Newsroom
Third finalist to participate in ‘ask the candidate forum’
A finalist for a top administrative post at UNMC will take part in an “ask the candidate forum” at 7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, May 22, in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater, Room 3034. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., is professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and chairman of the department of internal medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.
May 19, 2003
Stroke screening event reveals underdiagnosed, untreated high blood pressure
About 100 people took part in a free stroke screening event Friday at UNMC/NHS.
The number of people whose blood pressure was elevated was “astounding,” a top stroke expert said.
May 19, 2003
Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska to Hold Ranch Party
The Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska has made plans to hold a Ranch Party on Saturday, May 31, 2003, at the Double D Farm near Ashland. The Party will include a beef brisket barbeque; entertainment by Red Steagall, a cowboy poet and a recording artist; and an auction.
(Click on headline for complete story and ticket information).
May 16, 2003
HR to offer communications skills courses
Four UNMC Communications Skills Courses, presented by UNMC Human Resources, will be offered over the coming months. (Click on headline to see course and registration information.
May 16, 2003
Husband of former nursing dean dies; services set for Saturday
J. Thomas Yeaworth, husband of former UNMC College of Nursing Dean Rosalee Yeaworth, died Wednesday. A graveside service is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday at Westlawn Hillcrest Memorial Park, and will be followed by an 11 a.m. church service at Dundee Presbyterian Church.
May 16, 2003
Employee parking structure grand opening planned
One can almost hear the huge sighs of relief echoing from the UNMC parking office.
Parking and Cashiering Services Manager Tina Spencer and assistants Kelly Weyant and Lashon George have worked hard to move UNMC/NHS employees into all available parking stalls in UNMC’s new parking structure, officially named Lot 50.
(Click on headline to read about the tailgate party, celebrating the structure’s opening).
May 15, 2003
UNMC research team publishes in journal, sheds light on deadly human virus
Many theories exist about why people, mostly children, get myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle that causes mild to severe disease, including death or the need for a heart transplant. The theory of a UNMC research team is featured as the cover story in the May 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
May 15, 2003
531 students receive diplomas from UNMC
Degrees and certificates were conferred to 531 University of Nebraska Medical Center students last week during commencement ceremonies in Kearney, Lincoln and Omaha.
(Click on story for names of graduates and photos from various ceremonies).
May 15, 2003
First UNMC undergraduate students place dental implants
Responding to increasing demand from Nebraska patients for dental implants, the UNMC College of Dentistry developed a program last fall to train undergraduate dental students in dental implants procedures. The college recently has had its first undergraduate students place implants in patients.
May 14, 2003