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Chancellor’s retreat Web site updated
Breakout session reports, photos and other information from the 2007 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat have been posted on the UNMC Intranet (info.unmc.edu).
Apr 23, 2007
Dr. Lydiatt named Outstanding Teacher
To say teaching is in William Lydiatt’s blood is an understatement.
Apr 23, 2007
Dr. Rizzino receives 2007 UNMC Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
During an interview for a high-school teaching position, UNMC’s A. “Angie” Rizzino, Ph.D., was asked a simple question. More than 40 years later his answer remains the hallmark of his vision as a biomedical researcher/educator. “I was asked, which came first, my students or my subject,” said Dr. Rizzino, professor and program director of UNMC’s Eppley Institute, who is the 2007 UNMC Faculty Mentor of the Year. “Without the slightest hesitation, I said, ‘My students come first.’
Apr 20, 2007
ADA president speaks at dentistry professionals’ day
Improving dental care access, community water fluoridation, tobacco cessation and oral cancer screening were among the topics American Dental Association President Kathleen Roth, D.D.S., addressed at the College of Dentistry’s 21st Annual Professionals’ Day April 6.
Apr 20, 2007
Fontenelle Nature Association volunteers Norm Toenjes and Betty Grenon display a live, 5 ½-foot bull snake at Tuesday’s “Well Aware” event at the Center for Healthy Living.
Apr 20, 2007
Soccer event to raise cancer research money for Liz’s Legacy
Call it an opportunity to give cancer the boot.
The second annual Kicks for a Cure event will take place this weekend with a dinner tonight and soccer games on Saturday.
Apr 20, 2007
Friday a national day of tribute for Virginia Tech
The alumni association from Virginia Tech University is calling for a nationwide “Day of Hokie Hope” on Friday to honor the victims of Monday’s campus shooting.
Apr 19, 2007
Chamber music on tap for ‘Music as Medicine’ concert
A dose of chamber music will be ordered up today at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium as the Omaha Chamber Music Society Amphion Ensemble presents “A Program of Music for Woodwind Quartet.”
Apr 19, 2007
Dr. Kabanov receives NU’s research and creativity award
Someone unfamiliar with Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov’s research could surmise the vastness of its impact by looking only at the origination points of his award nomination’s supporting letters: Tokyo, Japan; Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom; Chapel Hill, N.C.; San Francisco, Calif.; and Cambridge, Mass. Take a closer look at those letters and the other nomination materials for Dr. Kabanov, and it’s easy to understand why the expert in nanomedicine and drug delivery is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (ORCA), given annually by the University of Nebraska.
Apr 19, 2007
Kaleidoscope fund-raiser brings neurological center into focus
Fun, food and festivities translated into big fund-raising at this year’s Kaleidoscope, an annual event sponsored by the University Hospital Auxiliary to raise money for programs that support and benefit patients and families at The Nebraska Medical Center.
Apr 19, 2007