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Burn prevention tips from The Nebraska Medical Center

There’s no better way to celebrate the warm weather than to barbecue outdoors, but before you fire up the grill, make sure the youngest members of your family are kept a distance away.

May 24, 2007

Spotlight on new faculty — Meet Srikar Adhikari, M.D.

Srikar Adhikari, M.D., assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

May 24, 2007

Gourmet apples benefit the American Heart Association

Making caramel apples has always been a tradition for Joanie Martin, office associate I for the cardiology department at UNMC.

May 23, 2007

Dental graduate students receive awards at professional’s day

Sixteen graduate, dental and dental hygiene students received $1,400 in cash awards for their table top presentations at the 21st Annual Professional’s Day 40th Annual Student Scientific Program at the UNMC College of Dentistry in April.

May 23, 2007

Maurers celebrate birth of twin granddaughters

Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, welcomed two new grandchildren into their lives on Sunday when their daughter, Wendy Linsky, gave birth to identical twin girls in Tampa, Fla.

May 23, 2007

Nursing endowed chair named for Grand Island’s Pankratz

UNMC’s College of Nursing has established the Bertha Pankratz Endowed Chair in Nursing with a gift of more than $600,000 from Pankratz’s estate made through the University of Nebraska Foundation.

May 23, 2007

Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society initiates new members

Fifteen new members were initiated into the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of the College of Pharmacy’s Rho Chi Honor Society during the organization’s 64th Annual Initiation Banquet at the Omaha Press Club on April 12.

May 22, 2007

Pharmacy alumnus finds college lessons still apply

Bob Craig, Pharm.D., had barely graduated from the UNMC College of Pharmacy in 1983 when another pharmacy alumnus, Robert Marshall, Pharm.D., asked him to help out on an unusual project.

May 22, 2007

UNMC to be site for non-Hodgkins lymphoma immunotherapy trial

FREMONT, Calif. — Genitope Corporation has initiated a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of an immunotherapy method for some with follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (fNHL).

May 22, 2007

Heineman approves 4 percent increase in NU’s 2008 budget

The University of Nebraska will receive a 4 percent budget increase in 2008 and a 4.1 percent increase in 2009 according to a budget signed by Gov. Dave Heineman on Monday.

May 22, 2007