Public Relations

• Researcher publishes findings on improving sleep during breast cancer treatment
• UNMC study shows financial problems make it harder to quit smoking

• Dec. 1 Omaha Science Café talk to explain costs, benefits of scientific innovation

• UNMC physicians on Best Doctors List

• Dr. James Anderson named public health associate dean for research

• Twenty-three nurses enrolled in program to improve quality in long-term care

• Norfolk resident first recipient of UNMC Excellence Scholarship
• UNMC honors six distinguished alumni

• Wayne State College expands involvement in UNMC's Rural Health Opportunities Program

• UNMC study yields clues to cell metabolism, obesity

• ‘The Science of Sex,’ to be Nov. 19 Lincoln Science Cafe topic

• UNMC College of Pharmacy class nets 100 percent pass rate on licensing exam

• UNMC researcher one of 22 scientists selected for stem cell study

• UNMC receives $1.18 million grant to increase number of psychiatric nurse practitioners statewide

• UNMC leaders, 12-year-old Nebraskan express gratitude for stimulus funds
• UNMC research team makes major breakthrough in stem cell research

• UNMC Eye Institute to transform vision care in Nebraska

• Researchers: Significantly cheaper drugs as effective as expensive drugs in treating early rheumatoid arthritis

• Nov. 10 Omaha Science Cafe talk focuses on mini robot surgery

• UNMC researcher’s grant renewed for nearly $10.4 million

• Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D., honored for inventions

• Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomes 25 new scholars, graduates 19

• Associate dean named for UNMC College of Public Health

• UNMC students train in communities across Nebraska

• Omaha joins other U.S. cities, countries to co-sponsor Bi-National Health Week Oct. 3-16
• Remembering Dr. Bill Gust - physician/educator/communicator

• Dr. Maurer named to prestigious national board

• UNMC study shows disparity in lymphoma survival rates according to residence

• 317 students attend rural health career day at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Reservations can still be made for UNMC Alumni Reunion
• UNMC College of Nursing $616,500 grant to boost number of teaching nurses

• Report: Nebraska faces future shortage of nurses, doctors and dentists

• Former North Platte student to undertake surgical rotation in India
• UNMC workshop to feature off-campus safety and home buying tips

• UNMC alum, Patrik Johansson, M.D., appointed director of Rural Health Education Network
• UNMC forms partnership with one of premier medical schools in India

• New stimulus research funds push UNMC total to more than $5 million
• Public invited to Sept. 10 Lincoln Science Cafe ‘CSI: the Fact Behind the Fiction’
• UNMC enrollment reaches all-time high of 3,237 students

• UNMC leaders provide H1N1 readiness update to Board of Regents
• Registration for Midwestern Regional Global Health conference still open

• UNMC announces new scholarship for northeast Nebraska nursing students
• UNMC appoints Shireen Rajaram, Ph.D., director of Center for Reducing Health Disparities

• Cattlemen's Ball raises nearly $500,000

• UNMC cardiologist is first to use new device in Nebraska

• Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference to focus on aging

• Marijuana, addiction topic of Sept. 1 Omaha Science Cafe

• UNMC researcher receives $300,000 grant to study deadly form of lymphoma
• 382 new UNMC students participate in White Coat ceremonies

• $500,000 grant to reduce nursing turnover, improve health care quality in long-term care facilities

• UNMC climbs in National Institutes of Health research funding

• 193 University of Nebraska Medical Center students to receive diplomas Aug. 14

• Trade Commission to investigate ‘knock-offs’ of UNMC creatine product
• National leader in educational innovation to be guest lecturer Aug. 21 at UNMC
• BURGER KING® Restaurants and the HAVE IT YOUR WAY® Foundation Support UNMC Eppley Cancer Center

• UNMC receives more than $3 million in Recovery Act funds

• UNMC names new chairman for biochemistry and molecular biology

• UNMC research funding reaches major milestone of $100 million; increase of 22 percent
• 21 Nebraska students participate in career workshop at UNMC

• Learn to live longer, healthier despite genetics at Aug. 4 Science Café
• Big Splash for UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute brings swimmers of all abilities together

• UNMC team receives $9.1 million grant renewal

• UNMC professor begins term as president of national pharmacy organization
• Bracelets encourage children to develop healthy habits

• UNMC alumni reunion set for Oct. 2-3 in Omaha

• UNMC staph research team lands $11.1 million grant to investigate MRSA

• UNMC establishes health care reform group

• Carol M. Wilson Endowed Chair in Nursing established through $670,000 donation
• Leading stroke expert to speak in Atlantic, Iowa on July 20
• A story of success: Norfolk breaks ground on new nursing college

• UNMC College of Nursing honors 6 faculty, staff

• UNMC to hold first-ever alumni reunion for radiation science technologists
• UNMC transplant experts write chapters in highly regarded book

• Ruth Macnamara, Ph.D., appointed assistant dean of new UNMC College of Nursing Northern Division in Norfolk

• Public invited to hear ‘CSI: Omaha: the Fact Behind the Fiction,' at July 7 Science Cafe

• 160 UNMC students make nursing, pharmacy dean's lists

• UNMC offers new molecular test for treatment of colon cancer

• Omaha to host Nebraska Disaster Behavioral Health Conference on July 17

• Frailty, other issues of older adults is the focus of next state-wide geriatric care conference July 16-17
• Twenty-six undergraduate students take part in biomedical research program

• Science teachers get a boost from summer workshop

• UNMC holds cultural competency workshop
• 57 Nebraska students attend 17th annual health/science meet at UNMC

• 10 students come to UNMC for Holdrege Summer Honors Program
• Regents approve two new neuroscience centers at UNMC

• Munroe-Meyer Garden Walk returns on Sunday, June 14
• Liliana Bronner named interim director of the Rural Health Education Network

• UNMC is key site in international clinical trial to prevent recurrent strokes

• UNMC Board of Counselors names officers, welcomes new members
• UNMC students train in communities across Nebraska

• Venture capital firm investing big bucks in tiny enzyme

• UNMC leadership team to visit 6 Nebraska communities June 8-9

• Panhandle children to receive free dental care

• UNMC vice chancellor, Rubens Pamies, M.D., appointed to national medical examiners board executive committee

• Tickets still available for Cattlemen's Ball on June 6 near Doniphan

• Dixon named president of UNMC’s technology transfer company

• Lymphoma survivor uses golf tourney to thank UNMC
• UNMC College of Nursing Northern Division becomes a reality; governor approves state funding
• Houston physician named chairman of UNMC Department of Surgery

• McGoogan Library of Medicine announces first Davis lectureship May 21

• UNMC scientists ID molecule superfamily that causes melanoma spread
• Nurse faculty member recognized for groundbreaking research in dynamics of cancer caregiving

• Largest ever NIH grant benefits students across Nebraska
• UNMC researcher leads team that deals smoking a blow in Las Vegas casinos

• UNMC to hold grand opening for new research tower

• UNMC to co-host its first Science Café in Lincoln on May 14
• UNMC loses neurology pioneer, Dr. Walter Friedlander

• UNMC students receive scholarship awards for nursing, research

• Cattlemen’s Ball now has signed cowboy boots from world’s two richest men -- Bill Gates and Warren Buffett
• Four individuals to receive special recognition at UNMC commencement on Friday

• 693 UNMC students to receive diplomas in 4 ceremonies
• UNMC's Temme elected president-elect of radiologic science association

• Six UNMC faculty receive awards for exemplary service in research, education, community
• UNMC College of Dentistry Class of 2009 aces national boards

• UNMC programs among the best in 2010 U.S. News rankings

• Real estate service for UNMC launches Web site

• Dr. Batra named senior associate dean for UNMC College of Medicine

• Valentine's Dr. Steve Senseney receives Koefoot Award
• Children with cancer from Nebraska, Iowa to benefit from poker run Saturday, May 17

• Dr. Camras, inventor of most effective glaucoma drug, dies

• National STD expert to visit UNMC on April 22
• Washington, DC physician named dean of UNMC College of Public Health

• UNMC nursing dean, 3 faculty receives awards from Midwest Nursing Research Society

• First female Navajo surgeon to speak at UNMC on April 13

• Medical center to host internationally recognized nurse scientist
• UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute offers social skills therapy to children and teens with autism

• Emerging treatments for blood cancers to be topic of free presentation April 21 in 9 cities in Nebraska

• Dr. Leibowitz named director of UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute

• UNMC’s Dr. Kendra Schmid featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” – April 3

• 16 UNMC physicians named among America's Top Doctors

• Weighing parental influence

• Dizziness in older adults to be topic of free April 14 seminar in 10 Nebraska cities

• Tufts University antioxidant researcher to speak during Harman Lecture April 10
• UNMC nurse faculty member elected to national midwifery association board
• Cattlemen’s Ball raffle to feature 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid

• Getting best cancer care after age 55, to be topic of April 16 presentation in Omaha

• UNMC students to host conference on student-run health clinics

• Lions Clubs join forces to make $328,000 gift to benefit UNMC’s low vision program

• 115 UNMC senior medical students receive residency assignments

• Roxanna Jokela, named director of UNMC alumni relations
• Dr. Grissom, first full-time chair of internal medicine at UNMC, dies

• UNMC lauds AAHC president for remarks before Senate committee
• UNMC maternal/child health advocate delivers prestigious public health lecture

• UNMC researchers identify enzyme involved in aortic aneurysms

• The test EVERYONE should get: hsCRP

• UNMC to offer listing service to aid students, faculty and staff moving to Omaha

• UNMC College of Pharmacy ranks 6th nationally in research funding
• Local students make UNMC College of Nursing dean's list

• UNMC breast cancer vaccine study complete, sheds light on important information
• Dakota City couple creates graduate student award to honor their late son

• UNMC Student Senate officers announced
• UNMC researchers secure more than $15 million in defense funds

• UNMC vice chancellor, Rubens Pamies, M.D., named chair of HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health

• UNMC researcher studying investigational drug for Alzheimer’s disease

• UNMC research team shares in $12 million NIH grant

• UNMC loses Dr. Wheelock -- a prolific researcher and mentor

• UNMC researchers address apathy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease or chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity

• Dr. Howard Gendelman named 2008 Scientist Laureate for UNMC

• Walk and Roll for Disabilities set for Feb. 22

• Highly-trained MS specialist joins UNMC

• UNMC professor featured in Discovery Channel documentary

• UNMC College of Pharmacy students earn dean's list honors

• UNMC College of Dentistry to provide $100,000 in services during one-day Children's Dental Day event Friday, Feb. 6

• UNMC physician elected president of prestigious national organization

• UNMC testing 2 treatments to improve symptoms of lung disease in current, former smokers

• 139 new UNMC nursing students participate in White Coat ceremonies
• Board of Regents approve creation of UNMC Center for Humanities, Ethics and Society
• Patients, family members invited to hear latest on lymphoma, leukemia, myeloma Feb. 7 in Omaha
• Health professionals invited to hear latest on leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma

• UNMC to co-host Science Cafes in February

• Nebraska Sen. Flood speaks at UNMC Delegates event
• Nebraskans on waiting list for federal HIV drug support

• UNMC opens new office to provide assistance to clinical study participants

• UNMC researcher receives $1.1 million NIH grant to study connection between iron metabolism and alcoholic liver disease

• UNMC researchers determine enzyme could be key in reducing effects of stroke, epileptic seizures and dementia

• Warren Buffett contributes autographed boots to Cattlemen’s Ball auction

• Columnist Janice Gilmore to speak at UNMC/Nebraska Medical Center Martin Luther King Jr. Day event
• New invention brings success to lifestyle behavior modification