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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
Think Green — Earth Day 2009
The Campus Sustainability Committee would like to remind the UNMC community that Earth Day 2009 will be celebrated on Saturday.
Apr 17, 2009
ARRA funds available for large, high-impact accelerated research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) highlighted a new funding opportunity under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that will support approximately $200 million in large-scale research projects that have a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health and health care delivery.
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