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365 UNMC students to receive diplomas this week during commencement ceremonies
Diplomas will be conferred on 365 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during ceremonies this week in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Omaha, a ceremony will be held Friday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m., at the Witherspoon Concert Hall in the Joslyn Art Museum, for students graduating from the School of Allied Health Professions, […]
Dec 15, 2008
Public invited to Dec. 18 Pfizer speech on drug development
UNeMed, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s technology licensing arm, is hosting a talk Dec. 18 on drug development featuring Christine Smith, a vice president of Pfizer, Inc. The talk, which is geared towards researchers and health professionals, also is open to those in the public interested in learning about Pfizer’s drug development […]
Dec 15, 2008
Today’s CTR seminar to focus on American Indian health issues
Donald Warne, M.D., will discuss health policies and disparities among American Indians today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater as part of the monthly Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) seminar series.
Dec 15, 2008
Discovering the magic of the Arts for Hearts show
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a preview story on the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Arts for Hearts show never having attended the event. I interviewed both Kelley Coutts and Nicole Giron from the recreation therapy department at MMI to get an idea of what it was all about and while they did a fine job of explaining it, the actuality didn’t hit me until I went to cover the event on Dec. 3.
Dec 15, 2008
Public Affairs takes three public relations awards
Three members of UNMC Public Affairs recently were recognized during the 2008 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Nebraska Chapter 2008 Holiday Gala & Awards Ceremony on Thursday night.
Dec 15, 2008
Chancellor’s Holiday tea today in DOC west atrium
The Chancellor’s Holiday Tea will be held today from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.
Dec 15, 2008
Prostate cancer study shows no benefit from selenium, vitamin E
Data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT), funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and carried out by the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) at more than 400 sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada, show that selenium and vitamin E supplements, taken either alone or together, did not prevent prostate cancer.
Dec 15, 2008
Pfizer official to present special UNeMed seminar
UNeMed will sponsor a special seminar on Thursday at noon in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
Dec 12, 2008
American Indian health issues, disparities focus of CTR seminar
Health policies and disparities among American Indians will be the focus of the monthly clinical and translational research (CTR) seminar on Monday at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Dec 12, 2008
Portraits of Care exhibit opens today
Mark Gilbert’s “Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of Care” exhibit opens today at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.
Dec 12, 2008