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Wellness Wednesday – Orthopaedic hospital runners clinic set for March 20

Runners of all levels are invited to attend a one‐day clinic at Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital on Saturday, March 20.

Feb 17, 2010

Preferred vendors selected for graphic design and photography services

After a request for proposal (RFP) was sent to area graphic designers and photographers, several local firms have been selected in each category to provide their services to UNMC.

Feb 17, 2010

Sorrell Center now houses laparoscopic surgery testing center

The Sorrell Center is now an official Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) testing center — the only such center in Nebraska.

Feb 16, 2010

College of Nursing to implement major changes this fall

The UNMC College of Nursing will introduce major changes this fall that will boost enrollment, accelerate programs, increase the number of nurses graduating each year and better prepare students.

Feb 16, 2010

Cycling event raises $2,300 for Haiti fund

The Prairie Life Fitness Center at Midtown Crossing raised about $2,300 for the UNMC Haitian Relief and Outreach Fund at its “Strength for Haiti” event on Friday evening.

Feb 16, 2010

UNMC to kick off outreach program in southeast Nebraska

A new UNMC outreach program, “UNMC Simply Science,” kicks off Feb. 24-25 in southeastern Nebraska.

Feb 16, 2010

Dr. Kabanov named 2009 Scientist Laureate

Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, Ph.D., Parke-Davis Chair in Pharmaceutics and director of the Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, has been named the fourth Scientist Laureate for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The award is the highest honor UNMC bestows on researchers.   Dr. Kabanov, who is on the faculty of the UNMC College of […]

Feb 16, 2010

UNMC collecting old eye glasses for Haiti

  Some adults and children in Haiti are going without eye glasses. If you have prescription eye glasses you aren’t using, you can donate them.   The University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences’ optical center is collecting old prescription eye glasses. If you would like to donate your glasses: ·         […]

Feb 16, 2010

UNMC to kick off outreach program in southeast Nebraska

  A new outreach program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, called “UNMC Simply Science,” will kick off Feb. 24-25 in three southeastern Nebraska cities – Nebraska City, Beatrice and Crete. The program is intended to strengthen UNMC’s commitment to communities across the state by sharing the latest in health care information. “An essential […]

Feb 16, 2010

Data interoperability the focus of today’s CTR seminar

James Campbell, M.D., professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, will present “Data Interoperability” today at noon during the monthly Clinical and Translational Research Seminar.

Feb 15, 2010