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Red Cross representatives on campus today
Representatives of the American Red Cross will be on the UNMC campus today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside the Nebraska Cafe for employees interested in contributing to the hurricane relief effort. All of the money collected will go to the disaster area. UNMC’s information on Hurricane Katrina can be found at http://www.unmc.edu/katrina.
Sep 7, 2005
Transplant patients find safe haven at med center
Denise Breaux and her 3-year-old daughter Bailey were on the sixth floor of Tulane Hospital when Hurricane Katrina crashed ashore. The young girl received a liver, small bowel and pancreas transplant from UNMC in 2002. On Tuesday, Breaux and two other transplant families said thanks to the medical center family that has rescued them more than once.
Sep 7, 2005
Dr. Linder named associate vice chancellor for research
James Linder, M.D., a key administrator and faculty member at UNMC for nearly 20 years, is returning to Nebraska as associate vice chancellor for research with the goal of boosting UNMC’s clinical research enterprise to a record level.
Sep 6, 2005
Message from President Milliken on the hurricane
Read a message from James B. Milliken, president of the University of Nebraska, on Hurricane Katrina and the university’s response.
Sep 6, 2005
UNMC, hospital accept Gulf Coast patients, students
UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are welcoming patients and students evacuated from the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Click to also find out when the American Red Cross will be on campus for employees interested in contributing to the relief effort.
Sep 6, 2005
Message from Chancellor Maurer, Dean Gollan on Hurricane Katrina
Message from UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and UNMC College of Medicine Dean John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., on relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina.
Sep 6, 2005
Accreditation consultant to be on campus Sept. 15
A consultant/representative from the association that will re-accredit UNMC will be on campus on Thursday, Sept. 15. Robert Appleson, Ph.D, associate director of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), will meet with campus officials and accreditation leaders during his one-day visit. UNMC is an accredited member of the NCA.
Sep 2, 2005
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