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Nominate excellent co-workers for the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’

Got an excellent co-worker? Nominate him or her for the monthly Chancellor’s Silver U award.

Apr 14, 2009

Dentistry’s Dr. Harn to receive community service award

From developing and acting as curator for the dental museum, to coordinating children’s dental day, to running logistics for the dental SHARING clinic, Stan Harn, Ph.D., is one busy guy.

Apr 14, 2009

Scout leader Dr. Baldwin receives community service award

A love of the outdoors was sparked in Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm. D., associate professor of pharmacy practice, as he grew up in north central Pennsylvania.

Apr 13, 2009

Society to help student-run clinics share ideas, practices

With the launch of the Society for Student Run Free Clinics at the recent SHARING the Vision conference, health profession students now have a place to turn to for information.

Apr 13, 2009

First female Navajo surgeon to speak at UNMC today

Renowned American Indian doctor, Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., will present “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: Combining Western Medicine and Traditional Navajo Ceremonies to Create Healing Environments” today at 7 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium

Apr 13, 2009

Blood cancer treatment the focus of April 21 presentation

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society invites cancer patients, family members, nurses, social workers and other health professionals to a free presentation Tuesday, April 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (CDT).

Apr 13, 2009

Important procedures for NIH public access compliance

All National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded investigators are required to submit their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.

Apr 13, 2009

UNMC nursing dean, 3 faculty receives awards from Midwest Nursing Research Society

  Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, was honored recently when she received the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award of the Midwest Nursing Research Society.   She and three faculty members and a student from the college received awards during the Society’s 33rd annual conference in Minneapolis.   […]

Apr 13, 2009

Valentine’s Dr. Steve Senseney receives Koefoot Award

Do and learn — a truer method of instruction may never have been instituted. It’s a method that is commonly encountered by UNMC medical students as they do rotations in rural parts of the state. Third-year medical student Adam Wells experienced it when he served a rotation with Steve Senseney, M.D., in Valentine, Neb. Wells learned a lot, too.

Apr 10, 2009

All that remains …

A pile of rubble is all that remains of the UNMC Campus Training Center, a nondescript concrete building with metal siding south of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education along 42nd Street.

Apr 10, 2009

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