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Bel Canto concert comes with UNMC ties

Forgive UNMC Employee Relations Director Carmen Sirizzotti if she’s beaming with pride today during the “Music as Medicine” concert at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Jun 7, 2007

Faculty senate elects new officers

The UNMC Faculty Senate held elections Monday.

Jun 7, 2007

Auxiliary awards hospital $235,000 — presents Friedlander Scholarships

The University Hospital Auxiliary gave $235,000 to The Nebraska Medical Center during the auxiliary’s annual meeting at the Champions Club of Eagle Run last month.

Jun 6, 2007

Two hundred alumni and friends attend ‘Blast at the Blatt’

Two hundred UNMC alumni and friends attended the UNMC Alumni “Blast at the Blatt” event at Rosenblatt Stadium on May 15.

Jun 6, 2007

Five to receive internal medicine research awards

Five researchers will receive the 2007 Internal Medicine Research Awards for exceptional achievements in research.

Jun 6, 2007

Nursing study looks at newsletters’ effect on hypertension

UNMC College of Nursing researchers have launched a $1.9 million, five-year study that will examine the effectiveness of tailored newsletters in helping reduce hypertension in women at risk.

Jun 5, 2007

Conference to focus on animal research regulation

In the 1960s, Life magazine published a story about animals being subjected to horrible living conditions by dealers looking to sell the creatures for research. … The care and use of animals in laboratory experiments is the focus of a one-day conference being held June 26 at UNMC hosted by the university’s IACUC.

Jun 5, 2007

Last beam placed on Sorrell Center

The UNMC community celebrated a construction milestone Monday as the last beam — covered with faculty, staff and student signatures — was set in place on the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education.

Jun 5, 2007

Cattlemen’s Ball chairman: ‘I was meant to be here’

LODGEPOLE, Neb. — The words from UNMC’s world-renowned lymphoma expert James Armitage, M.D., still ring in Mike Behrends’ ears. The comments came in 2004 as Behrends — a rancher from Lodgepole — sought treatment at UNMC after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “Dr. Armitage said to me, ‘give me six weeks of your time, and I’ll give you the rest of your life,'” Behrends said. “That’s just what he did.”

Jun 5, 2007

Million-step Monday — Still time to start walking

After three weeks, more than 750 UNMC employees — including 86 teams — have joined UNMC’s Virtual Trek Across Nebraska. That said, there’s time for people and teams to join the challenge, said Jayme Nekuda of the Center for Healthy Living (CFHL).

Jun 4, 2007