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UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division hosts Asthma Awareness event
More than 100 people from the Scottsbluff area attended the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event hosted recently by the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division.
May 12, 2003
Session seeks to alleviate ‘budgeting fear factors’
Sponsored Programs Administration and the Office of Budget, Analysis and Financial Compliance will co-host a training session entitled, “Budgeting Fear Factor” on Tuesday, May 27.
This training session is intended to alleviate budgeting fears, so every day does not seem like a walk through the real Fear Factor show. Appropriate for grant administrators, accountants and investigators, the training sessions are designed to increase participants’ awareness and knowledge of budgets and related financial compliance standards.
May 12, 2003
UNMC student receives AMA’s leadership award
Brock Wentz, a fourth-year medical student at UNMC, has been honored by the American Medical Association Foundation as one of this year’s recipients of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award.
May 9, 2003
Nursing dean earns Distinguished Educator Award from Ohio State
The distinguished career of Ada Lindsey, Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Nursing, began in 1955 when she enrolled at The Ohio State University School of Nursing. Little did she know that 47 years later, she would receive a second prestigious award from her alma mater.
In late April, Dr. Lindsey received The Ohio State University College of Nursing Alumni Society’s Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award in Columbus, Ohio, during Annual Alumni Day.
May 9, 2003
Visiting stroke expert details unique treatment involving cell infusion
A unique procedure involving the transplantation of human brain cells as a treatment for stroke was the focus of a Grand Rounds presentation Thursday afternoon at UNMC.
Lawrence Wechsler, M.D., professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, made the presentation. Dr. Wechsler is in Omaha as one of the speakers at a daylong conference Friday on acute stroke management. The conference is a collaborative event bringing together all the major hospitals in Omaha and Lincoln involved in acute stroke care.
May 9, 2003
Family of UNMC alum establishes memorial fund
The family of a well-known UNMC College of Dentistry alumnus, Doug Eversoll, D.D.S., has established an endowed fund to benefit students of the college’s orthodontics program. Dr. Eversoll, who died last June at the age of 43, had an orthodontic practice in Lincoln and a satellite clinic in York.
May 8, 2003
Aging Interest Group announces photo contest winners
UNMC’s Aging Interest Group has announced the winners of its 2003 photo contest. Click for winning photos.
May 8, 2003
UNMC to bestow three awards at commencement
UNMC will honor three people who have displayed tremendous dedication and excellence in their fields during its May 10 commencement ceremony in Omaha. See story for details.
May 7, 2003
Researchers use microarray technology to perform gene mutation analysis in lymphoma
Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have combined to perform the first mutation analysis using microarray technology on the ATM gene in lymphoma. The study was reported in the April 29 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
May 7, 2003
UNMC nursing student ensures combat troops have creature comforts
Neither Cheryl Teel nor her husband of 2 1/2 years knew how war would change their lives.
Cheryl Teel’s second year in school at the UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division was interrupted and her plans for a May 2004 graduation changed. Teel, a Broken Bow native, left a familiar place in January for a place in the Kuwaiti desert halfway around the world to ultimately support Operation Iraqi Freedom.
May 7, 2003