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Anthony Davis, composer of Opera Omaha’s “Wakonda’s Dream” discussed the creative process behind the opera in the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium on Thursday.
Mar 9, 2007
Sunday bridal show to benefit Eppley Cancer Center
Future brides and others can simultaneously check out the latest in wedding fashion and support UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center at the “Suite of Dreams Bridal Boutique and Fashion Show” on Sunday. A bonus feature of the event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in the Old Market, is that Eppley Institute professor Robert Lewis, Ph.D., will serve as a model in the fashion show.
Mar 9, 2007
Dr. Pratt named NU executive vice president and provost
LINCOLN — University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has named Dr. Linda Pratt as executive vice president and provost for the university. Dr. Pratt has served as interim executive vice president and provost since July of 2006, and will officially take on the permanent appointment on Friday, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents.
Mar 9, 2007
Countdown to daylight savings time
Daylight Savings time begins Sunday and extends to Nov. 3. … While ITS has installed numerous “patches” to correct calendaring problems, it is still possible that calendar entries may appear one hour off, especially if your computer’s clock settings are not checked to “Automatically Adjust for Daylight Savings Time.”
Mar 9, 2007
Meet Distinguished Scientist Surinder Batra, Ph.D.
UNMC researcher Surinder Batra, Ph.D., talks about his work life and interests. NOTE: This profile is part of a series highlighting the researchers who were named UNMC Distinguished Scientists for 2006. Each of these researchers will be profiled in UNMC Today leading up to a March 12 ceremony to recognize their achievements.
Mar 9, 2007
‘Walk and Roll for Disabilities’ raises record $30,000
More than 450 registered participants and more than $30,000 raised. Both numbers were records realized at the 3rd annual Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation “Walk & Roll for Disabilities,” held in February at the Westroads Mall.
Mar 8, 2007
Order form helps surgical patients get right antibiotics
A special order form for antimicrobials used at The Nebraska Medical Center is improving patient safety and helping more surgical patients receive appropriate antibiotics, the results of a recent study show.
Mar 8, 2007
Art class aimed at improving observation skills
Searching for a better way to teach observational skills to medical students and resident phyisicians, UNMC’s William Lydiatt, M.D., and Virginia Aita, Ph.D., have developed a unique research project designed to teach observation through the use of the arts.
Mar 8, 2007
Proposed cloning bill draws crowd
Seventh-grader Megan Berens has had diabetes for seven years. On Wednesday, the 13-year-old told Judiciary Committee members she hopes for a cure so she can “live without fear.” Berens was among the youngest to testify in opposition to LB 700, a bill that would ban reproductive and therapeutic cloning.
Mar 8, 2007
Proposed cloning bill would ban therapeutic cloning
State lawmakers today will hear testimony on LB 700, a bill that purports to ban the cloning of humans. While LB 700 does, in fact, ban human cloning, also known as reproductive cloning, it also bans a technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), or “therapeutic cloning.”
Mar 7, 2007