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First class of High School Alliance attends open house at UNMC

Diverse group of 36 students represents eight school districts, one educational service unit and 17 high schools The first class of 36 high school students in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s High School Alliance came to the Sorrell Center at UNMC this week for an open house. The students gathered together as a group […]

May 28, 2010

Pancreatic cancer registry receives $1.6 million grant from National Institutes of Health

World’s most comprehensive registry of pancreatic cancer information to assist patients and researchers worldwide The Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry (PCCR), created by Simon Sherman, Ph.D., professor in the Eppley Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been awarded a five-year, nearly $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance […]

May 28, 2010

Lookin’ at U – David Staiert

This week, we feature David Staiert, administrative director of in the department of orthopaedic surgery.

May 27, 2010

Health care reform forum set for noon

Health care reform will be the focus of today’s forum for employees of UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center at noon in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

May 27, 2010

Vascular surgery clinic moves to DOC second floor

As of June 1, the UNMC Physicians Vascular Surgery Clinic will be in the Heart Center in the Durham Outpatient Center second floor atrium.

May 27, 2010

Campus alert system registration open

UNMC employees and students can register for the e2Campus security system that would quickly alert them should a shooting, tornado or other life-threatening development occur on campus.

May 27, 2010

UNMC starts residency program in radiation oncology

New program kicks off in July; will be one of about 70 such programs in the country. The University of Nebraska Medical Center has launched a new radiation oncology residency program.   The four-year program, which will be directed by Ken Zhen, M.D., professor of radiation oncology, officially kicks off in July when the first […]

May 27, 2010

Wellness Wednesday – Center for Healthy Living facts

Some fast facts about the Center for Healthy Living.

May 26, 2010

Students from UNMC/Dillard University partnership graduate

At times, it wasn’t easy. Becoming a health care professional is hard enough but students from the Louisiana area also had to make a shift to come to Nebraska. A move, they say, was worth it.

May 26, 2010

Reflections from pharmacy’s Preceptor of the Year

For the past eight years, Angela Obermiller, Pharm.D., has served as a preceptor for UNMC pharmacy students at the Saint Francis Cancer Treatment Center in Grand Island.

May 26, 2010