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Med Center’s largest project to be named the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

The University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center announced May 3 that their cancer center project in midtown Omaha has a name: the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

May 13, 2013

New cancer buildings to be named for CL Werner, Suzanne and Walter Scott

Multiple foundations, individuals also make major gifts A groundbreaking was held May 7 by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center for the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Major donors to the project were announced at the groundbreaking. CL Werner A gift from the CL Werner Foundation will name the […]

May 13, 2013

News Briefs

Jane Potter, M.D., chief of geriatrics and gerontology, has been selected as one of four national judges in the Salute to Senior Service program sponsored by Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network. The program honors the contributions of adults 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month […]

May 13, 2013

Lomneth receives UNMC Medical Pioneers Award

Carol Lomneth, Ph.D., genetics, cell biology and anatomy, received the UNMC Medical Pioneers Award.

May 13, 2013

SHARING Clinics celebrate 16th anniversary

For the past 16 years, UNMC students have run the SHARING Clinics, considered one of the most successful student-run health clinics in the country.

May 13, 2013

Unit Profile — School of Allied Health Professions

The School of Allied Health Professions comprises 13 separate allied health educational programs. Collectively, the SAHP has more than 400 students enrolled at UNMC and more than 300 students enrolled through distance education degree advancement programs.

May 13, 2013

Wellness conference in Nebraska City set for May 17-18

Physicians and clinical staff are invited to attend “Creating a Culture of Wellness in Healthcare Settings,” at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center, Nebraska City, on May 17-18.

May 13, 2013

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Dr. Garvin gives Wilson Honorary Lecture at HSS

Kevin Garvin, M.D., chair of orthopaedic surgery, delivered the Philip D. Wilson Jr., M.D., Honorary Lecture in Arthroplasty on April 12 at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).

May 13, 2013

UNMC brings gross anatomy to Kearney

A group of seven UNMC faculty went to the University of Nebraska at Kearney on April 11 and brought three lightly-embalmed human cadavers with them.

May 13, 2013

UNMC pancreatic cancer researcher awarded $200,000 grant

Pankaj K. Singh, Ph.D., associate professor in the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the American Association for Cancer Research and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

May 13, 2013