Karen Burbach
Block party Aug. 26 to showcase midtown businesses
Destination Midtown is throwing a party – a block party – from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 26 to highlight the vast array of merchants, restaurants and service providers doing business in midtown Omaha. The party will be in the parking lot of UNMC’s Student Life Center, 39th and Jones streets.
Aug 23, 2006
Durham Western Heritage Museum activities
There’s still time to see the Durham Western Heritage Museum’s Engineer It! Exhibit before it ends Sept. 3. Meanwhile, there are lots of other opportunities to entertain young and old alike from reading programs to naming the museum’s newest exhibit. Don’t miss the Aug. 29 Egyptian architecture lecture in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Aug 22, 2006
Dr. Lockridge honored by French government
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently awarded Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D., with the Palmes Academiques, the French Government’s highest honor for academic achievement.
Aug 21, 2006
By the clock: Roaming the Student Orientation Fair
Incoming UNMC students discover a vast array of student organizations and services during the annual New Student Orientation Fair.
Aug 21, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet David Li, Ph.D.
David Li, Ph.D , associate professor, biochemistry/molecular biology, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Aug 18, 2006
Regents extend resident tuition eligibility to state’s veterans
Veterans of all branches of the U.S. armed services will be eligible to attend the University of Nebraska at in-state (resident) tuition rates under an amendment to the university’s tuition policy approved by the Board of Regents on July 28.
Aug 15, 2006
New Web-based antivenom index now available
Launched on Aug. 10, the Online Antivenom Index is a Web-based database allowing doctors, poison control centers and hospitals to access up-to-date information about antivenom stocked at AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums. Steven Seifert, M.D., professor in the department of surgery, emergency medicine section, at UNMC, and medical director of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center, was one of the team members that helped develop the index.
Aug 15, 2006
UMA Building renamed Medical Sciences Building
The University Medical Associates (UMA) Building on the medical center campus has a new name. Effective immediately, the five-level building will be known as the Medical Sciences Building.
Aug 15, 2006
Librarian blogs about cancer experiences
Teri Hartman knows how to find information on all types of diseases for visitors of the McGoogan Library of Medicine. Now she’s immersed in her own research. Hartman, head of education and assistant professor of the McGoogan Library of Medicine, has been diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare and unpredictable form of cancer found mostly in the head and neck.
Aug 15, 2006
Deadline today for Omaha Corporate Cup
Today is the deadline to register for this year’s Omaha Corporate Cup and join thousands of walkers and runners Sept. 17. The 26th annual event benefits the American Lung Association.
Aug 14, 2006