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Campus hosts ‘Cancer Moonshot’ event

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center hosts viewing of broadcast of Vice President Joe Biden’s address from the National Cancer Moonshot Summit.

Jun 30, 2016

Congressman Brad Ashford spoke at UNMC Wednesday.

ITEACH: Striving for Excellence

Third in a series of videos explores the new organizational values.

Jun 30, 2016

Coming events

The Owl Ride, Omaha’s nighttime urban cycling event will begin at 10 p.m. July 16 at Lewis and Clark Landing on Omaha’s riverfront. Register online by visiting  www.owlride.org.

Jun 30, 2016

Research highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $1.8 million in new funding during the month of April, including an award of more than $300,000 to Jessica Snowden, M.D., pediatrics – infectious diseases.

Jun 30, 2016

COM student of the month

Meet Catherine Tran, third-year medical student from Omaha, who loves being outside and trying new things — including learning to do the splits.

Jun 30, 2016

COM employee spotlight

Vicki Hamm, Graduate Medical Education program administrator, has worked with more than 5,000 resident and fellow physicians over 40 years.

Jun 30, 2016

This month’s spotlight videos

For the past several years, the UNMC Department of Public Relations has been creating brief one-minute videos each week for KETV (Ch. 7) in Omaha. The videos feature UNMC faculty as they answer basic questions of interest to the average viewer. The segments run on KETV’s morning newscasts on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. They also are distributed to other Nebraska TV and radio stations after they air on Ch. 7.

Jun 30, 2016

Department profile – Department of Radiology

The department includes a total of 79 and is chaired by Craig Walker, M.D., FACR, and recently announced several new clinical sites.

Jun 30, 2016

News briefs

Jennifer Parker, M.D., associate professor, internal medicine and pediatrics, was awarded the Hirschmann Golden Apple for clinical faculty at the College of Medicine Hooding Ceremony on May 6. Dr. Parker has become known as the “Fun Friday” lecturer on the internal medicine clerkship.

Jun 30, 2016

Tongji University Medical Students and Faculty Complete UNMC Training

Tongji University medical students and faculty complete training at UNMC.

Jun 29, 2016

Tongji University medical students and faculty meet with Gerald Moore and APRDP staff.