Karen Burbach
Durham Western Heritage Museum activities
UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians employees and their families, as well as students, will receive free admission to a variety of Durham Western Heritage Museum events with a valid student / employee ID. Learn more about reading, dancing, jazz and nursing activities and exhibits.
May 2, 2006
Three to be honored at May 6 commencement
A legendary Omaha businessman, an accomplished surgeon who has worked to improve health care delivery systems, and a longtime rural health advocate from Broken Bow will be honored at UNMC’s commencement May 6 in Omaha.
May 1, 2006
Silver U recipients announced for April
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.
Apr 28, 2006
Run/walk benefits SHARING Clinics
UNMC’s second annual SHARING the Trail run/walk recently raised about $5,600 to provide health care for the community’s indigent populations.
Apr 28, 2006
Boyden receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award
Marjorie Boyden jokes that football kept her at UNMC. In reality, it is the colleagues and graduate students with whom she has worked the past 35-plus years. For her outstanding performance and service, Boyden, an office associate II in UNMC’s Department of Pathology and Microbiology, has received the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for April.
Apr 28, 2006
Increase in term life insurance notice
Because of favorable experience in the group term life insurance program, Security Financial Life will increase by 40 percent the amount of coverage in excess of $20,000 that you possessed on Dec. 31, 2005.
Apr 27, 2006
Nobel Prize winner worked to solve problems
Nobel Prize winner Irwin Rose, Ph.D., isn’t looking at the science of tomorrow. “I’m interested in the science of yesterday,” he told a near capacity crowd Monday in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
Apr 27, 2006
Joslyn announces photography exhibits
The Joslyn Art Museum invites UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center employees, students and their families to a variety of cultural exhibits and activities. This spring and summer Joslyn is focused on photography as it hosts three photography exhibitions. See story for details.
Apr 27, 2006
Events planned to carry on Dr. Meyer’s legacy
Funding of the LeeRoy Meyer Award Fund for Excellence in Internal Medicine – to carry on Dr. Meyer’s legacy of quality clinical education for future physicians – shifted into high gear with the recent establishment of the LeeRoy Meyer Web site. Read on to learn about the online auction and the June 3 event dedicated to the memory of Dr. Meyer.
Apr 26, 2006
Register today for April 28 simulation symposium
On Friday, UNMC will sponsor a mini-symposium titled “Educating 21st Century Health Professionals: Clinical Skills Development through Simulation.” This will be the first in a series of mini-symposia, all focusing on contemporary issues in health science education especially in relationship to the anticipated opening of the new Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education. See article for presenters and registration information.
Apr 26, 2006