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Merging offices to provide better services to medical school
The landscape of medical education is undergoing a significant paradigm shift. In an effort to meet these needs and enhance medical student education, the Office of Medical Education (OME) has been formed. The OME merged existing services, bringing the Educational Support Office (ESO) and the Curriculum and Educational Research Office (CERO) under one umbrella.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC breaks ground on fitness center expansion
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has broken ground on a new 6,525-square-foot addition and 11,845 square feet renovation to two floors of the Student Life Center building at 40th and Jones streets.
Oct 30, 2014
Campaign for Nebraska tops $1.8 billion
The University of Nebraska and University of Nebraska Foundation announced Oct. 27 that the Campaign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities, which concludes Dec. 31, has raised more than $1.8 billion for the University of Nebraska.
Oct 30, 2014
Second Ebola patient released
UNMC’s second Ebola patient, Ashoka Mukpo, was released from the Biocontainment Unit Wednesday after multiple tests confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that he was free of Ebola.
Oct 30, 2014
Ebola is topic of Nov. 4 Omaha Science Cafe
Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, will give an overview of Ebola at the next Omaha Science Cafe to be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Slowdown, 729, N. 14th St.
Oct 30, 2014
Storm chaser, Reed Timmer, to headline 2015 Nebraska Science Festival
Meteorologist and extreme storm chaser Reed Timmer — among the few to ever document both an F5 tornado and the most devastating hurricane in U.S. history — will headline the 2015 Nebraska Science Festival on April 10.
Oct 30, 2014
Public health careers to be focus of College of Public Health open house Nov. 7
The open house will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Maurer Center for Public Health, 519 S. 40th Plaza Circle.
Oct 29, 2014
Public Health Association of Nebraska names Brandon Grimm as president-elect
His election marks the first time anyone from academia has been elected to the state association’s leadership.
Oct 29, 2014
ID card changes will take time
Attempts to “pin” new logo to cards may ruin access coding.
Oct 29, 2014
Halloween event will support medical aid to children
Student Alliance for Global Health event will feature food, fun and ghost stories read by Robert Binhammer, Ph.D.
Oct 29, 2014
