UNMC Today
From cultural adversity to international acclaim
Guadalupe Quintanilla, Ed.D., immigrated to Brownsville, Texas, from Mexico at age 13, with no formal education and no ability to speak or read the English language. Incredibly, she was still given an English I.Q. test, scored 62 points, was officially designated as “mentally retarded” by the Brownsville School Board administration and placed in a classroom of first-graders. Dr. Quintanilla’s poignant rise from cultural adversity to three educational degrees and international acclaim recently enthralled a UNMC audience.
Nov 15, 2004
Pharmacy students honor veterans
Patriotic letters from University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy students fill a hallway at the Thomas Fitzgerald Veterans’ Home in Omaha. Members of the UNMC Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) spent Monday writing nearly 50 letters thanking the home’s veterans for their military service and sacrifice. The letters are on display today as […]
Nov 11, 2004
Shortage of oncologists is nationwide
Strides in prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer are being made every day. The work being done in research and clinical trials is contributing to an increased survival rate for people with cancer. At the same time, the incidence of lymphoma is increasing and UNMC and oncologists around the country face a shortage of […]
Nov 9, 2004
Nationally acclaimed Latino educator at UNMC Nov. 9
On Nov. 9, UNMC’s Community Partnership and Center for Continuing Education will sponsor a special appearance to the campus by Guadalupe Quintanilla, Ed.D, one of the nation’s leading Latino educators, cultural diversity experts and motivational speakers.
Nov 8, 2004
$5 million gift to create Omaha’s first comprehensive outpatient women’s health center will augment existing Olson Center at UNMC
A $5 million gift commitment by Dr. Leland and Dorothy Olson of Omaha will enable the University of Nebraska Medical Center to create the city’s first comprehensive outpatient center focused exclusively on women’s health. This gift, made to the University of Nebraska Foundation, will establish the Olson Women’s Outpatient Care Center as part of […]
Nov 8, 2004
Legacy of African American nurses honored
This year’s Tuskegee Airmen International Convention in Omaha featured the first formal tribute to black women in uniform ever held at a Tuskegee Airmen national convention. More recently, Valda Boyd Ford, director of UNMC Community and Multicultural Affairs, reprised her presentation on campus.
Nov 5, 2004
Legacy of African American nurses honored
This year’s Tuskegee Airmen International Convention in Omaha featured the first formal tribute to black women in uniform ever held at a Tuskegee Airmen national convention. The Nebraska Medical Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing and Community Partnership, and Clarkson College sponsored that program. Valda Boyd Ford, director of UNMC Community […]
Nov 5, 2004
Physical therapy education promotes ‘couch potato’ workout
UNMC’s School of Allied Health Professions Division of Physical Therapy Education and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), encourage football fans to put the APTA “Couch Potato” workout in play this season.
Oct 29, 2004
Regents approve center for drug delivery, nanomedicine
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved the creation of The Nebraska Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine (CDDN) to develop innovative tools for improving drug delivery systems through nanoscale technologies. In the future, such research could yield implantable devices — 100,000 times smaller than the head of a pin — that […]
Oct 29, 2004
UNMC receives Regents approval for UNMC Center for Research in Leukemia and Lymphoma
The University of Nebraska Medical Center received approval Friday from the University of Nebraska Board of Regent for the UNMC Center for Research in Leukemia and Lymphoma. The center will facilitate a more rapid translation of research discoveries to benefit cancer patients. The center will physically and administratively bring together basic, translational, and clinical […]
Oct 29, 2004