Karen Burbach
Nebraskans for Research salute Richard Holland
Nebraskans for Research will honor Richard “Dick” Holland, community leader and retired advertising agency CEO, at its annual tribute luncheon on Monday, April 14 at 11:30 a.m. at Omaha’s Happy Hollow Club, 1710 S. 105th St.
Apr 1, 2008
Clinical excellence awards announced
The UNMC College of Medicine recently honored three clinical faculty members — Lloyd Holm, D.O., William Thorell, M.D., and Ake Nystrom, M.D., Ph.D. — for their outstanding clinical skills in education, clinical practice and innovation in medicine.
Apr 1, 2008
Basic scientist honored with teaching award
Each year, student evaluators praise Terry Hexum, Ph.D., for his teaching skills in medical pharmacology. On Thursday, the College of Medicine formally recognized his classroom abilities by honoring him with the 2007 UNMC College of Medicine and Class of 1962 Basic Science Outstanding Teacher Award.
Apr 1, 2008
Service awards dinner invitations coming this week
On April 4, all office-service, managerial-professional and administrative employees (non faculty) who have a length of service in 5-years increments (5, 10, 15, etc.) will receive an invitation via mail to the UNMC Service Awards Dinner.
Mar 31, 2008
SAP ESS users group sessions announced
SAP Employee Self Service (ESS) will soon move to its new permanent home in Firefly (firefly.nebraska.edu) — the University of Nebraska’s secure online business portal. … There will be three informational sessions available for employees to attend in order to familiarize themselves with Firefly.
Mar 28, 2008
UNMC students show original research at annual forum
Several UNMC students took home awards from the 39th Annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum, which was held recently at the Embassy Suites in downtown Omaha.
Mar 27, 2008
Lookin’ at U – Bob Huerta
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature Bob Huerta, help desk analyst in ITS customer support services.
Mar 27, 2008
Alumnus is today’s AOA Distinguished Speaker
Ray Hershberger, M.D., one of the nation’s leaders in congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation, returns to his alma mater today as the 2008 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Distinguished Speaker.
Mar 27, 2008
April 22 seminar focused on unintentional intolerance
Most people have a sincere and honest disgust towards prejudices that are based on superficial factors. … But what if “nice” people are regularly intolerant of and exclude others solely on the basis of non-substantive factors and don’t know it?
Mar 27, 2008
Nominate excellent co-workers for the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’
Got an excellent co-worker? Nominate him or her for the monthly Chancellor’s Silver U award.
Mar 26, 2008