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Kurz joins MMI faculty
Max Kurz, Ph.D., is back. The Omaha native returned to his roots recently after serving as a professor in the Health and Human Performance Department at the University of Houston where he taught biomechanics for three years.
Nov 24, 2008
Food drive ends today
Robin Taylor’s office in the Durham Research Center resembles a small grocery store thanks to the donations of the staff in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience during the “Our Heartiest Thanks!” food drive.
Nov 24, 2008
A note about office holiday decorations
A note from the campus safety committee about office holiday decorations.
Nov 24, 2008
Portraits of Care – Essay 1
Leading up the Dec. 12 opening of Mark Gilbert’s “Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of Care” at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, UNMC Today will run a series of essays that detail the experiences of patients, loved ones and health care workers who were exposed to the project. Today we feature an essay by Deloris Poulin of Bellevue.
Nov 24, 2008
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.
Nov 24, 2008
Smoking, heavy drinking produce ‘double whammy’ in lungs
It’s well known that prolonged, heavy consumption of alcohol can cause liver and brain damage and that smoking causes a variety of life-threatening diseases. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center now want to shed light on a little known fact: that the combination of alcohol and smoking makes lung disease even worse. “Alcohol […]
Nov 24, 2008
2008 Legends honored
At a private dinner on Monday night, UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, honored this year’s “Legends” for their contributions to the practice of medicine.
Nov 21, 2008
Study compares top treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
The best treatment for the best price. All patients want that, but when rheumatologists have a choice between two effective “gold standard” treatments, one costing 15 times more than the other, why is the expensive option most often selected? James O’Dell, M.D., a University of Nebraska Medical Center rheumatologist, and rheumatologists from around the […]
Nov 21, 2008
Cattlemen’s Ball receives Durham Spirit of Nebraska Award
For its continuing support of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, The Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska received the Marge and Chuck Durham Spirit of Nebraska Award during the recent Ambassador of Hope Gala in Omaha. In the 11 years the ball has been held, it has raised more than $3.2 million to support cancer research, with […]
Nov 21, 2008
March of Dimes presents Excellence in Nursing awards
The Nebraska Chapter of the March of Dimes and Children’s Hospital recently presented Excellence in Nursing awards to 65 Nebraska nurses for their dedication to the nursing profession and quality patient outcomes.
Nov 21, 2008