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UNMC Faculty Senate supports Chancellor’s decision on salaries
The UNMC Faculty Senate has issued a letter of support to Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., regarding last week’s decision on faculty and staff salaries. (Click to read the letter).
Jun 17, 2002
Minino answers call, earns Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ for June
With Kim Minino, customer satisfaction is simply a phone call away.
A telecommunication analyst in UNMC’s Information Technology Services, Minino is responsible for the telecommunication needs of 23 campus buildings including the Lied Transplant Center, the College of Nursing, Administration Center, Bennett Hall, Poynter Hall, Wittson Hall, Swanson Hall, Eppley Institute and Science Hall, University Medical Associates and the Durham Outpatient Center.
Jun 14, 2002
June Silver ‘U’ recipients announced
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Jun 14, 2002
Changes recommended for NU Health Plan
The University of Nebraska health care plan is self-supported, and it needs a check-up if it wants to remain well. On Monday, UNMC employees heard some of the possibilities that lie ahead for the plan.
David Lechner, vice president for business and finance at the University of Nebraska, explained that health-care plan expenses have gone from $38 million in 1994 to $58 million in 2001. Meantime, revenues have fallen below expenses each year since 1996, lowering NU’s health-care trust fund from $28 million in 1996 to $13 million in 2001.
Jun 13, 2002
Dr. Bylund to lead one of the premier societies for pharmacologists
On July 1, David Bylund, Ph.D, will begin a three-year leadership commitment to the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), serving initially as president-elect. In 2003, he will begin a one-year term as president, and in 2004 a term as past president.
Jun 13, 2002
Dr. Shepherd’s pediatric clinic emphasizes care for the entire family
His practice specializes in pediatric care, but Dell Shepherd, M.D., shows the medical students who rotate through his North Platte office that the type of medicine he practices cares for the entire family.
For his longtime service and dedication to the volunteer faculty program, he is the recipient of the March 2002 Volunteer Faculty of the Month Award.
Jun 12, 2002
Dr. Rath retires, returns to school
Retirement for general surgeon Hans Rath, M.D., meant a chance to go back to school. For two years, Dr. Rath has volunteered as an assistant in the gross anatomy laboratory in the UNMC College of Medicine. In addition to his regularly scheduled lab hours, Dr. Rath attended all 65 medical school lectures to gain as much knowledge as possible for answering students’ questions.
For his dedication to volunteering, he is the recipient of the College of Medicine’s April Volunteer Faculty of the Month Award.
Jun 12, 2002
Legislature plans special session July 30
Gov. Mike Johanns has set July 30 as the date for a special session of the Legislature to respond to the shortfall in the state budget. For the first 11 months of the current budget year, state revenue collections were $136 million below projections.
Gov. Johanns will set the agenda for the special session after June revenues are known and after the Economic Forecasting Advisory Board meets during the week of July 15 to revise its revenue projections for 2002-03.
Jun 12, 2002
UNMC chancellor: Campus intends to give raises as planned
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said today that UNMC plans to implement the scheduled salary increases to employees beginning July 1.
Jun 12, 2002
Brain death expert: accepted fact but no global consensus in diagnostic criteria
Declaring a person brain dead is a necessary step to withdraw life support and allow for organ donation. But, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, M.D., Ph.D., (pronounced ale-coe vadix) has found that the simple criteria for determining brain death has been widely expanded around the world.
On Thursday, the Mayo Clinic neurologist — considered by many to be the foremost expert on brain death — shared the results of his yearlong, global survey on brain death criteria with the UNMC community.
Jun 11, 2002