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Concrete barricades and a 10-foot tall chain-linked fence are going up where a handful of UNMC buildings will be coming down. Anderson Excavating employees have been installing the chain-linked fence between 40th and 41st Street for the first phase of demolition, which will begin Sept. 17.

Sep 16, 2005

UNMC major accomplishments — 2004-2005

UNMC’s actions and outcomes list, as well as its major accomplishments for 2004-2005, are as follows: A. Enhance and expand the educational environment. Rubens Pamies, M.D. 1.Increase the flexibility of the traditional disciplinary curricula. Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., Yvette Holly Major Accomplishments: Determined feasibility and utility of implementing an interdisciplinary scholars track; CON has initiated an […]

Sep 16, 2005

Silver U recipients announced for September

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.

Sep 15, 2005

Nursing research receives boost with renovations

Research in the UNMC College of Nursing will get a boost with the newly renovated Niedfelt Nursing Research Center. The college will host a ribbon-cutting/open house Friday at 2 p.m. in the 5th floor lobby in the College of Nursing. The expanded center provides space and support for faculty and student research.

Sep 15, 2005

NU offers tuition scholarships to Katrina victims

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced a new scholarship initiative to benefit students and families affected by Hurricane Katrina. The University of Nebraska’s “NU Katrina Student Assistance Fund” has been established to make scholarships for the fall semester available to help students in a variety of circumstances.

Sep 14, 2005

Deadly medicine: How the Nazis influenced modern medical ethics

Next week, UNMC faculty, staff and students will have several opportunities to hear Alan Wells, Ph.D., an expert in medical ethics formerly with the American Medical Association’s Institute for Ethics and Patricia Heberer, Ph.D., historian at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, present “The Nazis and Medical Ethics: Context and Lesson.”

Sep 14, 2005

Minority youth seminar set for Sept. 14

More than 70 minority middle school and high school students are expected to attend the sixth annual Stepping Forward/Reaching Back youth mentoring seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at UNMC. This year’s keynote speaker is Pfizer, Inc. District Manager James Anthony “Tony” Gates.

Sep 13, 2005

Omaha native returns from Louisiana to attend UNMC

When Mykayla Garrison left Omaha in 2000 to attend Xavier University in New Orleans, she couldn’t have dreamt of the circumstances surrounding her return. With Hurricane Katrina an all-too-recent memory, Garrison is trying to re-acclimate herself to Omaha. The third-year pharmacy student has enrolled as a visiting student at the UNMC College of Pharmacy.

Sep 13, 2005

UNMC to provide screenings, masks at Husker Harvest Days

Amid the latest farm machinery, technology, information and education at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Sept. 13-15, physicians from UNMC will be on hand to provide free lung disease screenings to farmers. Farmers also will receive free respirator masks that can minimize exposure to potentially hazardous materials.

Sep 12, 2005

Mom reflects on summer of miracles

Every Friday night, Belinda Soneson makes the trip from Elba, Neb., to Omaha. But she doesn’t mind — she’s going to see her “little miracle man,” Trevor. The 3-hour drive gives Belinda and her husband time to reflect on the past few months and how lucky they are.

Sep 9, 2005