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UNMC student enrollment sets record high

For the fourth straight year, student enrollment at UNMC reached an all-time high with 3,189 students enrolled for the 2008-09 school year — an increase of 2 percent over last year’s previous record total of 3,128.

Sep 8, 2008

Regents approve $17.5 million nursing facility in Lincoln

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday approved the construction of an estimated $17.5 million new facility to house the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division. The University of Nebraska has identified the project as its top capital funding priority for 2009.

Sep 8, 2008

UNMC researcher develops program for determining facial attractiveness and then ranks presidential candidates

A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher can determine how attractive humans are on a scale of one to 10 by doing geometry of the face.   Using a computer model composed of guidelines proposed by Leonardo da Vinci in the Renaissance era for drawing beautiful pictures also known as neoclassical canons, along with the […]

Sep 8, 2008

Board of Regents approve UNMC Center for Transplant Medicine

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved the creation of the Center for Transplantation Medicine at University of  Nebraska Medical Center.   The center will allow UNMC to build on its reputation as a national leader in the world of transplantation by increasing the medical center’s transplant research and education capabilities.   “The […]

Sep 5, 2008

Friday Husker pick ’em – San Jose State

Well, each panel member correctly picked last week’s winner between Nebraska and Western Michigan so they, like the Cornhuskers, are 1-0.

Sep 5, 2008

Philanthropist honored for support of neuroscience research

Harriett Singer was there, on the ground floor, supporting UNMC’s neuroscience research at a time when seeing a world-class program was simply a dream and one with a very uncertain future.

Sep 5, 2008

Still time to volunteer for AOH gala

There’s still time for cancer survivors, their friends, family and loved ones to volunteer for the Ambassador of Hope Gala on Oct. 18 at Qwest Center Omaha.

Sep 5, 2008

Transplant medicine center, dentistry renovations on regents agenda

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will be asked on Friday to approve the creation of the UNMC Center for Transplantation Medicine. They also will get an update on renovation plans for the College of Dentistry.

Sep 5, 2008

Strategic plan booklet available online

An eight-page booklet highlighting UNMC’s 2008-2011 Strategic Plan is now available on the UNMC Intranet.

Sep 5, 2008

Cash in Thank ‘U’ awards at the Center for Healthy Living

Starting Monday, Sept. 8, those wishing to redeem Thank ‘U’ award medallions — or Thank ‘U’ grams as they are often called — must do so at the Center for Healthy Living front desk inside the Student Life Building.

Sep 5, 2008