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SHARING The Trail event a success
The fourth annual SHARING the Trail 5K run/walk took place on April 5 at Miller’s Landing Park to benefit the student-run SHARING Clinics at UNMC.
Apr 23, 2008
Bellevue resident receives Chancellor’s Gold U Award at UNMC
For the past 32 years, Vicki Hamm has been the point person to thousands of residents who make the University of Nebraska Medical Center their home during specialty training stretches lasting one to eight years. As administrator of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program in UNMC’s College of Medicine, Hamm advises each resident on […]
Apr 23, 2008
Former Holdrege resident receives scholarship for his Alzheimer’s research at UNMC
Daniel Flaherty of Holdrege, Neb., a pharmaceutical sciences graduate student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, recently became the fourth recipient of the Nancy and Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Scholarship Fund Award for his research into potential pharmaceutical therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease. A 2001 graduate of Holdrege High School, Flaherty is the son of […]
Apr 23, 2008
Be green at home
A few small changes in your home and yard can lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and save money. Explore our list of nine simple steps you can take around the house and yard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Apr 22, 2008
Dr. Solheim – Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Graduate Students
A mentor is a trusted friend, counselor or teacher who also is typically a more experienced person. That’s what students in UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Research Graduate Program (CRGP) have in Joyce Solheim, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the CRGP.
Apr 22, 2008
Tom Osborne, Chip Davis to headline Omaha wellness expo
University of Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne and Manheim Steamroller’s Chip Davis will be among the speakers at the Omaha Health, Wellness, & Fitness Expo this weekend in the Omaha Civic Auditorium’s Exhibition Hall.
Apr 22, 2008
Milton Zadina, M.D., named Outstanding Preceptor in Rural Family Medicine
Milton Zadina, M.D., named Outstanding Preceptor in Rural Family Medicine Patient, friendly, kind. That’s how Columbus, Neb., family physician, Milton Zadina, M.D., is regarded by the numerous students who’ve had the opportunity to precept under him. “He’s very approachable, very interested in his students,” said Lucas McKnight, a fourth-year medical student at UNMC who spent […]
Apr 22, 2008
UNMC Alumni Reunion Weekend slated for Sept. 19-20
The UNMC Alumni Reunion Weekend will be held Sept. 19-20.
Apr 22, 2008
Holland honored for his support of research
Richard “Dick” Holland is always willing to take on a challenge. As his daughter, Mary Ann Holland, said, “My dad has never met a controversy he didn’t love. Once he gets his teeth into something, he’s like a pit bull.”
On April 14, Nebraskans for Research honored Holland at its annual tribute luncheon at Omaha’s Happy Hollow Club.
Apr 21, 2008
Million-step Monday – Walkers in the woods
UNMC Wellness Manager Jayme Nekuda has 30 passes for admission to both Fontenelle Forest Nature Center and Neale Woods Nature Center for participants of the 1 Million Step Challenge.
Apr 21, 2008