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Faculty, students celebrate National Public Health Week

Faculty and students at the UNMC College of Nursing are celebrating National Public Health Week, April 5-11, with a friendly physical activity competition.

Apr 9, 2004

Addy, Cook assumes new roles in public affairs

Megan Addy has been promoted to Community Relations Coordinator in the Office of Public Affairs, effective immediately. She is joined by Shawn Cook, who will serve as community relations specialist.

Apr 8, 2004

Grandsons provide Easter present for UNMC faculty members

William Gust, M.D., and Rowen Zetterman, M.D., have been close friends for more than 30 years. But, the longtime faculty members from the UNMC Internal Medicine Department will always look back on Easter week 2004 as one of their fondest memories. The two physicians added new grandsons to their families with both babies being born at University Tower earlier this week.

Apr 8, 2004

Nursing professor honored for research abstract

Scottsbluff resident T. Kim Callahan Rodehorst, Ph.D., was one of three health providers who recently received awards from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology during a conference in San Francisco. Dr. Rodehorst is an assistant professor of nursing at UNMC’s College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff.

Apr 7, 2004

Physical therapy program ranks among nation’s best

UNMC’s physical therapy master’s/doctorate program in the School of Allied Health Professions was inadvertently omitted from the April 2 UNMC Today article highlighting U.S.News & World Report’s annual health disciplines rankings.

Apr 7, 2004

Caring with CLAS[S]

Beginning this month a series of two-hour presentations called CARING with CLAS[S] will be presented to look at bridging the cultural and linguistic gaps in health care. The presentations are open to everyone and provide a means of understanding Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards.

Apr 6, 2004

Eppley Cancer Center assists with national guidelines

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center, a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), worked with NCCN and the American Cancer Society to update Nausea and Vomiting Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Cancer.

Apr 6, 2004

New, revised campus policies announced

Click here for a summary of the most recent new or revised UNMC policies and procedures.

Apr 5, 2004

Spring clean your e-mail accounts

ITS is urging Lotus Notes users to clear the clutter from their e-mail accounts today by deleting the largest messages. Doing so may cause a noticeable difference in performance, they said, and return large amounts of server space. Click for tips on managing your e-mail.

Apr 5, 2004

Pursuing open access publishing

Open access journals offer a solution to escalating institutional subscription prices and annual cancellation of library journals, said a former journal editor. Vivian Siegel, Ph.D., executive director of the Public Library of Science (PLOS) and former editor of Cell, was on campus last month to advocate open access publishing of scientific papers.

Apr 2, 2004