Karen Burbach
Million-step Monday — Pedometers down under
Michelle Parks of the College of Pharmacy Dean’s Office and her husband, Gary, with their pedometers at Point Nepean in Australia.
Oct 8, 2007
SBIR coordinator to give Oct. 11 workshop on NIH opportunities
UNMC and UNeMed are among the sponsors of an Oct. 11 workshop titled “From Lab to Life: Opportunities offered by the National Institutes for Health Small Business Innovation Research Program.”
Oct 8, 2007
Caremark prescription drug iBenefit report
In October, Caremark, the university’s prescription drug administrator, will be mailing the first iBenefit Report to qualifying insureds enrolled in the university’s medical insurance plan.
Oct 8, 2007
Mark Bowen named director of UNMC Government Relations
Mark Bowen, who recently served as chief of staff for the City of Lincoln, has been named director of government relations at UNMC.
Oct 5, 2007
Wilson lecture today at noon
Lilian Furst, Ph.D., Marcel Bataillon Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will discuss how 19th century literature paints a picture of the era’s vast medical advances during the first Wilson lecture today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Oct 4, 2007
Want to recognize a super co-worker? Think gold
Do you a have a co-worker or colleague at work that without whom the office would cease to run smoothly? Why not take the time to nominate him or her for the Chancellor’s Gold U award?
Oct 3, 2007
UNMC team part of landmark teen depression study
UNMC’s Chris Kratochvil, M.D., and his research team from the department of psychiatry were significant contributors to a landmark national study that shows a combination of antidepressant drugs and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective approach in treating teens suffering from major depressive disorder.
Oct 3, 2007
Cross-check it out — Hockey 101 on campus today
If you don’t know what a cross-check is — you could find out today during a one-time class offered to all medical center employees and students on an icy subject — hockey.
Oct 2, 2007
Registration still open for campus alert system
UNMC employees and students can still register for the new e2Campus security system that would quickly alert them should a shooting, tornado or other life-threatening development occur on campus.
Oct 2, 2007
UNMC receives formal notice for continued accreditation
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has received formal notice of reaccreditation by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC-NCA).
Oct 1, 2007