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MMI docs’ book to help parents of noncompliant children
If you haven’t seen it on the hit TV show “Supernanny,” you’ve may have seen it in the supermarket: children who won’t comply with their parents. They back-talk, name-call or just won’t and don’t cooperate in general.
Jul 7, 2008
MMI social clubbers belly up
Participants of the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Adult Social Club recently attended the Nebraska Belly Dancing Spectacular in Omaha where they met belly dancers who gave them a history of belly dancing and showed them some moves.
Jul 7, 2008
Lookin’ at U – John Ingraham
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature John Ingraham, campus security sergeant in the UNMC Security Office.
Jul 3, 2008
Recognizing our troops
For many on campus, Independence Day causes thoughts to turn those who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. In the following article, we recognize service men and women who hold special places in the hearts and minds of members of the UNMC community.
Jul 3, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Craig Kreikemeier
Twenty-two students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Craig Kreikemeier, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jul 3, 2008
Good Morning America co-anchor, Robin Roberts, to receive Ambassador of Hope Award
Robin Roberts, co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and a breast cancer survivor, will be honored at the Ambassador of Hope Gala on Oct. 18 at Qwest Center Omaha. The gala, which is hosted by the Friends of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, is held every two years and is one of the top […]
Jul 3, 2008
NIH renews Dr. Wheelock’s CoBRE grant
When you’re a new investigator, having just one person to ask for suggestions about the complicated world of grant writing is helpful. Having two high profile researchers as your mentors for five years is unheard of. But that is exactly the winning formula Peggy Wheelock, Ph.D., said led to the success of seven junior investigators at UNMC to obtain their own RO1 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Jul 2, 2008
An intubation lesson
UNMC associate anesthesiology professor Ben Boedeker, M.D., Ph.D., shows congressional candidate Jim Esch how to use a device the medical center scientist developed to improve intubation of patients.
Jul 2, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Garrett Paulman
Twenty-two students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Garrett Paulman, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jul 2, 2008
The public reacts to the Sorrell Center
A video montage from Sunday’s Sorrell Center public open house.
Jul 2, 2008