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Union Pacific to match employee donations to NU Foundation Haiti fund

Those with relatives, friends and colleagues who work for Union Pacific may want to pass along the following — UP will match any donation its employees make to the University of Nebraska Foundation’s UNMC Haitian Relief and Outreach Fund.

Jan 19, 2010

UNMC partners with UNK in effort to educate more rural physicians

In a proactive move to try to meet the demand for family physicians in rural Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Kearney have established the Kearney Health Opportunities Program (KHOP).  “With 32 percent of rural physicians over the age of 55, workforce projections indicate a critical shortage of […]

Jan 19, 2010

Drs. Pamies, Maclin featured in Clark Library photo exhibit

UNMC’s Rubens Pamies, M.D., and Victoria Maclin, M.D., are featured in the “Portraits of Power 2010” exhibit, which currently is on display at the W. Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th St.

Jan 18, 2010

Thursday Music as Medicine to feature trombone quartet

A trombone quartet will perform during Thursday’s Music as Medicine concert in the Durham Outpatient Center Atrium.

Jan 18, 2010

Councilman Gray to deliver MLK address today at noon

Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray will present today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorative address at noon in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Campus Events Center.

Jan 18, 2010

Wear Denim for Disabilities Jan. 18-Feb. 5

UNMC employees can contribute to recreation therapy programs at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) simply by wearing denim.

Jan 18, 2010

Volunteers sought for immediate Haiti deployment — MEETING ROOM CHANGED

Today, UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center will assemble their first group of volunteers for immediate deployment to Haiti, in collaboration with Project MediShare, in response to the U.S. State Department’s call for expert help for the earthquake-ravaged nation.

Jan 18, 2010

UNMC reflects on Dr. King – Day 2

Today is the second of a two-part series that features these reflections on Dr. King.

Jan 15, 2010

Melanie Stewart — ‘landlord for the DRCs’ — receives January Gold ‘U’

One day a broken sprinkler line may spray water all over the Durham Research Center atrium. Another day a researcher may need Stewart to find a new piece of equipment for a laboratory. Such is life for Melanie Stewart.

Jan 15, 2010

Free mail-service generic drugs available for HRA participants

Those who completed the Wellstream/Health Risk Assessment (HRA) last fall and are, therefore, eligible for the free generic prescriptions through CVS Caremark using their mail service program, can now access that benefit.

Jan 15, 2010