Karen Burbach
UNMC to propose College of Public Health
UNMC leaders will present their proposal for a UNMC College of Public Health on June 15 to the Academic Affairs Committee of the NU Board of Regents. The regents will not vote on the college’s formation but may do so at a meeting later this year.On Wednesday, Dr. Maurer named Jay Noren, M.D., M.P.H., as the director of UNMC Public Health Programs to provide initial leadership in the formation of the college.
Jun 8, 2006
Test your College of Medicine history, win a T-shirt – day 2
In celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary, UNMC Today is testing your historial knowledge of the college. Today, read the answer to our first question — what dean of the College of Medicine was the son of a Nebraska governor — then be challenged to a new question.
Jun 6, 2006
Internal medicine’s 2006 research awards
On Friday, four UNMC researchers — Drs. Denham Harman, James Armitage, Jennifer Larsen and Daniel Anderson — will receive the 2006 Internal Medicine Research Awards for exceptional achievements in research.
Jun 6, 2006
Smoking cessation program to use innovative tool
It’s slightly bigger than a pack of cigarettes, but today’s hand-held computers still fit inside a shirt pocket. Lynne Buchanan, Ph.D., is counting on that accessibility. An associate professor in the UNMC College of Nursing, Dr. Buchanan is asking smokers to reach for the specially designed Personal Digital Assistant to help distract and delay their urge to smoke.
Jun 5, 2006
Test your College of Medicine history, win a T-shirt
In celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary, UNMC College of Medicine associate dean, professor and campus historian Robert Wigton, M.D., has compiled a series of trivia to test the campus’s historical knowledge. Read the question and e-mail your answer — you may win a free T-shirt!
Jun 5, 2006
Dr. Maurer honored by his alma mater
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has received the Clark-Curran Award in Medical Administration from his alma mater, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. The award recognizes Dr. Maurer’s outstanding teaching ability and contributions to medical administration.
Jun 5, 2006
Bibliographic management program available free
RefWorks, a bibliographic management program similar to EndNote and Reference Manager, is now available to all UNMC-affiliated faculty, staff and students without charge. A RefWorks-affiliated trainer will be on campus June 13 to demonstrate features of the program.
Jun 2, 2006
Salaries, health insurance outlined at forums
Beginning July 1, UNMC faculty and staff will receive an average salary increase of 3.95 percent, with individual increases made on the basis of performance.
Jun 1, 2006
UNMC HR takes lead in applying technology applications
Beginning July 10, UNMC will welcome a new automated, Internet-based management system in Human Resources that will help create, modify and update non-faculty position descriptions, compliance requirements and classification or job evaluation related to that position. The new Jobs@ Position Description, Classification and Compliance Module will work in conjunction with the Jobs@ Recruitment module. See story for orientation dates/times.
May 31, 2006
Silver U recipients announced for May
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
May 26, 2006