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Spotlight on new faculty – meet Grace Davis, M.D.
Grace Davis, M.D., assistant professor, general internal medicine section, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
May 4, 2006
Accreditation work moving forward; senior leaders to play key role
UNMC’s senior leaders will play key roles in the campus’s effort to earn reaccreditation without qualifications, say the four UNMC officials who are leading the reaccreditation effort.
May 3, 2006
Dentistry does cancer screenings
Thirty-seven people took advantage of a free screening for oral, head and neck cancer April 21st at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln.
May 2, 2006
Alzheimer’s research, scholarship awards announced
Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D., delves into the beginnings of Alzheimer’s disease at the cellular level. Heather Titman, M.D., explores how to improve end-of-life clinical care of patients with the neurological disease. Both have received Alzheimer’s research awards established by the late Col. Barney Oldfield for their promising and innovative work.
May 2, 2006
Durham Western Heritage Museum activities
UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians employees and their families, as well as students, will receive free admission to a variety of Durham Western Heritage Museum events with a valid student / employee ID. Learn more about reading, dancing, jazz and nursing activities and exhibits.
May 2, 2006
Three to be honored at May 6 commencement
A legendary Omaha businessman, an accomplished surgeon who has worked to improve health care delivery systems, and a longtime rural health advocate from Broken Bow will be honored at UNMC’s commencement May 6 in Omaha.
May 1, 2006
Silver U recipients announced for April
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Apr 28, 2006
Run/walk benefits SHARING Clinics
UNMC’s second annual SHARING the Trail run/walk recently raised about $5,600 to provide health care for the community’s indigent populations.
Apr 28, 2006
Boyden receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award
Marjorie Boyden jokes that football kept her at UNMC. In reality, it is the colleagues and graduate students with whom she has worked the past 35-plus years. For her outstanding performance and service, Boyden, an office associate II in UNMC’s Department of Pathology and Microbiology, has received the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for April.
Apr 28, 2006
Nebraska shows biotechnology prowess at BIO 2006
Nebraska’s high-tech pavilion at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s April 9-12 biotechnology convention caught the attention of thousands of biotechnology executives, investors, journalists, policymakers and scientists, with its life-sized talking robot, Sprockit; its computerized dog, Sonic; and a team of Nebraskans dressed in red “Bio’s Hot in Nebraska” shirts.
Apr 28, 2006