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A Q and A about this morning’s liquid oxygen spill on campus
About 7:30 a.m. today, a leak occurred in a liquid oxygen tank next to the campus Central Utility Plant that caused the ARS building, the Lied Transplant Center, Bennett Hall and the Specialty Services Building to be evacuated.
Aug 20, 2010
Students get acquainted during High School Alliance orientation
Students in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s High School Alliance gathered at the medical center on Aug. 16 for a day of orientation. Along with learning about compliance and safety issues, the students were able to get acquainted with each other. There are 36 students from 17 different high schools. The alliance is a […]
Aug 20, 2010
Dr. Leopold to step down as otolaryngology chairman for UNMC
Dr. Dan Lydiatt named interim chairman After 11 years as chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Donald Leopold, M.D., is stepping down on Sept. 1. He will continue to serve as professor in the department focusing on patient care, resident education and research. Dr. […]
Aug 20, 2010
UNMC investigators eye link between gum disease, rheumatoid arthritis
Two investigators at the UNMC believe the same bacteria cause both periodontis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Aug 19, 2010
Lookin’ at U – Tamara Cardin
This week, we feature Tamara Cardin, office associate in clinical laboratory science in the School of Allied Health Professions.
Aug 19, 2010
An update on 40th Street construction
Beginning Friday, 40th Street south of Jones Street will be closed for utility work.
Aug 19, 2010
They’re back! Students arrive on campus, get health care primer
How would you handle work complaints aired on Facebook? What if a student found a patient’s phone number in a chart and asked them out? These situations were posed to incoming UNMC students at Wednesday’s inaugural Interprofessional Orientation Event.
Aug 19, 2010
Aug. 28 golf tournament will benefit children with cancer
The public is invited to participate in the 3rd Annual Camp Quality Heartland Charity Golf Scramble on Saturday, Aug. 28 at Tara Hills Golf Course, 1410 Western Hills Drive, in Papillion. Proceeds will benefit Nebraska and Iowa children ages 4 to 18 who are undergoing cancer treatment or who are cancer survivors. Camp Quality Heartland […]
Aug 19, 2010
UNMC group to hold benefit dinner/auction for Creighton physician killed in car accident
Event is open to the public; tickets available for suggested donation of $15 The House Officers Association Alliance (HOAA) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold a benefit dinner/silent auction on Aug. 26 with all proceeds going to the family of Dr. Adam Smith, a fourth-year radiology resident physician at Creighton University who […]
Aug 19, 2010
Dr. Bonasera wants you … to use his new research equipment
Stephen Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D., and his research group recently purchased new equipment to measure mouse metabolic rates.
Aug 18, 2010