UNMC Today
UNMC/NHS supports community anti-violence documentary
After countless planning meetings and eventually raising $40,000 in production costs, the film, titled, “Every Shot is through the Heart: Community, Family and School Together to End the Violence,” is now in production. UNMC/NHS has been instrumental in helping guide the project, which is designed to explain the rippling effects of violence in the community.
Apr 3, 2003
Mother, daughter inspire one another
On March 20, when UNMC medical student LaKisha Williams opened her envelope and announced she would to her medical residency in psychiatry at Louisiana State University, her mother, Cassandra Williams Smith, stood by her side. It was a sweet moment of victory that would not have been associated 26 years ago with a pregnant black teen-ager in rural Mississippi.
Mar 28, 2003
118 UNMC Medical Students Receive Residency Training Assignments Through Match Day Program
A total of 118 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments in 30 states through the National Resident Matching Program. The program, a private, not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to residency positions, which last from three […]
Mar 26, 2003
Students collect 500 pairs of shoes for AIDS patients, orphans
Last month, members of the Student National Medical Society at UNMC launched “Shoes for a Thousand Feet in Ghana.” The drive resulted in 500 pairs of shoes in new and good condition, which will be sent to the NekoTech Educational Center in Tema, Ghana, West Africa, and distributed to children and adults.
Mar 25, 2003
UNMC College of Dentistry, dental, dental hygiene students honored at annual Professionals Day event
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, honored students at its 17th Annual Professionals Day, March 21. The event provided students, faculty and the dental community an opportunity to share professional and academic activities. HONORS CONVOCATION–The following students were recognized for their cumulative grade point average of 3.6 or above […]
Mar 25, 2003
Munroe-Meyer Institute Guild’s annual garden walk June 8
The 36th Annual Garden Walk will be Sunday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). Sponsored by the Munroe-Meyer Institute Guild at UNMC, proceeds will support MMI’s therapeutic, training, and research activities benefiting children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities and chronic handicapping conditions.
Mar 24, 2003
Committee appointed for UNMC College of Medicine dean search
University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has appointed a 15-member search committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of the College of Medicine. James Armitage, M.D., recently announced he would retire from the position Sept. 1. He plans to stay at UNMC, focusing his efforts on teaching, clinical research […]
Mar 13, 2003
UNMC employee shares Irish/Scottish heritage through music
When Fran Higgins performs for lunch audiences on St. Patrick’s Day, she hopes her listeners hear something they have never heard before – authentic Celtic (pronounced kel’ tik) folk music. If so, she will have accomplished her mission. Higgins is a staff secretary for Mary Haven, associate dean of UNMC’s School of Allied Health Professions.
Mar 12, 2003
UNMC College of Nursing Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the fall semester 2002. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Mar 7, 2003
Wallace Thoreson, Ph.D., named 2003 winner of UNMC College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award
Wallace Thoreson, Ph.D., recently received the 2003 University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award for his research into understanding how the eye works. Dr. Gilmore, for whom the award is named, was professor and chairman of the UNMC department of physiology from 1970 to 1987. He was funded […]
Mar 7, 2003