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By the clock: Roaming the Student Orientation Fair
Incoming UNMC students discover a vast array of student organizations and services during the annual New Student Orientation Fair.
Aug 21, 2006
Kimathi: A dentist, role model for kids who need both
Travis Kimathi, the first NU PATHS dental graduate at the UNMC College of Dentistry, sees his dental education as an opportunity to become a role model for kids whose childhoods resemble his own.
Aug 18, 2006
Camp Munroe kids enjoy petting zoo
Children participating in the 2006 Munroe-Meyer Institute Camp Munroe program received an extra special treat last month. Mark and Lori Celesky of Boarding House Farms, Inc., an educational animal display company, brought half a dozen animals to campus so the kids could enjoy their own personal petting zoo.
Aug 18, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet David Li, Ph.D.
David Li, Ph.D , associate professor, biochemistry/molecular biology, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Aug 18, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 9 answer
Learn the answer to Wednesday’s College of Medicine historical photo question.
Aug 17, 2006
Antibiotic study shows promise in treating infections
UNMC researchers are part of an international team whose study results offer the medical world another drug – daptomycin — to treat the growing threat of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The article appears in the Aug. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Aug 17, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 9
The UNMC campus continues its celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary today with another historical photo question.
Aug 16, 2006
Research shows promise for reducing burden of HIV treatment
UNMC is conducting research targeted at reducing the daily HIV/AIDS multiple pill regimen to a single monthly injection using a nanotechnology drug delivery system. By using macrophages, the cells that carry HIV throughout the body, researchers have successfully delivered anti-retroviral drugs directly to tissues where the virus grows.
Aug 16, 2006
Regents extend resident tuition eligibility to state’s veterans
Veterans of all branches of the U.S. armed services will be eligible to attend the University of Nebraska at in-state (resident) tuition rates under an amendment to the university’s tuition policy approved by the Board of Regents on July 28.
Aug 15, 2006
New Web-based antivenom index now available
Launched on Aug. 10, the Online Antivenom Index is a Web-based database allowing doctors, poison control centers and hospitals to access up-to-date information about antivenom stocked at AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums. Steven Seifert, M.D., professor in the department of surgery, emergency medicine section, at UNMC, and medical director of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center, was one of the team members that helped develop the index.
Aug 15, 2006