Karen Burbach
NU president sends message to employees
Read a message from University of Nebraska President James B. (“J.B.”) Milliken, J.D. Milliken took office as president of the University of Nebraska on Aug. 1.
Sep 10, 2004
HHS director visits medical center
Nancy Montanez, director of the Nebraska Health and Human Services System, got a first-hand glimpse of the da Vinci surgical system during her Sept. 2 visit to UNMC.
Sep 9, 2004
Nominations sought for university-wide awards
The University of Nebraska Central Administration has announced nominating procedures and deadlines for five university awards – the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, the Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, the University-wide Departmental Teaching Award, the Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award and the Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award.
Sep 8, 2004
UNMC blood drive scheduled for Sept. 23
About every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. On Thursday, Sept. 23, employees at UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, will have the opportunity to give blood so that others may have the opportunity to live.
Sep 8, 2004
UNMC vice chancellor tapped for national committee
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has named Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to a 19-member External Advisory Committee for the AAMC’s Institute for Improving Medical Education (IIME).
Sep 7, 2004
Continuing education part of licensure renewal
As of Oct. 1, all licensed physicians must “attest” to having completed 50 hours of continuing medical education in order to renew their license. LB 1021, passed in 2002, requires all licensed physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons to complete 50 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in a two-year period.
Sep 3, 2004
Assistant professor, Dr. Michael Dalton, dies
Michael Dalton, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy died Wednesday, Sept. 1, following a long illness. He was 45.
Sep 3, 2004
Emeritus professor, O. Max Jardon, dies
O. Max Jardon, M.D., a longtime friend and colorful colleague of the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, died Aug. 23 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was 72. Dr. Jardon graduated from the department’s residency program in 1972 and was the second resident to complete the modern program.
Sep 2, 2004
Oncology team shares August Gold ‘U’ Award
Twenty years before becoming a winning medical team, Mary Mailliard and Elizabeth Reed, M.D., teamed up on the softball field. Today, the former catcher (Mailliard) and outfielder (affectionately dubbed “I don’t do fly balls” Reed) are scoring runs in the treatment of breast cancer patients.
Sep 1, 2004
August Silver U recipients announced
To find out the August 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.
Sep 1, 2004