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UNMC Travel Services announces changes to the travel policy
As result of a renegotiated contract, all United Airlines Business and Companion fares purchased through the Travel & Transport Web site will have no transaction fee. The new rate, which was $10 per ticket, went into effect Jan. 1 and will remain in effect until June 30. See article for additional details.
Jan 6, 2004
Radio commercials highlight UNMC research
As a continuation of UNMC’s fall/winter image commercials, a two-week flight of radio commercials can be heard on radio stations in Omaha, Lincoln and across the state. The commercials, which highlight UNMC’s research, began airing Monday.
Jan 6, 2004
UNMC nuclear medicine student dies in accident
Laurie M. Schaefer, a student in the Nuclear Medicine Program at UNMC, died Saturday, Jan. 3, in a one-vehicle accident in Lincoln. Schaefer had completed one semester in the Nuclear Medicine Program, which is part of the School of Allied Health Professions’ Radiation Science Technology Division.
Jan 6, 2004
UNMC Winter Workshop presentations Jan. 9
UNMC faculty and staff are invited to attend the final presentations of undergraduate students who will be attending the UNMC Winter Workshop. The presentations will take place between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, at the Eppley Institute, Room 2009.
Jan 5, 2004
Associate vice chancellor for research named
Thomas H. Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research at UNMC, has announced that Paula B. Turpen, Ph.D., has accepted the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for research. She will assume her new post March 1.
Jan 5, 2004
Omaha-based foundation presents research award to UNMC physician-scientist
An Omaha-based medical research foundation has awarded a UNMC physician-scientist a $20,000 research award to study whether intravenous microbubbles and ultrasound can be used to alter the permeability of the “blood brain barrier.” Thomas Porter, M.D., a professor of cardiology at UNMC, received the research award from “Julia’s Hope: The Sanfilippo Syndrome Medical Research Foundation Inc.”
Dec 31, 2003
Business & Finance announces TEAM Excellence Awards
UNMC’s Graphic Arts team and Control and Refrigeration Shop were the recipients of this year’s Team Excellence and Merit Awards (T.E.A.M.) from UNMC Business and Finance.
Dec 31, 2003
UNMC recently received three Paper Anvil Awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Nebraska Chapter. The Paper Anvil program annually recognizes outstanding work in the field of public relations.
Dec 30, 2003
Researcher receives grant to study multiple sclerosis drug
UNMC College of Dentistry researcher, Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., has received a three-year, $274,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to evaluate whether a drug well-known for its cholesterol-lowering effects may stop the destructive process of multiple sclerosis.
Dec 29, 2003
Dr. Kompella receives Pharmacy’s Distinguished Teaching Award
For his outstanding performance in the classroom, Uday Kompella, Ph.D., was selected as the 2003 recipient of the College of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Award.
Dec 24, 2003