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January 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.
Jan 23, 2008
Durham museum partnership rings in an activity-packed 2008
UNMC and The Durham Western Heritage Museum are once again teaming up to provide medical center employees with an activity-filled year through the Time Travelers partnership.
Jan 23, 2008
MMI to host regional symposium in Omaha
Leading experts in pediatric behavioral and developmental medicine will come together in Omaha on April 4-5 to present the first-ever Munroe-Meyer Institute Symposium, a multidisciplinary conference on the latest research, concepts and strategies in treating behavioral, genetic and developmental disabilities in children.
Jan 23, 2008
UNMC pharmacist elected president of national academic pharmacy association
Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). The AACP, which was founded in 1900, is composed of all 105 colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States. The organization advocates for pharmacy […]
Jan 23, 2008
Dr. Baldwin elected president of AACP
Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice at UNMC, has been elected president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).
Jan 22, 2008
MMI’s Rhoda Davis-Blatt scholarship winners named
The Munroe-Meyer Institute recently announced the winners of the scholarship named for Rhoda Davis-Blatt, a longtime MMI employee who has since retired.
Jan 22, 2008
Memorial service for Fred Williams today at 5:30 p.m.
There are people who just have something. They exude a cool kindness that makes others feel as if they have known these special people their whole lives. Fred Williams was one of those people.
Jan 22, 2008
Beasley and famous friends honor Dr. King
More than 350 people attended Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration in the Storz Pavilion expecting to hear one celebrity’s thoughts on the late civil rights activist.
They ended up hearing from three.
Jan 22, 2008
UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute to host regional symposium in Omaha
Leading experts in pediatric behavioral and developmental medicine will come together in Omaha on April 4-5 to present the first-ever Munroe-Meyer Institute Symposium, a multidisciplinary conference on the latest research, concepts and strategies in treating behavioral, genetic and developmental disabilities in children. The symposium, which will be held at the newly renovated DoubleTree Hotel […]
Jan 22, 2008
Study shows two-fold improvement in hand hygiene among health-care workers using anti-bacterial gels, though no reduction in infection rates
Anti-bacterial hand gels are quickly catching on with consumers. They also are becoming the norm among health care professionals, some of who disinfect their hands up to 50 times a day. In an effort to increase hand hygiene, a University of Nebraska Medical Center study was conducted to evaluate whether the use of anti-bacterial […]
Jan 21, 2008