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Ad seeks candidates for vice chancellor post
A national search is being conducted to fill the position of vice chancellor for academic affairs/dean for graduate studies. Interested candidates should send their applications to Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D. See story for the job description.
Oct 14, 2002
Longtime family medicine employee, Norma Marts, dies
Norma Marts, a longtime employee in UNMC’s department of family medicine, died Thursday (Oct. 10) of a heart attack. She was 70.
Oct 14, 2002
UNMC to lease space at Scott Technology Transfer and Incubator Center
Cutting-edge research that UNMC will conduct at a business incubator in Omaha has the potential to lead to promising product developments. Under an agreement approved Friday by the NU Board of Regents, UNMC will lease 8,309 square feet of space at the Scott Technology Transfer and Incubator Center.
Oct 14, 2002
Search committee to identify candidates for College of Nursing dean
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has appointed a 13-person search committee to identify candidates for the position of the UNMC College of Nursing dean. Ada Lindsey, Ph.D., announced earlier this month that she will retire from the position, effective July 31, 2003.
Oct 14, 2002
Security procedures affecting international students discussed
In continuing efforts to strengthen national security, Thomas Gouttierre, dean of International Studies and Programs at UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, said the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and U.S. Department of State (DOS) have implemented several new procedures for tracking international students and scholars. See story to find out more.
Oct 11, 2002
New book mentions UNMC research fund
The founder of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund at UNMC is a proud contributor of a new book that reflects on American life in 1936.
Oct 11, 2002
Hispanic Heritage Month prompts wide-ranging conversation
In commemoration of National Hispanic Heritage Awareness Month, the NHS/UNMC Employee Diversity Network sponsored a special presentation Sept. 26 by Jose Romero, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics infectious disease and chief recruitment officer of Latinos at UNMC.
“One very important thing for everyone to understand is that the Latino people are a very heterogeneous population – one size does not fit all,” said Dr. Romero, who was born in Mexico.
Oct 11, 2002
2002 Cattlemen’s Ball exceeds fund-raising goal
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has received $207,000 in proceeds from the 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska, which was June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb. The check presented Oct. 5 at the Starlight Ballroom near Wahoo, exceeded the 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball fund-raising goal by $7,000. Read the story to learn who will host the next Cattlemen’s Ball.
Oct 10, 2002
UNMC seeks to boost national media exposure
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., wants the media’s national spotlight shining on UNMC’s faculty, students, programs and research.
Faculty are asked to contact public affairs when they have a story of national importance, when their research is published in a prestigious journal or when they’ve been appointed to national committees.
Oct 10, 2002
Peterson brings compassion to the AICU, earns Gold ‘U’ Award
As a child, Delayne Peterson was a guardian angel to her developmentally delayed younger brother. As an adult, she helped her older brother battle Huntington’s disease, until it took his life in 1998.
Now, as a physician assistant coordinator, she helps patients and their families in the Adult Intensive Care Unit at University and Clarkson Hospital. For her compassionate care and dedication to UNMC and the families she serves, Peterson earned the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for September.
Oct 10, 2002