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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
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
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Oct 9, 2002
$10 million grant establishes redox biology center at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has won a $10 million award from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Nebraska Center for Redox Biology. The center will be a collaborative research enterprise of UNL and UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center.
Oct 9, 2002
Team Kaos raises $1,200 for Eppley Cancer Center
Team Kaos, the cycling team sponsored by UNMC/NHS/UMA, raised $1,200 for the Dave Babcook Memorial Foundation, as they hosted and competed in the second annual Omaha Criterium Aug. 3-4. The two-day biking event benefited the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.
Oct 8, 2002
UNMC sponsors national conference on celiac sprue disease
UNMC and UNMC’s Center for Continuing Education are sponsors of the 25th annual Celiac Sprue Association/United States of America, Inc., conference Oct. 10-13, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Omaha. See story to learn more about the disease.
Oct 8, 2002
Making sense of HIPAA — the first in a weekly series
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. What is HIPAA? How does it differ from HIPPO?
Oct 8, 2002
COD museum boasts largest collection of Midwest dental artifacts
The UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln invites the public to its free, annual opening of its Dental Museum, Oct. 7-12, during which the museum puts its entire collection on display. The museum has one of the largest regional collections of historical dental equipment and artifacts dating from the 1850s.
Oct 7, 2002