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Timeout with T.O. – One last goodbye (times six)
Editor’s Note: Numerous College of Medicine faculty and employees retired at the end of June. Here’s a column by Tom O’Connor, public relations, which appeared in UNMC Today on June 28 and recognized six of the retirees. I might seem a little jittery today. I spent Wednesday afternoon going to three retirement teas. That’s a […]
Jul 11, 2013
News Briefs
Shelley Smith, Ph.D., director of the developmental neuroscience department at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, was named the inaugural recipient of the Bruce A. Buehler, M.D., Professorship. Bob and Myrna Krohn established the professorship through a donation to the University of Nebraska Foundation. Dr. Buehler was the director of MMI from 1983 to 2007. The 2013 American […]
Jul 11, 2013
Wellness Wednesday: Joslyn offers free ‘garden yoga’ sessions
Classes will be held in the museum’s sculpture garden in August. Also, the 2013 OwL Ride is set for Saturday.
Jul 10, 2013
A Day in the Life . . . Kicking back at McGoogan
The McGoogan Library of Medicine adds to its collection . . . of chairs.
Jul 10, 2013
Investigators to launch clinical trial testing Parkinson’s therapy
Effort is Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance’s first joint initiative to combat Parkinson’s disease.
Jul 10, 2013
UNMC loses one of its top supporters – Dr. Leland Olson
Dr. Olson and his late wife, Dorothy, contributed millions of dollars to fund women’s health and nursing initiatives
Jul 10, 2013
UNMC to launch clinical trial to test unique therapy for Parkinson’s disease
The Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance (NNA) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is embarking on a translational clinical trial to determine if an approved drug, Leukine, used to boost the immune system in cancer patients, has any benefits as an immune therapy in people with Parkinson’s disease. The NNA, formed in 2011, unites three of UNMC’s top neuroscience programs […]
Jul 10, 2013
UNMC nanotechnology protects skin from cancer, early wrinkles
Skin protection could be only the beginning for the nanotechology applications.
Jul 10, 2013
Candidate forum set for 4 p.m. today
Robert Califf, M.D., is the third finalist for the chancellor’s position to visit UNMC.
Jul 9, 2013