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Red Dress dinner and seminar draws record crowd

More than 600 women attended the Second Annual Heart and Soul Red Dress Dinner and Seminar under the Mutual of Omaha Dome last month.

May 21, 2007

Ground breaks on new Bellevue Medical Center

Community leaders, hospital founders, board members and others officially broke ground Thursday on Bellevue Medical Center.

May 21, 2007

UNMC to be site for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma immunotherapy trial

Genitope Corporation (NASDAQ: GTOP) today announced the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of MyVax® personalized immunotherapy following primary treatment with rituximab and chemotherapy (R-Chemo) for follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (fNHL). MyVax® personalized immunotherapy is based on the unique genetic makeup of a patient’s own tumor and is designed to activate the […]

May 21, 2007

UNMC students receive NMEA scholarships

The Nebraska Medical Education Association Inc. has provided more than $800,000 in scholarship funds to UNMC students since 1984.

May 18, 2007

Dr. Karst named assistant dean in allied health

Greg Karst, Ph.D., has been named assistant dean for academic affairs for UNMC’s School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP), effective July 1.

May 18, 2007

Tickets going fast for 10th Annual Cattlemen’s Ball

SIDNEY — Tickets are going fast for the 10th annual Cattlemen’s Ball fundraising event to be held June 2 at Sand Point Cattle Company, LLC, near Lodgepole.

May 18, 2007

NU jumps six spots in national R&D rankings

UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., was pleased this week upon learning that the University of Nebraska had moved up six places to No. 27 among all public universities in the United States in the National Science Foundation rankings in research and development.

May 18, 2007

University of Nebraska jumps six spots in national R&D rankings

University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., was pleased this week upon learning that the University of Nebraska had moved up six places to No. 27 among all public universities in the United States in the National Science Foundation rankings in research and development.   “This is great news,” Dr. Maurer said. […]

May 18, 2007

Karst named assistant dean for UNMC School of Allied Health Professions

Greg Karst, Ph.D., has been named assistant dean for academic affairs for the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP), effective July 1.   Dr. Karst has been a faculty member in the SAHP for the past 15 years, serving most recently as professor and associate director of physical therapy education. […]

May 18, 2007

Management series concludes

Fifty UNMC employees graduate today from the 2007 Management Development Series with a briefcase full of leadership tips, tools and resources. The eight-month series was designed to provide supervisors, managers and administrators with the tools to become highly effective leaders, as well as an understanding of UNMC policies and procedures.

May 17, 2007