Chuck Brown

Wellness Wednesday – Grant aims to fight childhood obesity

Omaha was one of 41 cities selected to receive a Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Jan 20, 2010

Gray: Tough minds, tender hearts and decisive judgment needed

In the face of crises in health care and economics and continued societal injustice, Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray said Monday that Americans need to adopt three tenants Martin Luther King Jr. said are essential for people to truly love each other.

Jan 19, 2010

Councilman Gray to deliver MLK address today at noon

Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray will present today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorative address at noon in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Campus Events Center.

Jan 18, 2010

Melanie Stewart — ‘landlord for the DRCs’ — receives January Gold ‘U’

One day a broken sprinkler line may spray water all over the Durham Research Center atrium. Another day a researcher may need Stewart to find a new piece of equipment for a laboratory. Such is life for Melanie Stewart.

Jan 15, 2010

UNMC plans response to Haiti relief efforts

An informational meeting will be held today at noon for UNMC faculty and students interested in deploying to Haiti as part of a medical center team that will provide medical aid in the earthquake-ravaged country.

Jan 15, 2010

UNMC responds to Haiti earthquake

Downed phone lines. Impassable roads. No gas.
“On a good day, you can’t reach people in Haiti. But, with something like this … it’s almost impossible,” said Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and a native of Haiti, after the island nation was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday.

Jan 14, 2010

Video of panel discussion on grant guidelines now available online

Video of the Dec. 4 Clinical and Translational Research Seminar, which featured a panel discussion about new National Institutes of Health grant guidelines and formats, can be viewed online.

Jan 13, 2010

M1 class commits to 2,013 hours of community service

UNMC’s first year medical students have committed to do 2,013 hours of community service during their time at the medical center.

Jan 12, 2010

‘Political physiology’ the focus of Jan. 21 Lincoln Science Cafe

On Thursday, Jan. 21, John Hibbing, Ph.D., Foundation Regents University Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present “Are Liberals and Conservatives Physiologically Different?” at the Lincoln Science Cafe.

Jan 11, 2010

CLS staff gives Peoplesoft admissions programs good reviews

The PeopleSoft system has earned good reviews from the School of Allied Health Profession’s Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program, which recently used the new system for its admissions cycle.

Jan 8, 2010