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Wellness Wednesday – UNMC looks to reclaim cycling title
Last year, Union Pacific took UNMC’s Corporate Cycling Challenge title. On Sunday, Aug. 16, medical center cyclists have a chance to take the crown back.
Jul 8, 2009
Garden Walk back in ‘ful’ force
I sat in the board room at the Munroe-Meyer Institute when the news was announced. Choking back tears, an MMI Guild member made it official. After 40 straight years, there would be no garden walk in 2008.
Jul 8, 2009
Bio Nebraska, UNMC and UNeMed host BIO president
Bio Nebraska Life Sciences Association, UNMC and UNeMed — the technology transfer leader for UNMC — hosted a bioscience discussion with James Greenwood, president and CEO of Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) late last month.
Jul 8, 2009
Carol M. Wilson Endowed Chair in Nursing established through $670,000 donation
The legacy of the late Carol Wilson, called a trailblazer in nursing, will live on through an estate gift of nearly $670,000 to establish the Carol M. Wilson Endowed Chair in Nursing. The chair was established at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing through the University of Nebraska Foundation. Wilson, […]
Jul 8, 2009
A story of success: Norfolk breaks ground on new nursing college
Norfolk, Neb. is the hometown of Johnny Carson, the former king of late night comedy. The city of 23,000 in northeast, Nebraska, and the surrounding region, also has 15 percent of the state’s population with favorable demographics that show growth and a strong economy. But, a significant workforce shortage, a growing demand for health […]
Jul 8, 2009
Leading stroke expert to speak in Atlantic, Iowa on July 20
One of the leading experts in the country in stroke and neurovascular disease, Pierre Fayad, M.D., will make three presentations in Atlantic, Iowa, on July 20. Dr. Fayad, the Reynolds Centennial professor and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neurological Sciences, will speak once at Heritage Center and twice at Cass […]
Jul 8, 2009
UNMC, MMI sponsor Big Splash
The University of Nebraska Foundation hopes to make a “Big Splash” for UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute on Aug. 28 and 29 with its first-ever recreational and competitive swimming fundraiser in Omaha and Lincoln.
Jul 7, 2009
‘CSI Omaha’ the focus of tonight’s Science Cafe
Mellissa Helligso, a forensic DNA analyst at UNMC, will present “CSI Omaha: the Fact behind the Fiction” during the Science Cafe today at 7 p.m. at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. in Omaha.
Jul 7, 2009
Show me the money – Durham Museum brings financial speaker to campus
In today’s tough economic climate, many have more questions than answers. On July 14, listen to financial expert Jason Henderson, vice president and branch executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Omaha Branch, as he provides an update on the national and Nebraska economy.
Jul 7, 2009
SMDEP goal: increase the number of health care providers
The facts say it all. Patients who live in rural Nebraska communities must, at times, travel hours to Omaha for treatment. Despite the widely reported boom in the Hispanic population, only 2.8 percent of the U.S. health care providers are Hispanic. American Indians make up .3 percent. Blacks represent just 3.5 percent of health care professionals, a number that hasn’t changed much since 1950.
Jul 6, 2009