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UNMC gets cancer research training grant renewal

For seven weeks in 2014, Jennifer Black, Ph.D., was all about grant-writing. Seven hundred pages later, Dr. Black, the Eppley Institute and UNMC had been awarded a renewal of their longstanding National Cancer Institute “Cancer Biology Training Program” T32 Grant — an award to support the nation’s best graduate students in the field of cancer […]

Oct 20, 2015

Jennifer Black, Ph.D.

Catching up with: Srustidhar Das, Ph.D.

In May, Srustihdhar Das, Ph.D., was the recipient of the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Ingenuity Award. Graduate Posts caught up with Dr. Das, who is now a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Eduardo Villablanca in the Translational Immunology Unit at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, to talk to him about his post-UNMC career. You now […]

Oct 20, 2015

From left, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dele Davies, Srustidhar Das, Ph.D., and Surinder Batra, Ph.D.

First transferable skills workshop highlights writing

G. Travis Adams, Ph.D., opened up his dissertation again about a week after submitting it. Flipping through it, he found a note in brackets — to himself. “Hey, summarize this,” Dr. Adams had written to himself — and then submitted and defended the dissertation, leaving the note in the text. “Did I still get my […]

Oct 20, 2015

G. Travis Adams, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at UNO and the director of the UNO Writing Center, spoke at UNMC earlier this month.

Speaker describes childhood during the Holocaust

Omaha business leader Milt Kleinberg will speak on “Bread or Death: Memories of my Childhood during and after the Holocaust.”

Oct 20, 2015

Art talk explores ‘Portrait of Miss Franks’

Josyln Museum’s Dana Cowen will discuss Joshua Reynolds’ painting during November lunch event on campus.

Oct 19, 2015

Sir Joshua Reynolds' "Portrait of Miss Franks," 1766, oil on canvas, Joslyn Art Museum.

New materials management site has open house

Event will be held on Wednesday.

Oct 19, 2015

UNMC gerontology nursing program ranked nationally

Program was ranked by BestMedicalDegrees.com.

Oct 19, 2015

Lynne Buchanan, Ph.D., associate professor, UNMC College of Nursing and coordinator of the Adult Gerontology Specialty Graduate Program

Dental student selected for national research program

Grant Essink is the fourth dentistry student in the past eight years to participate in the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Summer Dental Student Award program.

Oct 19, 2015

Grant Essink

Innovation and Research Week begins today

Events celebrate world-class research and discoveries at UNMC.

Oct 19, 2015

Nebraska Science Festival registration opens today

Teachers may register classes for expos, classroom science talks

Oct 19, 2015