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Japanese nanotechnology experts to visit UNMC
Japanese and UNMC experts on nanotechnology and its impact on drug delivery will be featured at a mini-symposium on Monday, Jan. 6, in the UNMC Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Dec 18, 2002
UNMC recruits expert in gastrointestinal cancer and cancer drug development
Jean Grem, M.D., the head gastrointestinal cancer researcher/clinician at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., will be joining the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center this spring to direct the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and the Oncology Drug Development Program.
Dec 17, 2002
Holiday greetings atop the Durham Research Center
Hawkins Construction Co. has erected a nearly 20 foot Christmas tree — complete with holiday lights — on the eighth floor of the Durham Research Center. Click for photo.
Dec 17, 2002
Care and watering of passwords — a weekly HIPAA message
HIPAA, the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” provides federal protection of patient health information. You will be receiving weekly messages to help you understand the topic and how it impacts your job. Today’s HIPAA message addresses passwords and user IDs.
Dec 17, 2002
NU campuses to establish Center for Biosecurity at UNMC
In an effort to capitalize on its growing expertise in the area of bioterrorism preparedness, the University of Nebraska will establish a university-wide Center for Biosecurity to be administered at UNMC.
Dec 16, 2002
Davises honored as College of Medicine’s first ‘legacy family’
A family being honored as the College of Medicine’s first “legacy family” has service ties to the College that date back more than a century, before the College was part of the University of Nebraska system.
The Davis family — with three generations of physicians, including Byron Bennett Davis, M.D., Herbert Haywood Davis, M.D., and John Byron Davis, M.D. — is being honored as the College’s first “legacy family,” as part of the College’s 100th anniversary since becoming part of the University of Nebraska.
Dec 13, 2002
Dental, dental hygiene students take oath of professionalism
Forty-seven second-year dental students and 20 third-year dental hygiene students recently signed pledges committing themselves to a higher level of professional responsibility as they begin their clinical experiences at the UNMC College of Dentistry.
Dec 13, 2002
Three Nebraska state senators were on campus Wednesday to try their hand using UNMC’s computer-assisted surgical equipment, reading X-rays and diagnosing conditions through problem-based learning.
Dec 13, 2002
Holiday tea draws UNMC/NHS employees
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, greeted hundreds of UNMC/NHS employees Thursday during the annual Holiday Tea.
Dec 13, 2002
Chancellor’s Silver U recipients 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.
Dec 12, 2002