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Legislature’s Appropriations Committee enters critical deliberations

Members of the Nebraska Legislature’s Appropriations Committee currently are deciding what changes to make in their preliminary budget recommendations. Those initial recommendations include a 1.5 percent increase for the University of Nebraska.

Apr 9, 2009

Personalized medicine, scholars academy among retreat focuses

The advent of personalized medicine and its impact on UNMC and the creation of an academy of teaching scholars will be among the main discussion points during the Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat on Thursday, April 16.

Apr 9, 2009

UNeMed welcomes new licensing specialist

UNeMed, the technology transfer arm for UNMC, welcomes licensing specialist Jason Nickla to its staff.

Apr 9, 2009

Medical center to host internationally recognized nurse scientist

  The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center, the UNMC College of Nursing, and The Nebraska Medical Center next week will host Carol Estwing Ferrans, Ph.D.   She is associate dean for research and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. Dr. Ferrans, the college’s Twentieth Visiting Nurse Scholar, […]

Apr 9, 2009

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute offers social skills therapy to children and teens with autism

Gathering around the table for game night with friends can be enjoyable entertainment. But for children and teens with autism, playing Apples to Apples can be a dreaded social activity. “Children and teens with autism often have difficulty with peer-to-peer interactions,” said Terri Mathews, Ph.D., a psychologist and assistant professor with the Munroe-Meyer Institute at […]

Apr 9, 2009

Wellness Wednesday – Watch your backs!

Here’s a little tip for you as you ramp up your springtime activity — watch your back! No, that’s not a threat — I’m really talking about your back — as in your spine and its discs and muscles and all that.

Apr 8, 2009

Think Green — Turn computers off at night, reduce energy costs

UNMC Information Technology Services has set up a patch push system for computer updates that will allow employees to turn their computers off all but six nights out of each month.

Apr 8, 2009

Public Health Week story 3 — Patient safety and quality care

Experts agree that the U.S. health care system’s performance must improve substantially to consistently produce the best possible health outcomes.

Apr 8, 2009

Syd Clausen receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ for March

A jack-of-all trades, Syd Clausen simultaneously serves as the UNMC’s Gross Anatomy Lab’s handyman, problem solver and moving director.

Apr 8, 2009

A decade of serving south Omaha

The needs vary. Housing, health care, services for the elderly and youth activities are just some of the programs designed by the South Omaha Community Care Council (SOCCC) to benefit the south Omaha community.

Apr 7, 2009