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W-2 forms mailed this week to employees’ home addresses
W-2 forms are being mailed this week to employees’ home addresses. Beginning with the 2003 tax year, the University of Nebraska is printing and distributing W-2 forms for its employees.
Jan 23, 2004
UNMC reaches new heights in 2003
By any measure, 2003 was a remarkable year at UNMC. Today, UNMC Today looks at the progress, achievements and milestones of the past year.
Jan 22, 2004
Old hospital e-mail extension being eliminated
Beginning Feb. 27, any incoming e-mail to the The Nebraska Medical Center using the old “nhsnet.org” extension will be returned as undeliverable.
Jan 22, 2004
Retired faculty member updates history of College of Medicine
F. Miles Skultety, M.D., Ph.D., knows that there is no such thing as a free lunch. That’s why he was suspicious in May 2000, when James Armitage, M.D., then dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, and Irene Klintberg, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Medicine, invited him to lunch.
Jan 21, 2004
Changes to provide enhanced security for newborns
The labor and delivery/OB units (the Baby Place, 4 West, and the Birth Place) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are undergoing necessary changes to enhance the current security of the areas. Effective Monday, Feb. 9, permanent heightened security goes into effect. The most visual changes are taking place on the fourth floor of University Tower, where security doors and card-access entries are being installed at all entrances and exits.
Jan 20, 2004
Living the dream as one race, one nation
America doesn’t have a race problem, it has a reasoning problem that is blocking Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality, said an acclaimed journalist and talk show host. Regardless of skin color, there is only one race: the human race, Tony Brown told the audience commemorating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday in the lower Storz Pavilion.
Jan 20, 2004
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. — part 6 of 6
Today, UNMC Today caps its six-part series of Martin Luther King Jr. photos and quotations with the civil rights leader discussing cultural roots. In commemoration of the holiday, acclaimed veteran African American journalist and talk show host Tony Brown will be on campus today.
Jan 19, 2004
“Night of a Thousand Stars” event at UNMC raises more than $14,500
More than $14,500 was raised at the UNMC-sponsored event during the annual “Night of a Thousand Stars” celebration, which took place Dec. 6 in Omaha. The $14,582 raised at UNMC went to the Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP). In all, NAP received more than $430,000 from the night’s festivities.
Jan 19, 2004
Regents approve new cGMP facility
Patients with cancer, diabetes and liver failure will find hope in a new facility on the UNMC campus designed to advance innovative therapies. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Saturday approved a proposal to renovate an existing building on the UNMC campus for a new, 11,825 square foot current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) Transplant Production Facility.
Jan 19, 2004
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. — part 5 of 6
In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UNMC Today will feature a series of photos and quotations from the civil rights leader. In today’s excerpt, King proposes a Bill of Rights for the disadvantaged. Acclaimed veteran African American journalist and talk show host Tony Brown will present the Martin Luther King Commemorative Presentation Monday at noon.
Jan 16, 2004