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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
Applications accepted for NU presidency
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents is seeking candidates for the position of president of the University of Nebraska. Review of applications will begin on Feb. 15, and continue until a candidate is selected.
Jan 16, 2004
Employees turn out for holiday blood drive
Forty-one units of blood were collected during the UNMC Blood Drive on Dec. 31. As a result, donors assisted as many as 123 patients in need.
Jan 16, 2004
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. — part 4 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 talks about war.
Jan 15, 2004
Ditter earns Chancellor’s Gold U award
Working late on New Year’s Eve is no one’s idea of fun, but Julie Ditter, the administrator in the Center for Neurovirology & Neurodegenerative Disorders, didn’t mind. Neither did her support staff. And with everyone’s help she was able to submit four grants on time.
Jan 15, 2004