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UNMC receives record $5.4 million in congressional appropriations
The U.S. Congress has appropriated $5.4 million in Department of Defense funds to three University of Nebraska Medical Center projects that support bioterrorism preparedness and biomedical technology. The congressional appropriation is the largest ever to UNMC.
Oct 2, 2006
Tom Sullivan performance to benefit Low-Vision House
Tom Sullivan, a blind award-winning author, producer, actor and singer will perform in Omaha on Thursday, Oct. 12, as part of an effort to raise awareness and funding for the Nebraska Foundation for Visually Impaired Children (NFVIC) and a proposed Low Vision House at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Oct 2, 2006
New University of Nebraska Regent Robert Phares visited UNMC on Friday.
Oct 2, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Eduardo Jose Vasquez, M.D.
Eduardo Jose Vasquez, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, pulmonary, critical care, sleep and allergy medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Sep 29, 2006
Passport Partners program to focus on Black Elk
Lakota visionary and healer, Black Elk, will be the focus of an upcoming segment of Joslyn Art Museum’s “Passport Partners” program.
Sep 29, 2006
Nebraska Editing Team releases two new books
The Nebraska Editing Team has added two more titles to their growing collection of academic texts.
Sep 29, 2006
Med Center marks first anniversary of heart transplant
On Sept. 29, 2005, The Nebraska Medical Center completed its first transplant in its newly reorganized heart transplant program. In the year since, 17 heart transplants have been performed at the medical center.
Sep 29, 2006
Dr. McCashland to lead international transplant group
The International Liver Transplantation Society has elected UNMC associate professor Timothy McCashland, M.D., as its president.
Sep 29, 2006
Note on Distinguished Scientists criteria
Earlier this week, UNMC Today announced the 25 investigators who have been named UNMC Distinguished Scientists for 2006. Administrators and department chairs were excluded from this year’s competition, which recognizes those UNMC researchers who have been among the most productive scientists in the country over the past five years.
Sep 28, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 15 answer
Learn the answer to Wednesday’s College of Medicine historical photo question.
Sep 28, 2006