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UNMC announces budget reduction strategy
UNMC has announced the steps it plans to take to reduce its 2002-2003 budget by an additional $3.07 million. See story for details.
Sep 10, 2002
Q & A on the budget reduction strategy
Click here for a Q&A on UNMC’s budget reduction strategy.
Sep 10, 2002
Medical students discover benefits of National Guard membership
You can imagine how happy Rachel Blake, M.D., was when she found out her medical school student loans would be paid off about three years after graduation.
In exchange for her medical services for one weekend a month and 15 days of annual training a year, the resident and Nebraska Army National Guard member receives student loan repayment, monthly pay, low cost life insurance, credits toward a military retirement and other benefits.
Sep 9, 2002
Dr. Piper honored internationally for helping cancer patients
For Barbara Piper, D.N.S., the drive to help cancer patients manage their fatigue began in 1977. Recently, Dr. Piper, associate professor of nursing at UNMC, was honored for her significant, international contributions in cancer care.
Sep 6, 2002
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