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BRIN scholars on campus — meet Richie Nelson
Twenty-five students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Richie Nelson, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jun 21, 2007
MMI’s Anderson brother of a real space cadet
Scientists at the cytogenetics laboratory at the Munroe-Meyer Institute recently took a call from the International Space Station. … The only problem was the scientist whom the call was intended for, Kirby Anderson, wasn’t in the office. He was still in Florida as part of a vacation during which he saw his older brother, astronaut Clayton Anderson, launched into orbit on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Jun 21, 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 available
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a note from Information Technology Services regarding Microsoft Office 2007. ITS has completed testing of Microsoft Office 2007 and it is now available for use on campus.
Jun 20, 2007
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Helen Kraye
Twenty-five students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. …
Today, we meet Helen Kraye, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jun 20, 2007
Program aimed at effectively using new teaching technology
With technologically enhanced classrooms and enough computerized gadgets to make NASA jealous, UNMC faculty will confront a new world of educational technology when the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education opens in 2008.
Jun 20, 2007
Dr. Turpen discusses IDeA funding with senate staffers
James Turpen, Ph.D., professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, addressed U.S. Senate staffers recently about the importance of sufficient funding for The National Center for Research Resources’ (NCRR) IDeA Program.
Jun 20, 2007
Spotlight on new faculty — meet Yutong Liu, Ph.D.
Yutong Liu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of radiology, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Jun 19, 2007
Event raises more than $660,000 for UNMC autism program
Stupendous. Incredible. Unbelievable. Pick your adjective. It really doesn’t make much difference. They all capture the essence of what the GWR Sunshine Foundation is doing to support the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at UNMC.
Jun 19, 2007
Change coming in food and nutrition services retail pricing
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a notice from The Nebraska Medical Center’s Food and Nutrition Services.
Jun 19, 2007
The poison center talks ethanol in hand sanitizers
The Nebraska Regional Poison Center has received an increase in calls concerning hand sanitizers and the dangers associated with them. This month an e-mail has been circulating to mothers, teachers and health care providers about a child who ingested a lick of a hand sanitizer after it was applied to the hands and then became intoxicated from the ethanol in the product.
Jun 19, 2007