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Joslyn Art Museum activities announced
Photos of powwow dancers, modern and contemporary art and a lecture on “The Da Vinci Code” headline upcoming Joslyn Art Museum activities.
Aug 24, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 10 answer
Learn the answer to Wednesday’s College of Medicine historical photo question.
Aug 24, 2006
UNMC helps provide free books to underserved children
Officials from Reach Out and Read, the Literacy Center for the Midlands, students and staff from the Omaha Primrose School of Legacy, as well as employees of UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, recently were on hand to celebrate a donation of $100,000 to the national Reach Out and Read program.
Aug 24, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 10
The UNMC campus continues its celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary today with another historical photo question.
Aug 23, 2006
Block party Aug. 26 to showcase midtown businesses
Destination Midtown is throwing a party – a block party – from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 26 to highlight the vast array of merchants, restaurants and service providers doing business in midtown Omaha. The party will be in the parking lot of UNMC’s Student Life Center, 39th and Jones streets.
Aug 23, 2006
Intellectual Property Office making strides
It’s been three good years in the Intellectual Property Office as invention disclosures have increased 60 percent and patents and patent applications have increased 43 percent since 2003. In July, Michael Dixon, Ph.D., was named IPO director.
Aug 23, 2006
Murray man battles staphylococcus infection
John Morgan knows the seriousness of staphylococcus aureus. He nearly died from it. While at the medical center, he participated in an international study that ultimately demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of a new drug – daptomycin.
Aug 22, 2006
Durham Western Heritage Museum activities
There’s still time to see the Durham Western Heritage Museum’s Engineer It! Exhibit before it ends Sept. 3. Meanwhile, there are lots of other opportunities to entertain young and old alike from reading programs to naming the museum’s newest exhibit. Don’t miss the Aug. 29 Egyptian architecture lecture in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Aug 22, 2006
Researcher studies tropical parasitic disease
Developing new and better antimalarial medications has been fruitful for Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D., and his research team. Some of the compounds the team developed to treat malaria appear to be effective in killing a parasite that causes schistosomiasis.
Aug 21, 2006
Dr. Lockridge honored by French government
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently awarded Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D., with the Palmes Academiques, the French Government’s highest honor for academic achievement.
Aug 21, 2006