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Deadline for seed grant program proposals is May 1
The deadline to submit proposals for the new translational research seed grant program announced in Monday’s UNMC Today is May 1, not May 19, as was originally reported.
Mar 2, 2010
UNMC taking part in final phase of national nicotine vaccine study
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one of about 20 centers around the country that will involve 1,000 people in the last test phase of NicVax, a nicotine vaccine made by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals. If the study is successful, the company will seek approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market the vaccine. The […]
Mar 2, 2010
Truhlsen Events Center now available for public use
The public can now rent out the Sorrell Center’s Dr. Stanley M. and Dorothy Truhlsen Campus Events Center on weeknights and on weekends.
Mar 1, 2010
New translational research seed grant program announced
Two $100,000 one-year awards will be funded as part of a newly announced translational research seed grant program for members of the Great Plains Health Research Consortium.
Mar 1, 2010
Med center earns blue distinction for spine surgery, knee and hip replacement
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has designated UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.
Mar 1, 2010
Plea for used eyeglasses for Haiti sees big community response
When Magda Peck, Sc.D., went to pick up her eyeglasses recently at the UNMC Physicians’ Optical Center on campus, she talked about how nice it would be if people could donate their old eyeglasses to be sent to Haiti.
Mar 1, 2010
UNMC takes next step in developing Parkinson’s disease vaccine
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a significant step forward in developing a vaccination approach to reverse the neurological damage seen with Parkinson’s disease. The findings appear in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Immunology, a leading scientific journal in the field of immunology. The cause of Parkinson’s […]
Mar 1, 2010
UNMC Off the Clock – Maggie Menard seeks Mrs. Nebraska crown
Maggie Menard is a business associate in the department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery. She also is Mrs. Douglas County and on May 22, she will compete in the Mrs. Nebraska Pageant.
Feb 26, 2010
Think Green – Environmental awareness fair set for April 22
The UNMC Campus Sustainability Team will host the “Think Green – Do The Right Thing Awareness Fair” on Thursday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.
Feb 26, 2010
LEAD fellows visit UNMC
Fellows from the Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) program stopped by UNMC on Feb. 19-20, to learn more about the medical center’s programs, outreach and educational efforts.
Feb 26, 2010