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Holiday ice rink hours

The ice rink in the Scott Student Plaza will have adjusted hours over the holidays to accommodate the local children who will be on break.

Dec 20, 2012

Dr. LaGrange named chief of UNMC’s Division of Urology

Will play key role as UNMC moves forward with Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dec 20, 2012

Chad LaGrange, M.D.

Wellness Wednesday – Nominate employees for wellness awards

If you know of colleagues or coworkers who are great advocates for wellness on campus or who have made healthy behavior changes in their own lives, remember that they can be nominated for three new campus awards.

Dec 19, 2012

How to talk with your kids about Newtown

Dr. Howard Liu discusses ways to talk with children about the tragic Newtown, Conn., school shootings.

Dec 19, 2012

Remember, you can get W-2s online

You must enroll by Dec. 31 to get your W-2 online.

Dec 19, 2012

In wake of Connecticut shootings, here is helpful information on mental illness

TO: All Media In light of the Connecticut school shootings last week, we thought you might find it helpful to see a list of clinical, educational and media resources dealing with behavioral health. Howard Liu, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has pulled together an excellent list of […]

Dec 19, 2012

Howard Liu, M.D.

Under the microscope – Stay on the treadmill

UNMC study to examine how to keep heart failure patients exercising; could benefit others.

Dec 18, 2012

Strengthening his heart wasn’t the only goal Phil Hester had on his mind when he enrolled in Dr. Bunny Pozehl’s study on heart failure and exercise. He wanted to be strong enough to walk into Heinz Field — home of his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers. He accomplished both goals.

Don’t interrupt the nurse

Study reveals ways to reduce medication errors in rural hospitals.

Dec 18, 2012

A Pyxis medication system, similar to the one shown here, was installed recently at Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Neb., to help streamline the medication dispensing process. Dorotha Rohlfsen, a registered nurse at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is shown in the photo.

‘UNMC Night with the Omaha Lancers’ on Dec. 29

See how you can get discounted tickets to the Dec. 29 Lancers game in the new Ralston Arena.

Dec 18, 2012

Weekly eTip – Clean your email over the holidays

Question: I’m getting messages that my email space if over half full, so I plan to spend some time over the holidays deleting emails. Can you provide any suggestions to speed this process?

Dec 18, 2012