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Today marks the 67th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the”Night of Broken Glass,” one of the most horrifying assaults in history against the European Jewish Community. On Friday, Bob Wolfson, executive director of the Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League/Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, will discuss the event, its aftermath and the valuable lessons for contemporary mankind.

Nov 9, 2005

Students organize food drive, compete with Creighton

In a friendly competition, Omaha’s two academic health science centers are racing to gain the most pounds in a pre-Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Omaha Food Bank. Donations of food and household goods are being accepted on the UNMC campus through Thursday, Nov. 17.

Nov 8, 2005

National infectious diseases experts meet in Omaha

National experts in infectious diseases from the country’s three biocontainment units will meet during a conference today and Wednesday at the Marriott Regency motel. The country’s largest and only biocontainment unit available for the public is housed on the UNMC campus in Omaha.

Nov 8, 2005

NUFLEX 2006 enrollment is just around the corner

Your NUFlex 2006 re-enrollment packets will begin arriving in your departmental mail on Monday, Nov. 14. The enrollment period is from Nov. 14 through Dec. 2, only; changes will be effective on Jan. 1. Click for more details.

Nov 8, 2005

Allied Health celebrates professions week

The UNMC School of Allied Health Professions is celebrating Allied Health Professions Week, which runs through Saturday. A display table will be set up in the central atrium on Tuesday, Nov. 8, with allied health information.

Nov 7, 2005

UNMC participates in emergency response exercise

UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center were among those involved in Thursday’s statewide exercise to test Nebraska’s readiness to respond to a public health emergency.

Nov 7, 2005

Web-based system helps prevent, treat disease

Preventing and treating disease outbreaks in Nebraska is faster and more efficient with a new Internet-based laboratory order and reporting system, known as the Electronic Laboratory Information and Retrieval Technology (ELIRT).

Nov 4, 2005

Inside the Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Ava Saunders was supposed to become a big sister last month. Her brother had other plans. Griffin was born in July — 13 weeks early and weighing only 2 lbs. 2 oz. He spent 79 days in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) at The Nebraska Medical Center before going home. On Nov. 16, the hospital’s tiniest patients will move into the new NICU in the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence.

Nov 4, 2005

Health screenings at Clarkson West Nov. 5

The University Medical Associates, UNMC’s physician group practice, invites the public to its free “Winter Health Tune Up,” event Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., at its location in the Clarkson West Medical Center building at 144th and Center streets near Oak View Mall.

Nov 3, 2005

Inside the radiology department

It takes only five heartbeats to capture an image of a beating heart, one second to capture the image of an organ and only 10 seconds for a full body trauma. Such state-of-the-art imaging capabilities exist in the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence’s new radiology unit.

Nov 3, 2005