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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
Workshop aimed at strenghthening American Indian education
As she opened a box containing a shiny new microscope, Judy Walz felt a twinge of holiday spirit. “It’s just like Christmas,” said the science teacher from St. Francis Indian School. “We really don’t have the means or the materials that our students need. This microscope will really come in handy.” Walz was one of 16 teachers from eight reservations schools in Nebraska and South Dakota who attended a workshop at UNMC in early June.
Jun 18, 2007
Faculty complete 2007 administrative colloquium
Thirteen UNMC faculty members last month completed the Administrative Colloquium, a yearlong development course for faculty assuming leadership roles within the medical center.
Jun 18, 2007
Million-step Monday — blogging across Nebraska
A blog has been established for the roughly 800 UNMC employees participating in the 1 Million Step Challenge.
Jun 18, 2007
Durham seminar focuses on creating a museum ambiance
Durham Western Heritage Museum Director of Exhibit Design, Timothy Hantula, will give an inside look at how museum exhibits are developed during a presentation Tuesday at noon in the College of Nursing, Rooms 1011 and 1012.
Jun 18, 2007