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Science Cafe quiz challenge results
See the correct answer and winner from Friday’s Science Cafe quiz challenge.
Sep 4, 2012
UNMC History 101 — First year of med school … 1882
A look back at 1882 — the first year of medical school at the Omaha Medical College — which would eventually become UNMC.
Sep 4, 2012

UNMC sets enrollment record for eighth straight year
See this year’s UNMC enrollment highlights.
Sep 4, 2012

Benefit ‘U’ in focus – New website, password for Omaha Performing Arts discount
Some new information that you’ll need to get discounted tickets through the med center’s partnership with Omaha Performing Arts.
Sep 4, 2012
Dental Museum open house set for Sept. 10-15 at UNMC’s College of Dentistry
Dental artifacts from the 1800s to the present will be on display
Sep 4, 2012
Department of Radiology making research strides
Part of prestigious NCI national network for multicenter imaging trials.
Sep 1, 2012

Research Highlights – UNMC researchers procure major NIH grants
Will study diabetes, neurocognitive disorders, pancreatic cancer.
Sep 1, 2012
Research Highlights – Other significant research awards
Phyllis Nsiah-Kumi, M.D., internal medicine-general medicine – The Nebraska Association of Local Directors Outreach Partnership to Improve Health Literacy from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., pharmacology/experimental neuroscience, received a grant from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to test immunogenicity of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) in humanized […]
Sep 1, 2012
Research Highlights – Industry-sponsored contracts
Shahid Hussain, M.D., radiology – for using MRI in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hani Haider, Ph.D., orthopaedic surgery – for joint replacement materials. Alison Freifeld, M.D., internal medicine-infectious diseases – for development of diagnostic technology for infectious diseases. William Rizzo, M.D., pediatrics-metabolism – for a clinical trial to evaluate dosing regimens for patients with […]
Sep 1, 2012