UNMC Today
Oct. 7 Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference to focus on brain health and wellness
“Brain Power: A Healthy Brain at Any Age,” will be the focus of the 14th annual Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference on Friday, Oct. 7, at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. The conference, which is open to the public, will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration deadline is Sept. […]
Aug 17, 2011
UNMC High School Alliance student finds research rewarding
It’s not your typical summer job, but it is one that Kelsie Skow relished. A graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center High School Alliance and Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Skow spent six weeks working in the lab of researcher William Rizzo, M.D., professor of pediatrics for UNMC and the […]
Aug 16, 2011
Dignity in the workplace is the topic of the next Science Café Aug. 18 in Lincoln
Dignity in the workplace is the topic of the next Science Café Aug. 18 in Lincoln Workplace dignity is the topic of the next Science Café, at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 18, at red9, 9th and M Streets in Lincoln. Attendees will hear from Kristen Lucas, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of communication studies […]
Aug 8, 2011
228 University of Nebraska Medical Center students to receive diplomas Aug. 12
Diplomas will be conferred on 228 University of Nebraska Medical Center students on Friday, Aug. 12. The following is a list of graduates by college, degree, and hometown. There are no formal ceremonies for summer graduation. UNMC School of Allied Health Professions Bachelor of Science in Radiation Science Technology Arapahoe — Dustin DeVries Bayard — […]
Aug 8, 2011
UNMC Board of Counselors names officers, welcomes new members
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Board of Counselors welcomed 11 new members at its annual meeting earlier this year. The UNMC Board of Counselors is a group of 57 community and business leaders from across the state who advise UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., on health care issues of importance. New board […]
Aug 5, 2011
13 Nebraska students participate in career workshop at UNMC
Thirteen high school juniors and seniors spent Aug. 2-5 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center participating in the annual Summer Health Professions Workshop hosted by the UNMC Youth Learning Center. Along with time spent in the lab, the students learned how to suture using bananas, about forensic medicine and the wide variety of […]
Aug 4, 2011
UNMC Home Instead Center to hold Country Fair for seniors on Aug. 9-11
Social activities will include talent show, musical performance and informational presentation Older adults are invited to attend the 2011 Country Fair on Aug. 9-11 at the Home Instead Center for Successful Aging, 730 S. 38th Ave. (Leavenworth at 38th Ave.), at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The event — which is sponsored by the […]
Aug 2, 2011
UNMC holds Youth Expression of Health (YEOH) workshop
Banquet and community sexual education forum will close workshop on July 29 The annual Youth Expression of Health (YEOH) workshop will be held July 26 to 29 at Omaha North High School. One of the most successful health education and personal development youth programs in north Omaha, the workshop is sponsored by the […]
Jul 27, 2011
UNMC receives grant to better prepare future health professionals
A grant will help faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center better educate Nebraska’s future health professionals. The Fred J. Kelly Fund, established by Mabel Elizabeth Kelly in memory of her late husband, is an endowed fund to foster research that improves teaching. Administered by the University of Nebraska, the grant will help UNMC […]
Jul 19, 2011
UNMC lab assistant receives research fellowship from Society for Vascular Surgery® Foundation
Will be studying abdominal aortic aneurysms in UNMC surgery laboratory CHICAGO – John Mitchell, a laboratory assistant at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is one of eight students to receive a $3,000 stipend from The Society for Vascular Surgery® Foundation for a research fellowship. The stipends were awarded at the Vascular Annual Meeting® held […]
Jul 19, 2011