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Regents approve feasibility study for Saddle Creek Road
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Friday approved a proposed agreement with the City of Omaha to conduct a feasibility study for the relocation of Saddle Creek Road on the western edge of the UNMC campus.
Sep 11, 2006
UNMC lands $2.6 million grant for vascular research
Identifying new risk factors for vascular disease may help kidney transplant recipients lead longer, healthier lives. A $2.6 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant is enabling UNMC researchers to examine how non-traditional risk factors could play a role in vascular disease in kidney transplant recipients.
Sep 11, 2006
New Nebraska Center opened in Tokyo, Japan
Gov. Dave Heineman Friday announced the official opening of the new 565 square foot Nebraska Center in Tokyo, Japan. UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center are supporting the effort, which will promote the state’s products and services.
Sep 11, 2006
UNMC to present 2006-2015 Facilities Development Plan
The UNMC of tomorrow will be a world-class academic health science center built from a visionary plan that includes a new comprehensive cancer center, additional research towers, more clinical facilities for patient care and new education facilities. It also will be strategically configured with the campus core – a crossroads for clinical care, education and patient services – flanked by UNMC research laboratories on the west and academic classrooms on the east.
Sep 8, 2006
UNMC student enrollment reaches record high
Student enrollment at UNMC reached an all-time high for the second straight year, as 3,067 students are enrolled this fall, a 2.2 percent increase over last year’s total of 3,002.
Sep 8, 2006
Seminar to provide insights on postdoctoral education
Postdoctoral scholars, or postdocs, play a critical role in every research institution. On Monday, UNMC’s new Office of Postdoctoral Education will hold its first-ever postdoctoral education seminar. The event is open to postdocs, faculty and graduate students.
Sep 8, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 12 answer
Learn the answer to Wednesday’s College of Medicine historical photo question.
Sep 7, 2006
Norton receives August Gold ‘U’ Award
Processing 35 to 45 grants a year might seem like a lot to Cindy Norton’s boss, but that’s just the tip of the paper iceberg. Norton, administrative manger for the department of cellular and integrative physiology at UNMC, has done as many as 60 grants in one year.
Sep 7, 2006
Boyd-Ford among Nebraska Women of Distinction
Valda Boyd-Ford, UNMC director of Community and Multicultural Affairs, recently was honored as one of the three 2006 Nebraska Women of Distinction.
Sep 7, 2006
Spotlight on New Faculty – meet Kristen Cook, Pharm.D.
Kristen Cook, Pharm.D., has joined the faculty of the UNMC College of Pharmacy.
Sep 6, 2006