Karen Burbach

Officials compare Nebraska budget woes to surrounding states

Popular opinion and newspaper headlines would lead you to believe that the University of Nebraska’s budget woes are similar to every other state university in the country. But a look at surrounding states shows that the cuts to NU’s budget isolate the university on an island, where it is at a competitive disadvantage for recruiting new faculty and students. This is the last installment in a three-part series on the budget.

Mar 7, 2003

NU’s Smith issues letter to faculty, staff

Click to read University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith’s letter to all University of Nebraska faculty and staff regarding budget cuts.

Mar 7, 2003

NU’s appropriation hasn’t kept pace with general fund increases

When the Nebraska general fund appropriation rose more than 12 percent in 1998-1999, the University of Nebraska’s allocation from the state increased less than 4 percent.

In fact, the University of Nebraska’s allocation increase percentage has matched or exceeded the state’s general fund growth rate in only three of the past 11 years. This article is the second in a three-part series focusing on the UNMC budget.

Mar 6, 2003

Support group forms for victims of problem gamblers

Beginning this month, victims of problem gamblers will have an opportunity to find comfort, support and education in a confidential environment on campus. The new support group, “Voices for Victims of Problem Gamblers,” will meet every other Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in UNMC’s Wittson Hall, Room 3037. The first meeting is March 12.

Mar 6, 2003

UNMC faces next round of budget cuts

The news last Friday wasn’t good. The state’s economic forecasting board cut another $69 million from projected tax collections, meaning the state of Nebraska is faced with a $761 million budget shortfall over the next biennium. For sure, some of those reductions will be made to the University of Nebraska.

During the rest of this week, UNMC Today will present some of the basics about the budget situation at the university, how the university’s appropriation has compared with other state agencies during the past decade, and how Nebraska’s budget situation compares with other states.

Mar 5, 2003

Results of past budget reductions

The impending budget cut to UNMC will mark the fourth such reduction over the past three years. See story for the reduction strategies that are being implemented to deal with the most recent budget cut.

Mar 5, 2003

Midwest Student Biomedical Research awards

Learn who received awards at the 2003 Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum on Feb. 22.

Mar 5, 2003

Quality assurance & research — a weekly HIPAA message

HIPAA, the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” provides federal protection of patient health information. You will be receiving weekly messages to help you understand the topic and how it impacts your job. Today’s HIPAA message examines when quality assurance becomes research.

Mar 4, 2003

Dr. Thoreson named 2003 winner of Gilmore award

When Wallace Thoreson, Ph.D., was in college, his textbooks seemed to indicate that scientists had perfect vision on almost everything about human eyesight. However, as he progressed through his graduate and post-graduate training, Dr. Thoreson realized that the science world’s focus of vision function and disease was more than a little blurry. Dr. Thoreson is being honored March 5 as the recipient of the 2003 College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award.

Mar 3, 2003

Documentary spotlights issues of slavery

Dusty, often illegible petitions emit the voices of human beings being sold, owned or seeking redress. On Friday, UNMC employees journeyed to the 1800s in the wrenching and powerful documentary “Let My People Go: The Trials of Bondage in the Words of Master and Slave.”

Mar 3, 2003