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New tax-deferred savings opportunity for NU employees

The University of Nebraska Central Administration has provided the following information about a new retirement savings opportunity for employees. Access the PDF file here.

Sep 13, 2002

Dr. Maurer discusses budget reductions with employees

UNMC will come through the latest round of budget cuts without losing its trajectory toward becoming a world-class academic health sciences center, Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., told employees Thursday.
“We will continue to be an academic medical center on the move,” Dr. Maurer said. “That’s our position.”

Sep 13, 2002

Doctors join together in fight against cancer

Two of UNMC’s leading physicians — Byers (Bud) Shaw, M.D., and James Armitage, M.D. — rode for a combined 73 miles Sept. 7 in the Ride Fore Recovery fund-raising event for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Sep 12, 2002

A campus changed after 9-11

In many ways, UNMC is a different campus today than it was one year ago. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, forced UNMC faculty, staff and students to reevaluate and redirect curriculums, campus security issues and research projects.

Sep 12, 2002

One year later: Remembering Sept. 11

Hundreds of UNMC/NHS employees gathered Wednesday to remember the victims of Sept. 11 and pay tribute to its heroes.

Sep 12, 2002

Northern Nebraska Area Health Education Center formed

A health education center will be formed over the next year to address health-care needs in 22 counties in northern Nebraska, as part of a federal grant that has been awarded to UNMC. The Northern Nebraska Area Health Education Center (NN-AHEC) will be centered in Norfolk.

Sep 11, 2002

Statement from NU President L. Dennis Smith, regarding university budget cuts

Click on headline to read Dr. Smith’s statement on potential NU budget cuts, and view the proposed cuts of NU’s four campuses and central administration.

Sep 11, 2002

Remembrance ceremony Sept. 11

UNMC/NHS will mark the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on America with a special remembrance ceremony. The UNMC/NHS ceremony will be Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8:30 a.m. in the Swanson Hall Courtyard, just west of the Durham Outpatient Center.

Sep 10, 2002

Runners, walkers celebrate College of Medicine centennial

Approximately 100 people turned out Sunday morning for the College of Medicine’s centennial run/walk. The four-mile run/walk, which commemorated the College of Medicine’s 100th anniversary of joining the University of Nebraska, took place on the Field Club Trail, south of the UNMC Student Life Center.

Sep 10, 2002

Nursing celebrates diversity with Hispanic Heritage Month event

More than 100 faculty, students and staff from the UNMC College of Nursing in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, took a trip over the noon hour to Latin America. In reality, participants celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month on campus, learning about Latin American culture.

Sep 10, 2002