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Midtown block party and fireworks show on tap tonight
Destination Midtown will host its second annual Summer Block Party today at Field Club School, 3512 Walnut St., from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The party preceeds the Midtown Fireworks Show, which starts at 10 p.m. Admission to the block party is free.
Jul 5, 2007
‘Lively’ Foundations for Success class graduates
During what UNMC Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources John Russell said was the rowdiest Foundations for Success Graduation ceremony he’s attended, 42 UNMC employees graduated June 7 from the fifth session of the career development program.
Jul 5, 2007
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Ladessa Heimbouch
Twenty-five students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Ladessa Heimbouch, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jul 3, 2007
Extend your holiday at midtown block party and fireworks show
A midtown block party and fireworks display is on tap Thursday for those still craving some holiday fun after Independence Day.
Jul 3, 2007
Many members of the UNMC community will undoubtedly turn their thoughts and prayers on Independence Day to friends and loved ones serving their country, including several service members supporting the War on Terror in Iraq and other combat zones. … UNMC Today has compiled a list of current military members with medical center connections.
Jul 3, 2007
Neurosciences honors UNMC donor alum
More than once Carol Swarts, M.D., has found a way to give back to the place she says gave her the opportunity of a lifetime. Recently, she made a $500,000 commitment to fund research in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience.
Jul 3, 2007
Million-step Monday — What’s your team doing?
UNMC Today wants to hear about what other departments and teams are doing to increase their step totals.
Jul 2, 2007
Five 40-year-employees honored at service awards dinner
It was 1967 — the year of “The Summer of Love,” the release of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and Cassius Clay being stripped of his heavyweight boxing title for refusing to join the Army. It also was the year five current UNMC employees began working at the medical center.
Jul 2, 2007
Pediatric cardiologist, Paul Mooring, M.D., dies
Paul Mooring, M.D., longtime director of pediatric cardiology at UNMC, died June 13, 2007, at his home on Swan Lake, Mont. He was 83.
Jul 2, 2007
Students brush up on basic clinical skill
Melissa Marohl inserted the intravenous needle into the patient’s hand, slowly, steadily and cautiously. Then, she tried again. Marohl was one of 125 medical students participating in hands-on clinical skills during last week’s June Term.
Jul 2, 2007