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Doorways of Opportunity — ban could hinder SMDEP’s mission

This is the seventh in a series of stories about a move to ban affirmative action in Nebraska and the potential impact such a policy change would have at UNMC.

Jun 4, 2008

40 graduate from 2008 Management Development Series

You’ll find them in hallways, cubicles and offices. Leaders exist at every level of the organization, said UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and present a vision of where the organization should be.

Jun 4, 2008

UNMC employee has special tie to Cattlemen’s Ball

This year’s Cattlemen’s Ball is extra special to Jim Temme.   Temme, associate director of the division of Radiation Science Technology Education in the School of Allied Health Professions at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was born and raised in Petersburg, Neb., which is only about five miles from the site of this year’s […]

Jun 3, 2008

Dr. Maurer: strategic focus guides UNMC

UNMC’s roadmap is its 59-word vision statement. Within those lines, six broad goals help guide and shape UNMC’s future.

Jun 3, 2008

Bel Canto’s ‘beautiful music’ to cap Music as Medicine season

The perfect harmonies of the Nebraska Children’s Chorus Bel Canto choir will once again emanate from the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium as the group caps off the Music as Medicine concert season with a noon concert on Thursday.

Jun 3, 2008

Nebraskans favor health coverage for all, fear losing theirs

While nine in 10 Nebraskans have health care coverage, eight in 10 fear becoming uninsured, and nine in 10 support an affordable health care plan for all-regardless of health status. These are among key findings of the 2008 “Nebraskans on Health Care Issues” survey commissioned by the Nebraska Medical Association (NMA) and released at the Nebraska Health Care Summit last week.

Jun 3, 2008

A formal welcome to the forum

The International Student Research Forum kicked off Monday morning with opening ceremonies in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

Jun 3, 2008

UNMC College of Dentistry to provide free dental services to Panhandle youths

Eighty students, dental faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will spend June 6-7 tending to the oral health of 200 children in western Nebraska. This is the fifth year in which the dental college will travel across the state to offer dental services, at no cost, to children […]

Jun 3, 2008

UNMC hosts prestigious International Student Research Forum

Graduate students from some of the world’s most prestigious institutions are in Omaha this week for the International Student Research Forum at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.   This marks the first time the gathering has been held in the United States. For the past two years, UNMC has sent students to the forum […]

Jun 3, 2008

UNMC employee has special tie to Cattlemen’s Ball

This year’s Cattlemen’s Ball is extra special to Jim Temme. A 34-year employee at UNMC, Temme plans to trek back to his old stomping grounds and work as a volunteer at the event Friday and Saturday to help raise money for cancer research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.

Jun 2, 2008