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UNMC for the record

See which College of Public Health faculty member received national recognition at the recent American Public Health Association conference and which campus employee collected more than 450 sets of eyeglasses for the homeless.

Nov 19, 2010

F.A.S.T. diet originator on campus today

Tony Dean — one of the originators of the F.A.S.T. Diet — will be on campus today for a pair of seminars on the popular diet.

Nov 19, 2010

Medicine dean candidate forum today at 4 p.m.

Bradley Edward Britigan, M.D., Taylor Professor of Medicine, chairman of internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and candidate for full-time post of College of Medicine Dean, will participate in a “meet the candidate” forum today at 4 p.m. in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Nov 18, 2010

Thomas named associate vice chancellor for Business and Finance

Deb Thomas will become the associate vice chancellor for Business and Finance on Dec. 1.

Nov 18, 2010

Meet state Sen. Tony Fulton

State Sen. Tony Fulton, who visited UNMC on Monday, comments on the medical center and what he feels are the major health care issues facing the state.

Nov 18, 2010

Lookin’ at U — Bob Pawloski, Ed.D.

This week, we feature Bob Pawloski, Ed.D., coordinator of the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Interdisciplinary Center for Program Evaluation.

Nov 18, 2010

Volunteers sought to help with campus sustainability campaign

UNMC will soon launch a comprehensive and concerted sustainability campaign and your help is needed.

Nov 18, 2010

Midtown Business Association celebrates 30 years

Thirty years ago several business leaders got together with one goal in mind: to improve and preserve the historic midtown business district.   Joined by other business owners and leaders in the area, the Midtown Business Association became a reality and has grown from nine midtown merchants to more than 150.   “We are proud […]

Nov 17, 2010

UNMC, UNL professors’ Virtual Incision Corp. receives $2 million investment

  Two University of Nebraska professors and their start-up company have received a $2 million investment to move their unique miniature robotic surgical tools one step closer to the marketplace.   University of Nebraska Medical Center surgeon Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., and University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer Shane Farritor, Ph.D., founders of Virtual Incision Corp., announced that […]

Nov 17, 2010

Meet Gold ‘U’ recipient Amy Dodson

How does one follow a good act? Amy Dodson, administrator in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology, would be a good person to ask.

Nov 17, 2010