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UNMC attracts ‘best and brightest’ to start new academic year
More students are attending UNMC this fall, and the incoming students are of exceptional quality, the campus’s chief academic officer said today. This fall, 2,904 students are enrolled at UNMC, an increase of 39 students (1.4 percent) from fall 2003. In every college at UNMC, the credentials for the incoming first-year students are impressive, said […]
Sep 16, 2004
UNMC College of Nursing receives $1.17 grant to begin offering Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing program in January
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has received a $1.17 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will provide three years of funding to launch and establish a one-year Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing program. The college […]
Sep 14, 2004
Strong Fourth Quarter Propels UNMC’s Annual Grant Awards Total to Historic $68 Million
University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers ended the 2003-04 fiscal year with a record-setting annual total of $68 million in new research awards, bringing in $17.6 million in federal research grants during the fourth quarter (April, May, June). “This has been an extraordinary year for research at UNMC,” said Thomas Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for […]
Sep 14, 2004
Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and community college sign affiliation agreements with University of Nebraska, Virginia Commonwealth University
Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a leading Virginia community college signed an agreement today to partner with the University of Nebraska and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to create a special program to provide a multitude of academic and research opportunities for minority undergraduate students and faculty. The five HBCUs and community college […]
Sep 8, 2004
7th Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference Oct. 22 focuses on the art of living with stress
The seventh annual Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 72nd & Grover Streets. The “Art of Living with Stress” conference will feature educational health and wellness exhibits and screenings, continental breakfast and luncheon, keynote speakers and seven […]
Sep 8, 2004
Nineteen senior high students participate in health career workshop
Nineteen 11th- and 12th-graders from throughout Nebraska participated Aug. 4-7 in the Summer Health Professions Career Workshop at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. “It is always a pleasure having the Summer Health Professions Career Workshop students on campus,” said Lisa Jewell, director of the UNMC Youth Learning Center. “We had a wonderful group of […]
Sep 7, 2004
UNMC’s annual grant awards total historic $68 million
UNMC researchers ended the 2003-04 fiscal year with a record-setting annual total of $68 million in new research awards, bringing in $17.6 million in federal research grants during the fourth quarter (April, May, June).
Sep 2, 2004
UNMC one of four sites to test new therapy for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one of four sites nationwide that is enrolling patients in a clinical trial to test a new therapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). In addition to UNMC three other medical facilities are participating in the trial: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Stanford University. The study […]
Aug 23, 2004
58 Students Receive Diplomas At UNMC
Diplomas were conferred on 58 University of Nebraska Medical Center students recently. The following is a list of graduates by college, degree and hometown:School of Allied Health ProfessionsPost Baccalaureate Certificate in CytotechnologyBLAIR – Jennifer Jean BockOMAHA – Mariela Yolanda Castillo and Jodi Ann GrewellGLENDORA CA – Rebecca Lynn KellnerPost Baccalaureate Certificate in Dietetic NutritionNORTH PLATTE […]
Aug 23, 2004
International science journal to feature UNMC-led team’s anti-malarial drug development work
An article by University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy scientists will be featured in the August 19 issue of Nature, an international weekly journal of science. In the article, lead author, Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, UNMC College of Pharmacy, describes the development of an anti-malarial drug candidate which has […]
Aug 18, 2004