New version of UNMC Connect available online

picture disc.The Summer 2008 edition of UNMC Connect can now be read online by clicking here.

UNMC Connect, published twice a year by the Departments of Public Affairs and Alumni Affairs, features in-depth stories about campus and alumni news from the medical center.

The Summer 2008 edition features stories about:

  • How changes in UNMC’s curriculum help students better prepare for the 21st century health care environment;
  • Michael Sorrell, M.D., and the opening of the College of Medicine’s new home;
  • An alumnus who transformed the field of public health;
  • Four graduates and their unique path toward a degree;
  • How strawberry DNA gets teens excited about science; and
  • The courage of one nursing student on duty in Iraq.

For a hard copy of the Summer 2008 Connect, contact Elizabeth Kumru in Public Affairs at ekumru@unmc.edu or 559-4691.

The next edition of UNMC Connect will be published in February.