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Employees with Gulf Coast connections express concern
Until July, when Marshall Longwell, M.D., took a job as an emergency room physician and faculty member at UNMC, he had spent the past eight years of his life in New Orleans in medical school and residency training. With family in Baton Rouge, and friends and colleagues in New Orleans, he can only stand by and watch in shock.
Sep 2, 2005
Nursing hires assistant dean for administration
Pam Bataillon, a graduate of the UNMC College of Nursing’s master’s degree in community health, has accepted the position of assistant dean of administration in the College of Nursing.
Sep 1, 2005
NU opens doors, hearts to hurricane-affected students
The University of Nebraska’s campuses will offer assistance to the hurricane-affected regions and do “everything possible” to accommodate college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, President James B. Milliken said today.
Sep 1, 2005
Maurers to be honored for their work in community
Since coming to Omaha in 1993, Harold M. and Beverly Maurer have made community outreach one of their top priorities. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed. On Sept. 14, the couple will be honored in a special recognition dinner by the Chabad of Nebraska.
Aug 31, 2005
UNMC organizing campus response for victims of Hurricane Katrina
Numerous UNMC employees have expressed an interest in aiding the victims of Hurricane Katrina. UNMC will have an organized response to the devastating effects of the hurricane, said John Russell, assistant vice chancellor for human resources at UNMC.
Aug 31, 2005
Comparative medicine staff garners national awards
Two technicians in UNMC’s Department of Comparative Medicine — Christy Neel and Karen Thysen — have won distinguished professional awards.
Aug 30, 2005
Campus invited to free Joslyn event Aug. 31
Employees, faculty and students of UNMC, University Medical Associates and The Nebraska Medical Center are invited to attend a free, special evening at Joslyn Art Museum on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. with special remarks at 5:30 p.m.
Aug 30, 2005
UNMC focusing on growing problem of antibiotic resistance
Staphylococcus infections once associated with hospitalization, recent surgery, and residence in long-term-care facilities, now are striking healthy individuals. And the experts aren’t sure why. Complicating the rise of “staph” infections is the organism’s growing resistance to antibiotic treatment. UNMC recently formed a new research group focused on the local and national problem of staphylococcus infections.
Aug 29, 2005
New instrument to benefit researchers
UNMC recently bought a $400,000 BIAcore 3000 instrument to serve researchers at UNMC and beyond. “The BIAcore is like the Maserati of instruments, except it’s made in Sweden,” said Donald Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology. The instrument is mostly being used in biomedical companies with interests in biotechnology.
Aug 26, 2005
Midwest’s first global health conference Sept. 9-11
Two UNMC organizations that focus on international relations and health – International Studies & Programs and Student Alliance for Global Health – will host the Midwest’s first global health conference. The conference, titled, “Bridging Health Divides: Engaging in Global Health at Home and Abroad,” will be Sept. 9-11, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 555 S. 10th St., in Omaha.
Aug 26, 2005