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Student-patients study at NHS 2 Cool Hospital School
Anyone who thinks that a hospitalized student might be happy about missing school couldn’t be more wrong. NHS has a department that responds to the educational needs of hospitalized children — Educational Support Services (ESS). But through the patient wards of the Lied Transplant Center, NHS Clarkson and University Hospitals and Ronald McDonald House, ESS is better known as the 2 Cool Hospital School. (Click to find out how you can contribute to the school’s first ever school supplies drive and possibly win a free ice cream social).
Jul 26, 2002
UNMC physician-scientist appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board
President George W. Bush has appointed Kenneth Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, as a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board. Members of the board provide advice to the president, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the director of the National Cancer Institute, with respect to […]
Jul 26, 2002
Statewide poll shows support for fetal cell research
Findings of a statewide poll released today shows more than two-thirds (70 percent) of Nebraska registered voters support fetal cell research at UNMC. Nearly three-quarters of the registered voters contacted also indicated support for embryonic stem cell research should it be conducted in the future at the University of Nebraska. The poll was commissioned by Nebraskans for Research (NFR).
Jul 25, 2002
UNMC College of Nursing nurse researcher in Scottsbluff receives national award for study on lack of education on benefits, risks of hormone replacement
Susan Wilhelm, Ph.D., assistant professor, UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division, recently received an award for a clinical research poster and dissertation titled, Exploring the Relationship of Attitudes, Knowledge, Support and Self-efficacy on Intent to Adhere to Hormonal Replacement Therapy for Menopause. She presented the poster at the annual Association of Womens Health, Obstetric […]
Jul 25, 2002
Dreams realized with UNMC, Dillard, OPS affiliation
On June 9, five Omaha Public School (OPS) students from North Omaha flew to New Orleans, La., to attend one of the most unique pre-college programs in the United States — Dillard University’s Gilbert Academy for Young Emerging Scholars. The program ended July 20.
Jul 24, 2002
CNND celebrates fifth anniversary with symposium, dinner
UNMC’s Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) will celebrate its fifth anniversary, on July 18-19, with a symposium, a critical review of its research and a dinner.
The symposium and review will feature a blue ribbon panel of external advisors and National Institutes of Health officials who will share research perspectives and judge the progress of the center. CNND investigators will follow the panelists with reviews of their own laboratories’ research and development over the past five years.
Jul 16, 2002
UNMC details its economic impact on Nebraska at Board of Regents meeting in Valentine
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one of the leading economic drivers in the state, bringing in millions of dollars each year through research and patient care services, while providing a variety of key programs to rural and underserved areas of the state. That was the message delivered Saturday by UNMC Chancellor Harold M. […]
Jul 13, 2002
Minority summer research interns include Dillard students
The historic affiliation agreement between UNMC and Dillard University, a historically black college in New Orleans, bore its first fruit three weeks ago when five Dillard students arrived for 10 weeks of research and mentoring with top UNMC professors.
In addition to the Dillard five, there are three more African-Americans — one each from Xavier University, Grambling University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There also is a Native American student from UNL and two Hispanic students from the College of St. Mary in San Antonio, Texas.
Jul 10, 2002
EDN celebrates America’s battle for freedom, human rights
The NHS/UNMC Employee Diversity Network, whose mission statement is “To create a truly culturally diverse community enhancing an environment that promotes an open exchange of ideas, knowledge, understanding and support,” acknowledges that two of America’s greatest moments in diversity were the ratification of the 14th Amendment and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Jul 3, 2002
UNMC School of Allied Health Receives $300,000 Grant to Interest Minority Students in Allied Health Professions
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Medical Technology in the School of Allied Health Professions has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant, titled, Health Care Education Partners, has three goals: to make minority and disadvantaged high school students aware of the educational […]
Jun 30, 2002