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COD’s Practice Opportunities Fair attracts employers, students

The UNMC College of Dentistry held its second Practice Opportunities Fair Sept. 12. Dental professionals representing 25 different practices set up booths at the college in hopes of interesting senior dental and dental hygiene students in joining them or using their services after graduation.

Sep 18, 2002

Background checks in bioterrorism preparedness forum today

The UNMC campus community is invited to attend a panel discussion on “The Role of Background Checks in Bioterrorism Prevention” Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the College of Nursing, Cooper Auditorium. The public is invited to attend.

Sep 18, 2002

AHEC coordinator attends national conference

Dori Bush, education and outreach coordinator for the Central Nebraska Area Health Education Center, is a member of a five-person team that attended the inaugural Institute on Public Health and Faith Collaborations Sept. 9-12 in Atlanta.

Sep 17, 2002

Treatment guidelines for patients with ovarian cancer released

In its ongoing effort to provide the public with information on the most effective cancer treatment options, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Monday released its cancer treatment guidelines for ovarian cancer. The NCCN is made up of 19 of the world’s leading cancer centers and includes UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center.

Sep 17, 2002

College advisors across Nebraska to attend UNMC Advisor’s Day

College academic advisors and pre-health advisors from across Nebraska will be on the UNMC campus, Tuesday, Sept. 24, to meet with representatives from colleges and departments.

Sep 16, 2002

Dr. Hemstreet named Malashock Chair of urologic surgery

A leading expert in bladder and prostate cancer, George Hemstreet III, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Malashock Chair in urologic surgery, chief of the section of urologic surgery and professor of surgery.

Sep 16, 2002

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