Karen Burbach

UNMC, hospital partner develop strategic plan

UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center have developed the 2004 Partnership Strategy, with a goal to become a world-renowned, academic health sciences center.

Jan 12, 2004

Services today for founder of Harris Laboratories

Lewis Harris, Ph.D., the 1932 College of Pharmacy graduate who founded Harris Laboratories in Lincoln, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the age of 93.

Jan 9, 2004

Noted stem cell scientist to speak at UNMC on Jan. 8

Irving Weissman, M.D., director of the Institute of Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Stanford, will speak at 12:15 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. He is the guest speaker of the Graduate Student Association.

Jan 8, 2004

Cycling team makes donation

The Team Kaos cycling team, of which UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center are title sponsors, has made a $1,500 donation to the Dave Babcook Memorial Fund. The memorial fund is used for pancreatic cancer research at the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases.

Jan 8, 2004

Chief medical officer outlines opportunities in rural family practice

Richard Raymond, M.D., never imagined the opportunities that would evolve from his tenure as a rural family practice physician. Today, the UNMC graduate serves as chief medical officer for the Nebraska Health and Human Services System and interim director of the agency.

Jan 8, 2004

Platelet, plasma donors help save lives

Pat Hawley of Denison, Iowa, received a liver transplant at The Nebraska Medical Center in March of 2000. Read on to learn how many units of blood products Hawley used.

Jan 7, 2004

Final SimplyWell health fair set for Jan. 14

Eligible UNMC and UMA employees have one last opportunity to participate in the SimplyWell wellness program. A final health fair has been scheduled from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Private Dining Room C on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Jan 7, 2004

UNMC Travel Services announces changes to the travel policy

As result of a renegotiated contract, all United Airlines Business and Companion fares purchased through the Travel & Transport Web site will have no transaction fee. The new rate, which was $10 per ticket, went into effect Jan. 1 and will remain in effect until June 30. See article for additional details.

Jan 6, 2004

UNMC nuclear medicine student dies in accident

Laurie M. Schaefer, a student in the Nuclear Medicine Program at UNMC, died Saturday, Jan. 3, in a one-vehicle accident in Lincoln. Schaefer had completed one semester in the Nuclear Medicine Program, which is part of the School of Allied Health Professions’ Radiation Science Technology Division.

Jan 6, 2004

Associate vice chancellor for research named

Thomas H. Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research at UNMC, has announced that Paula B. Turpen, Ph.D., has accepted the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for research. She will assume her new post March 1.

Jan 5, 2004