The University of Nebraska Medical Center
The only public academic health science center in Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is one of four branches of the University of Nebraska. Sister campuses are to be found in Kearney (University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK), Lincoln (University of Nebraska at Lincoln, UNL) and in Omaha (University of Nebraska at Omaha, UNO). Although each campus has its own Chancellor, the entire system falls under leadership of a central administration and governance of the Board of Regents.
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The UNMC campus is located in the center of the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The campus includes University Hospital and Clarkson Hospital, which encompass The Nebraska Medical Center and serve as the teaching hospital for UNMC’s health science programs. The campus provides numerous facilities necessary for achieving the academic, research and patient care missions of UNMC, including the Durham Outpatient Center, the Eppley Cancer Center and its basic research component, the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, the Durham Research Center, the Lied Transplant Center, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, the Leon S. McGoogan Library of Medicine, the Center for Healthy Living, and the Sorrell Center for Health Science Education (currently under construction). Limited student housing is available on or near campus.
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Updated on ... July 20, 2006 |
