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Diversity/cultural arts series kicks off Friday
A second season of interesting topics and cultural performances kicks off Friday as UNMC opens the 2009-2010 Diversity Lectures and Cultural Arts Series with a play about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Oct 7, 2009
Construction and restrictions on Dewey Avenue and 42nd Street
Beginning Monday, Oct. 12, Dewey Avenue between 42nd and 41st streets will be restricted to two lanes.
Oct 7, 2009
Mark your calendars: Employee forums set for early November
Benefits information for 2010, new health enhanced wellness and preventative services benefit including a free health risk assessment (HRA), and an overview of the upcoming capital campaign will be among the topics of employee forums scheduled for November.
Oct 7, 2009
Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomes 25 new scholars, graduates 19
The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomed its fifth class of scholars recently – a class of 18 Nebraskans, six Iowans, and one South Dakotan. It also graduated 19 from the class of 2008-09. The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute, one of 14 institutes funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]
Oct 7, 2009
UNMC Off the Clock – Jim Temme … chili champ
For most, chili season is around the corner. But, for Jim Temme it’s a year round passion.
Oct 6, 2009
Live United ’09 — Nebraska AIDS Project a crucial player in HIV/AIDS care
The Nebraska AIDS Project and the UNMC HIV Clinic work hand-in-hand to care for the region’s HIV/AIDS patients.
Oct 6, 2009
Dr. Mueller honored for interim dean tenure
In the spring of 2008, Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., asked a departing Jay Noren, M.D., who should serve as the College of Public Health’s Interim Dean. “He said, ‘Keith Mueller (Ph.D.) is the best person for the job.’ He was right,” Dr. Maurer said Wednesday at a reception to honor Dr. Mueller for his service as interim dean.
Oct 6, 2009
U.S. Ag Secretary praises UNMC’s teledentistry efforts
Teledentistry took center stage Sept. 28, when U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stopped by the Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska (CAPWN) in Gering, Neb.
Oct 6, 2009
College of Public Health adds 10 new faculty members
UNMC’s newest college continues to grow rapidly and move toward accreditation.
Oct 6, 2009
Associate dean named for UNMC College of Public Health
A nationally recognized leader in public health, Magda Peck, Sc.D., has been named associate dean for Community Engagement and Public Health Practice in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Public Health. Dr. Peck assumed her new role Oct. 1 The newly created position demonstrates a strong commitment to improve the health of […]
Oct 6, 2009