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Parking Services information available online
Beginning Monday, Sept. 9, the Employee Self Service (ESS) Web site will provide employees with a convenient, round-the-clock option for accessing parking information.
Sep 6, 2002
UNMC physician finds pyrotechnics hobby a blast
When Tom Poulton, M.D., isn’t taking care of critically ill children, spending time with his family or planting flowers in the yard, you might find him playing with fire.
For three days, at the crack of dawn, the UNMC professor of pediatrics, critical care and anesthesiology helped build and detonate pyrotechnics that would add realism to simulated airfield strafing and bomb runs during last month’s Offutt Air Force Base air show.
Sep 5, 2002
British teen in Omaha for rare brain surgery procedure
All Americans will swallow hard and reflect next week on the first anniversary of Sept. 11. However, for a British family staying at the Lied Transplant Center, Sept. 11 will have an extra special meaning.
“It’s quite symbolic,” said Nigel Kendall, father of Katherine Kendall, an 18-year-old girl who is in Omaha to undergo a rare brain surgery procedure at UNMC/NHS to relieve her ongoing epileptic seizures. “Katherine’s surgery will be finished on Sept. 11.”
Sep 4, 2002
UNMC/NHS segment not on ABC’s Good Morning America
UNMC/NHS did not appear Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America as planned. Bill Cunningham, ABC producer, contacted UNMC Public Affairs Monday to say the segment was bumped because of time constraints. “So sorry,” he said in an e-mail. “It’s a winner.”
Sep 4, 2002
Fourth quarter research grants lift year-end total to record $50.8 million
UNMC received fourth quarter grant awards totaling $15.1 million, bringing the year-end total to $50.8 million — its best year ever. The $50 million milestone represents a 23 percent increase in funding over last year’s $41.3 million total.
Sep 3, 2002
Project to improve housing facilities for UNMC laboratory rodents
At UNMC and across the country, the burgeoning field of genomics has led to an explosion in laboratory mouse populations. Researchers are hopeful it also may lead to an unprecedented potential in identifying genes that cause disease or in possible treatments.
On Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved UNMC’s most pressing research infrastructure need — a $1.5 million containment and isolation facility for laboratory rodents in the existing 4230 Building on campus.
Sep 3, 2002
Students receive white coats at recent ceremonies
Incoming medical, pharmacy and physician assistant students at UNMC recently received white coats as a symbol of their entry into their respective health professions.
Aug 30, 2002
UNMC’s 2002-03 budget completed
The 2002-03 UNMC operating budget has been balanced and loaded into the SAP financial management system. UNMC continued to be mainly self-supporting, with only 29 percent of its funding coming from state general fund appropriations.
Aug 30, 2002
Minority summer research interns grateful for UNMC experience
When 11 minority undergraduate students came to UNMC in June for summer research internships, they had a host of misconceptions and fears.
Aug 30, 2002
Inclusive campus calendar available online
UNMC’s Center for Continuing Education, Information Technology Services and Public Affairs have developed an online all-inclusive calendar of events for UNMC.
The calendar, available through UNMC Today, includes all continuing education events, as well as other campus events. Visit the site at http://calendar.unmc.edu/ or click on Calendar of Events on the Intranet.
Aug 29, 2002