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