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Join the race against breast cancer
Employees of UNMC, and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are encouraged to help make a difference in the fight against breast cancer by participating in the 2003 Komen Nebraska Race for the Cure on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Sep 9, 2003
President Smith to step down, return to classroom
University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith Monday announced that he will step down effective June 30, 2004. He has served as president of the four-campus University of Nebraska system since March 1, 1994.
Sep 9, 2003
University president announces he’ll step down next year
University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., announced today that he will step down from his position on June 30, 2004.
Sep 8, 2003
Laursen earns Gold ‘U’ Award for September
Kim Laursen has read a computer software manual or two, navigated through CD tutorials and produced such winning courses as “My Big Fat Geeky Power Point Presentation,” “Everybody Loves Windows,” and “Footer Fear Factor.” In doing so, Laursen, education coordinator for UNMC’s Information Technology Services, has taught computer literacy to thousands of UNMC faculty, staff and students.
Sep 8, 2003
Silver ‘U’ recipients for September announced
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 8, 2003
Physician studied language to help treat Navajo patients
A physician with extensive experience in American Indian health said people of different cultures have varying needs, and health-care professionals should try to relate to those needs.
Sep 8, 2003
Physician assistant students receive white coats
Thirty-nine new physician assistant students in UNMC’s School of Allied Health Professions recently took an oath of professionalism during a ceremony in which they also donned crisp new white coats.
Sep 5, 2003
Former UNMC human resource director, Geoff Brown, dies
Geoff Brown of Omaha, former UNMC human resource director, died Sept. 3, after a short battle with cancer. He was 59.
Sep 5, 2003
UNMC-led consortium not in initial round of biodefense funding
UNMC’s grant application to the National Institutes of Health on behalf of a four-state consortium was not among the eight who received funding, according to an announcement Thursday by U.S. Health and Human Services.
Although the announcement was disappointing for Nebraska and the other states in the consortium – Iowa, Kansas and Missouri — UNMC leaders emphasized that this was only one of the many opportunities that the institution is pursuing in the area of biodefense.
Sep 5, 2003
To coordinate distribution of UNMC policies in the most cost effective manner, hardcopies of UNMC policies and/or policy manuals will no longer be issued. All UNMC policies, either in draft revision or final form, are available on the UNMC Policy Homepage.
Sep 4, 2003