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UNMC lauds AAHC president for remarks before Senate committee
Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said UNMC fully supports Steven Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers, and the testimony he presented last week on behalf of the AAHC in front of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.
Mar 18, 2009
Roxanna Jokela, named director of UNMC alumni relations
Roxanna Jokela has been named director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center alumni relations. Jokela, who has served as interim director since October, will take over as full-time director on April 13. At that time, Jokela also will step away from her duties as director of the Rural Health Education Network (RHEN) […]
Mar 18, 2009
Dr. Grissom, first full-time chair of internal medicine at UNMC, dies
Robert Grissom, M.D., who served more than 50 years with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and will long be remembered for building a modern internal medicine program at the medical center, died Tuesday at age 92. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 28, at 11 a.m. at Dundee Presbyterian Church, 5312 […]
Mar 18, 2009
Latest Silver ‘U’ recipients announced
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Mar 18, 2009
Dr. Grissom, first full-time chair of internal medicine, dies
Robert Grissom, M.D., who served more than 50 years with UNMC and will long be remembered for building a modern internal medicine program at the medical center, died Tuesday at age 92.
Mar 18, 2009
Students to spend spring break doing service work
Nearly 70 UNMC faculty and students will provide medical service work during spring break trips to Jamaica, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Winnebago Indian Reservation and southern Mexico.
Mar 17, 2009
Latest UNMC Connect now available online
Read the latest about the health care workforce shortage in the winter 2009 edition of UNMC Connect, which is now available online.
Mar 17, 2009
Installation of student information system progresses rapidly
Installation of a new student information system for the University of Nebraska and Nebraska’s three state colleges is underway.
Mar 17, 2009
Dr. Pamies sworn-in as chair of HHS advisory committee
Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, was recently sworn-in as a new member and chairman of The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Advisory Committee on Minority Health. The committee is part of the Office on Minority Health.
Mar 17, 2009
UNMC maternal/child health advocate delivers prestigious public health lecture
Magda Peck, Sc.D., professor of pediatrics and public health for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been selected for the John C. MacQueen Lecture Award for her innovative work in the field of maternal and child health (MCH). The award is one of the most prestigious honors given by the Association of Maternal and […]
Mar 17, 2009