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Innovation Week continues with panel discussion
UNeMed’s Innovation Week activities continue today with a panel discussion to answer questions on ways to finance start-up companies and how this process works for university companies.
Oct 22, 2008
UNMC College of Nursing in Omaha breaks ground on $14 million facility to increase number of nurses, nurse faculty
Full media kit available at www.unmc.edu/nursing The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has had to turn away more than 1,000 qualified nursing school applicants in the past five years. The diagnosis: a lack of space in its facilities, and a shortage of those who teach students. Today, in Omaha, the […]
Oct 22, 2008
Live United ’08 — Big Brothers Big Sisters help in time of need
Robin Taylor loves the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization and donates money to it every year during the United Way campaign.
Oct 21, 2008
AOH gala raises $1.1 million for UNMC cancer research
More than $1.1 million was raised Saturday night at the Ambassador of Hope Gala to support research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.
Oct 21, 2008
The purpose behind the party
So Saturday night I attended my second Ambassador of Hope Gala. What I remember about my first gala was that it was some kind of party. Big names were all around. The main event was a speech from broadcasting legend Tom Brokaw. Everyone was dressed to the nines and looked fabulous. In that regard, Saturday night was not much different.
Oct 21, 2008
Discussing cyber security — Muscle up those passwords
Using strong passwords is important because they are the entry point to UNMC’s IT resources. Misused or stolen passwords can give intruders access to not only these resources, but also to employees’ personal information.
Oct 21, 2008
Collaboration announcement
Officials of Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine and UNMC came together on Sunday to announce their plans to collaborate on a family medicine model of care spearheaded by UNMC.
Oct 21, 2008
Innovation Week continues with elevator pitch contest
An elevator pitch contest known as “You, the Investor, 60 Seconds … GO!” will be held today from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Durham Research Center, Room 1006. The contest is part of UNeMed’s Innovation Week activities.
Oct 21, 2008
Ambassador of Hope gala raises more than $1.1 million for cancer research
More than $1.1 million was raised Saturday night at the Ambassador of Hope Gala in Omaha to support research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. Hundreds of people came to the Qwest Center Omaha and several more attended a satellite gala in Scottsbluff. The event featured comments from the 2008 Ambassador of Hope […]
Oct 21, 2008
UNMC College of Nursing welcomes new associate dean of research
Oct. 20, 2008 News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm Marlene Cohen, Ph.D., an expert in cancer symptom research, has been appointed as the new associate dean for research and the Kenneth E. Morehead Endowed Chair in Nursing. “She is the perfect fit,” said Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., dean of […]
Oct 20, 2008