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$5 ‘Pirates of Penzance’ tickets available to UNMC staff, students

UNMC faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to purchase $5 tickets for the Opera Omaha production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.”

Sep 30, 2008

Crozier receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ for September

Jennifer Crozier wanted to be a doctor. Then, she wanted to impact the lives of doctors. Now, UNMC’s residency program coordinator in general surgery is impacting their lives in ways she never planned.

Sep 30, 2008

Rural rotation poster contest winners take home $250 each

Fourth-year medical students Christelle Iboudo and Lindsay Northam each received $250 for poster presentations they created after serving rural rotations as third-year medical students.

Sep 29, 2008

UNMC receives $5.3 million grant for pancreatic cancer research

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $5.3 million, five-year Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in pancreatic cancer to the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. UNMC was one of only two programs funded this year in pancreatic cancer.

Sep 29, 2008

Spotlight on new faculty — meet Rachel Bonnema, M.D.

Rachel Bonnema, M.D., assistant professor of general internal medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Sep 29, 2008

Bennett Hall: A thing of beauty

From the outside, Bennett Hall continues to stand tall. From the inside, the third oldest building on campus defies its 1900 beginnings.

Sep 29, 2008

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center receives $5.3 million grant for pancreatic cancer

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $5.3 million, five-year Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in pancreatic cancer to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. UNMC was one of only two programs funded this year in pancreatic cancer.   SPORE grants are large, multidisciplinary federal grants that fund scientific research […]

Sep 29, 2008

UNMC, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska to present free Mini-Medical School on women and cancer Oct. 14, 21, 28

UNMC, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska to present free Mini-Medical School on women and cancer Oct. 14, 21, 28 in communities across Nebraska   The University of Nebraska Medical Center, in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, will present a Mini-Medical School on women and cancer. The series, which will […]

Sep 26, 2008

Cattlemen’s Ball raises record amount of $796,000

The 2008 Cattlemen’s Ball was one for the record books.   A sellout crowd of nearly 4,000 people gathered June 6-7 at the Niewohner Cattle Company near Albion, Neb. They raised a record $796,000, with nearly 90 percent of the money going toward cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center […]

Sep 26, 2008

Friday Husker Pick’em — Virginia Tech

Our panel members are all 3-0. So are the Cornhuskers. But now it starts to get tricky.

Sep 26, 2008