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Dr. Kanmogne to serve on NIH review committee

Georgette Kanmogne, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of pharmacology and experimental neurosciences, was recently appointed to a scientific review committee by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Aug 25, 2009

Strategic alliances/joint venturing focus of Thursday seminar

UNeMed Corporation, the technology transfer leader for UNMC, will sponsor a free Webinar series for all researchers, post docs and graduates students. The tenth course in the 11-week series, “The Advanced Essentials: Corporate Strategic Alliances and Joint Venturing,” is scheduled for Thursday.

Aug 24, 2009

Seats remain for Tuesday’s trolley tour

Seats still remain for Tuesday’s Durham Museum Olley the Trolley Tour.

Aug 24, 2009

Grant aims to improve geriatric nursing care

The Midwest’s geriatric nursing workforce will benefit from a new state and local partnership that has created a grant to improve elderly care in long-term care facilities.

Aug 24, 2009

UNMC now a tobacco-free campus

As of today, UNMC is officially a tobacco-free campus.

Aug 24, 2009

Spotlight on new faculty – Meet Melissa Tibbits, Ph.D.

Melissa Tibbits, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health in the College of Public Health, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Aug 24, 2009

382 new UNMC students participate in White Coat ceremonies

  The University of Nebraska Medical Center held White Coat ceremonies in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff this month to recognize 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 College of […]

Aug 24, 2009

UNMC researcher receives $300,000 grant to study deadly form of lymphoma

New ways to attack an aggressive and incurable type of lymphoma will be studied at the University of Nebraska Medical Center with the help of a $300,000 grant from the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF). Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and microbiology at UNMC, has received the grant — called the 2009 Millennium […]

Aug 24, 2009

Spotlight on new faculty – Meet Christopher Fisher, Ph.D.

Christopher Fisher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the College of Public Health Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Aug 21, 2009

Olson Center sponsors Aug. 26 breast feeding conference

The Olson Center for Women’s Health will sponsor a conference titled “Breastfeeding: Baby’s Natural Choice Conference” on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at Qwest Center Omaha.

Aug 21, 2009