liver-transplant recipient celebrates 21st birthday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today, Morgan Smith-Dennis, 21, and his family, will meet with Byers “Bud” Shaw Jr., M.D., and Laurie Williams Salonen, who were part of the transplant team in 1986 who cared for Morgan and his family. The following is the story of his transplant.
Jul 27, 2007
The following is a Q & A with Byers “Bud” Shaw Jr., M.D., chairman and Musselman Professor in the UNMC Department of Surgery.
Jul 27, 2007
Surgical education technologies highlight CAST symposium
A recent symposium hosted by the Center for Advanced Surgical Techniques (CAST) was designed to introduce participants to new areas of research and the enhanced educational capabilities that surgical simulation offers.
Jul 26, 2007
Rare book featured tonight on NET program
John Schleicher of the McGoogan Library of Medicine will display and discuss a copy of Sir Isaac Newton’s book, Opticks, which was printed in 1730 and currently is part of UNMC’s rare book collection, tonight on a Nebraska Educational Television special titled “Saving Nebraska’s Treasures.”
Jul 26, 2007
New splash pad keeping MMI campers cool
Slowly the boy approaches the pole with the cone-shaped buckets at the top. He looks up.
Wait for it. One more second. Whoosh! A stream of water splashes down on his head. Laughing the boy in the bright red swim trunks runs to the next water station on the newly installed splash pad at the Munroe Meyer Institute (MMI).
Jul 26, 2007
Fifth and sixth graders get hands on at science camp
If you told eleven-year-old Angelica Gutierrez that science camp is boring, she would beg to differ. “It’s a blast,” Gutierrez said. “I love science!” That was music to the ears of Maurice Godfrey, Ph.D., the UNMC associate professor of pediatrics who hosted the four-day July science camp at Liberty Elementary School in Omaha for fifth- and sixth-graders.
Jul 25, 2007
Spotlight on new faculty — meet Vijay Shivaswamy, M.D.
Vijay Shivaswamy, M.D., assistant professor in the diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism section, is one the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Jul 25, 2007