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Deadline nears for International Photo Contest

Friday is the last day to submit to competition.

Sep 19, 2013

Contest entries will celebrate the richness of diversity experienced by UNMC faculty, staff and students. This photo of children in a rural African school was taken by UNMC employee Lisa Spellman during a mission trip in 2011.

UNMC’s United Way campaign kicks off next week

An employee goal of $156,000 has been set for this year.

Sep 18, 2013

Wellness Wednesday: Walk benefits MMI speech clinic

WalkRite for RiteCare event at Lake Zorinsky will benefit programs for children.

Sep 18, 2013

Share your outreach activities at the impact website

If you have an outreach activity the public should know about, submit it to the UNMC Outreach Database on the UNMC Impact Website.

Sep 18, 2013

State Sen. Bill Kintner visits UNMC

Appropriations committee member met with campus leaders during the tour.

Sep 18, 2013

Thursday presentation discusses ‘active killer’ scenario

Sgt. Robert Wondra leads discussion as part of National Campus Safety Week.

Sep 18, 2013

Program discusses responses to NIH critiques

Grants specialist offers advice, tips on weathering criticism, rejection.

Sep 18, 2013

UNMC pathologist remembered as educational leader

Services will be Saturday for William Berton, M.D.

Sep 18, 2013

Fulfilling a dream

UNMC’s emergency department research director, who died in 2012, planned to return to his native Vietnam to teach the U.S. approach to graduate medical education. He was going to improve patient care through better education in the region where he was born. He was going to make a difference.

Sep 17, 2013

Dr. Paul Tran visiting a patient in an emergency room in Vietnam.

Power Wheels to Makeshift Power Wheelchairs

The idea to modify cars is not new. Just look at reality shows like “Trick My Truck.”

But the concept of adapting toy cars for children with disabilities? Now, that’s novel.

Sep 17, 2013

National early mobility expert Cole Galloway, Ph.D., from the University of Delaware, instructed 50 physical therapists on how to adapt toy cars for children with disabilities at a recent workshop at UNMC.