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Dr. Parker receives Outstanding Teaching Award

Jennifer Parker, M.D., brought a unique skill set to UNMC when she started in 2003. She was the first faculty member to have clinical appointments in both internal medicine and pediatrics.

Apr 17, 2009

UNMC, Creighton to host Kicks for a Cure soccer event

UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center and Creighton University plan to score more points in the fight against women’s cancers with the fourth annual Kicks for a Cure event.

Apr 17, 2009

UNMC contemplates next steps toward world-class status

It’s a fact, said Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D., drugs don’t affect all people equally. To illustrate his point, Dr. Mills took a survey of Thursday’s crowd at the Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat.

Apr 17, 2009

A schedule of UNMC/KETV News Watch 7 segments

The following is a schedule of this weekend’s “Health Watch Asks, UNMC Answers” segments on KETV NewsWatch 7.

Apr 17, 2009

Children with cancer from Nebraska, Iowa to benefit from poker run Saturday, May 17

  Children with cancer from Nebraska and Iowa will benefit from a poker run Saturday, May 17, during the Dillon Brothers Harley-Davidson’s 7th Annual Maiden Voyage Poker Run in the Omaha area.   Proceeds from the poker run will benefit Camp Quality Heartland, a non-profit, volunteer organization that provides free summer camping experiences and other […]

Apr 17, 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 […]

Apr 17, 2009

Heidi Joy and Riverside Anthology to play on campus today

Heidi Joy and Riverside Anthology returns today to the Music as Medicine series.

Apr 16, 2009

Dr. Camras, inventor of most effective glaucoma drug, dies

Carl Camras, M.D., the UNMC physician whose research led to the discovery of the most effective drug for treating glaucoma, died Tuesday at his home in Omaha after a long battle with heart failure.

Apr 16, 2009

Retreat blog

Blog entries and photos from the Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat will be posted throughout the day today on the Chancellor’s Blog.

Apr 16, 2009

Dr. Connie Miller never stops asking questions

Connie Miller, Ph.D., asks the same question over and over. “Why?”

Apr 16, 2009