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Getting to know Pinaki Panigrahi, M.D., Ph.D.
Pinaki Panigrahi, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally recognized global health expert, has been named director of the UNMC College of Public Health’s Center for Global Health and Development.
Aug 30, 2010
Be careful with your Labor Day Weekend leave requests
For those using Firefly’s Leave Request process, please pay special attention to your requests that fall over the Labor Day weekend.
Aug 30, 2010
489 new UNMC students participate in White Coat ceremonies
The University of Nebraska Medical Center held White Coat ceremonies in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, Scottsbluff and Norfolk in August to recognize 489 new students in pharmacy, nursing, medicine and dentistry. In a symbolic ceremony, students donned white coats signifying the beginning of their health career and took an oath of professionalism. The UNMC […]
Aug 30, 2010
Research survey focuses on health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community
Approximately 50,000 Nebraskans, or three percent of the state’s population, identify themselves as either lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Omaha are conducting an anonymous community needs assessment of this population in Nebraska and southwest Iowa. All responses are confidential. […]
Aug 30, 2010
Snapshot — Welcome to med school, Stephanie Larson
On Monday, UNMC Today followed Stephanie Larson during her first day of medical school. Read more and watch a video about Larson’s first day.
Aug 27, 2010
UNMC for the record
A list of achievements, activities and happenings involving UNMC staff, faculty and students.
Aug 27, 2010
Introducing SciVal Funding
The Vice Chancellor for Research and the Dean of the College of Medicine have teamed together to bring SciVal Funding, a searchable database of funding opportunities from more than 4,000 public and private funding sources, to UNMC researchers.
Aug 27, 2010
Students — share your white coat photos with us!
Hey UNMC students — we want to post your white coat photos on our social media sites.
Aug 26, 2010
Sitting study helps children with cerebral palsy improve sitting skills
Kim Falk used to prompt her son Ethan to lift his head and sit up straight for a picture. “Show me your cute face,” she would say. Born with severe cerebral palsy, which causes spastic limbs and decreased posture control, the 6-year-old has limited control of his trunk muscles. At times, he has […]
Aug 26, 2010
Back to School 2010 – Dr. Lydiatt on the UNMC High School Alliance
Bill Lydiatt, M.D., has taken on a new challenge. Already a soldier in the fight against head and neck cancer and an ardent proponent of mixing the arts and humanities with medical education — the professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery now teaches high school.
Aug 26, 2010