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UNMC College of Nursing faculty shared their research findings recently at an international nursing conference in Dublin, Ireland, at the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Conference meeting.

Sep 10, 2004

UNMC partners with historically black colleges, universities

RICHMOND, VA. – Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a leading Virginia community college are partnering with the University of Nebraska and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to create a special program to provide a multitude of academic and research opportunities for minority undergraduate students and faculty. The agreement was signed Wednesday.

Sep 9, 2004

HHS director visits medical center

Nancy Montanez, director of the Nebraska Health and Human Services System, got a first-hand glimpse of the da Vinci surgical system during her Sept. 2 visit to UNMC.

Sep 9, 2004

Nominations sought for university-wide awards

The University of Nebraska Central Administration has announced nominating procedures and deadlines for five university awards – the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, the Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, the University-wide Departmental Teaching Award, the Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award and the Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award.

Sep 8, 2004

UNMC blood drive scheduled for Sept. 23

About every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. On Thursday, Sept. 23, employees at UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, will have the opportunity to give blood so that others may have the opportunity to live.

Sep 8, 2004

Valet parking helps ease congestion

The Nebraska Medical Center has taken a step toward improved customer service with the introduction of a valet parking program. The service, which began Sept. 1, is available to patients, families and visitors from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Sep 7, 2004

UNMC vice chancellor tapped for national committee

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has named Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to a 19-member External Advisory Committee for the AAMC’s Institute for Improving Medical Education (IIME).

Sep 7, 2004

Pinnacle Network ads highlight UNMC’s 500-mile campus

Two 30-second radio ads highlighting UNMC’s 500-mile campus will be played on the Pinnacle Sports Network this fall and winter during Nebraska Cornhusker football and basketball games.

Sep 3, 2004

Continuing education part of licensure renewal

As of Oct. 1, all licensed physicians must “attest” to having completed 50 hours of continuing medical education in order to renew their license. LB 1021, passed in 2002, requires all licensed physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons to complete 50 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in a two-year period.

Sep 3, 2004

Assistant professor, Dr. Michael Dalton, dies

Michael Dalton, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy died Wednesday, Sept. 1, following a long illness. He was 45.

Sep 3, 2004