Karen Burbach
UNMC names new chair of UNMC’s obstetrics/gynecology department
Carl Smith, M.D., has returned to his alma mater as chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.
“In many ways it’s like I never left,” said Dr. Smith, who earned his medical degree at UNMC in 1978.
Apr 26, 2002
Lifestyle Enhancement Center responds to Channel 7 story
On Thursday, KMTV Channel 7 aired a story about a massage therapist who crossed the lines of ethical behavior. Although the therapist was not associated with UNMC’s Lifestyle Enhancement Center, individuals at the center have issued a statement in response to the broadcast. (To read their response, click the headline).
Apr 26, 2002
Cattlemen’s Ball kicks off May 31 with four-person golf scramble
A four-person golf scramble will serve as the kickoff event for the fifth annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska on Friday, May 31 at the new Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln. The ball will take place Saturday, June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company, 25 miles northwest of Lincoln near Valparaiso, Neb.
Apr 25, 2002
UNMC has success in legislative session
UNMC shared in several successes this year in the Nebraska Legislature, said Bob Bartee, executive assistant to the chancellor.
“We owe a thank you to the numerous state senators who showed tremendous courage and vision as they voted on the bills that affected UNMC,” Bartee said Tuesday. “I thought that in strategic areas, we fared well during the session.”
Apr 24, 2002
Harris scholarships awarded to UNMC graduate students
Seven UNMC students recently were named recipients of the 2002 Norman and Bernice Harris Graduate Student Scholarships. The Harris Graduate Scholarship is a cancer research fund of seven, $500-stipends a year for UNMC graduate students doing research related to cancer.
Apr 23, 2002
CityMatCH helps cities translate infant mortality data into action
An infant mortality report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underscores the need for cities to define and execute data-driven strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic differences in infant mortality.
“Every city must be ready and able to translate its data into action to safeguard the health and well-being of its youngest residents,” said Magda Peck, Sc.D., one of the report’s co-authors and chief executive officer/executive director of CityMatCH, a national public health organization based at UNMC. “That is what CityMatCH is all about.”
Apr 19, 2002
Employee loyalty, satisfaction is added to UNMC’s strategic plan goals
Building employee loyalty and satisfaction is one of UNMC’s main goals, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said during this week’s employee forums.
Apr 17, 2002
UNMC signs agreement with historically black college
Two years ago, Sherman Petite visited the 48-acre campus of Louisiana’s first historically black college with one goal: to recruit students.
Serendipitously, he met with Dillard University Provost Bettye Parker-Smith, Ph.D., who raised the possibility of developing an affiliation agreement with UNMC. Petite’s supervisor, John McClain, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, agreed it was a wonderful opportunity. So did other UNMC administrators.
On Tuesday, Dr. McClain and Petite watched as Dillard University President Michael Lomax, Ph.D., and UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., formalized the agreement during a signing ceremony in Omaha. The historic signing — which follows a December signing ceremony at Dillard University — marks UNMC’s first formal affiliation with an historically black college.
Apr 17, 2002
College of Medicine banners installed on campus
On Tuesday, Kevin Berg and Dave Hansen of Lighting Electric and Signs started hanging 92 banners on the UNMC campus and at area UMA clinics. The banners commemorate the UNMC College of Medicine’s 100th anniversary of joining the University of Nebraska system. Click for photo.
Apr 17, 2002
Kouba receives April Gold ‘U’ Award
Brenda Kouba’s biggest challenge in recruiting medical technologists is that the program is a mystery to teachers and students.
“People don’t know who we are and what we do,” she said. “That’s our biggest hurdle.”
But, Kouba, a staff assistant in UNMC’s medical technology program, is helping to change that by promoting the role and importance of medical technologists to students, guidance counselors and all who will listen. For her dedication, outstanding office management and recruiting skills in the School of Allied Health Professions, Kouba has received the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for April.
Apr 16, 2002