Karen Burbach

Shanghai University faculty members arrive at UNMC

On Oct. 4, Kenneth H. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, recently welcomed the second set of six visiting faculty for the Shanghai University — UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Exchange Program.

Oct 15, 2002

NU Central Administration Internet domain name change

University of Nebraska Central Administration is in the process of adopting the Internet domain name “nebraska.edu” as its official network name. E-mail addresses and Web site URLs for the four University of Nebraska campuses will NOT change. However, personal address book entries should be changed to reflect new addresses for colleagues in central administration and the Foundation. See article for more information.

Oct 15, 2002

Employee roundtable Oct. 22 on accessing healthcare on campus

A new employee roundtable series kicks off next week to provide UNMC faculty, staff and students the opportunity to discuss a variety of issues or topics of importance to the UNMC community. The first session — scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 22 from noon to 1 p.m. — will focus on health care access and will involve a discussion with University Medical Associates about what can be done to improve service and accessibility to healthcare providers on campus.

Oct 15, 2002

Ad seeks candidates for vice chancellor post

A national search is being conducted to fill the position of vice chancellor for academic affairs/dean for graduate studies. Interested candidates should send their applications to Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D. See story for the job description.

Oct 14, 2002

Longtime family medicine employee, Norma Marts, dies

Norma Marts, a longtime employee in UNMC’s department of family medicine, died Thursday (Oct. 10) of a heart attack. She was 70.

Oct 14, 2002

UNMC to lease space at Scott Technology Transfer and Incubator Center

Cutting-edge research that UNMC will conduct at a business incubator in Omaha has the potential to lead to promising product developments. Under an agreement approved Friday by the NU Board of Regents, UNMC will lease 8,309 square feet of space at the Scott Technology Transfer and Incubator Center.

Oct 14, 2002

Search committee to identify candidates for College of Nursing dean

UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has appointed a 13-person search committee to identify candidates for the position of the UNMC College of Nursing dean. Ada Lindsey, Ph.D., announced earlier this month that she will retire from the position, effective July 31, 2003.

Oct 14, 2002

New book mentions UNMC research fund

The founder of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund at UNMC is a proud contributor of a new book that reflects on American life in 1936.

Oct 11, 2002

2002 Cattlemen’s Ball exceeds fund-raising goal

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has received $207,000 in proceeds from the 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska, which was June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb. The check presented Oct. 5 at the Starlight Ballroom near Wahoo, exceeded the 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball fund-raising goal by $7,000. Read the story to learn who will host the next Cattlemen’s Ball.

Oct 10, 2002

UNMC seeks to boost national media exposure

UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., wants the media’s national spotlight shining on UNMC’s faculty, students, programs and research.

Faculty are asked to contact public affairs when they have a story of national importance, when their research is published in a prestigious journal or when they’ve been appointed to national committees.

Oct 10, 2002