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NEW — Retirement tea for Dr. Hexum today at 2:30 p.m.
A retirement tea for Terry Hexum, Ph.D., will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in University Tower’s Private Dining Rooms B and C.
Jun 12, 2008
Dr. Garvin to oversee medical coverage at swim trials
UNMC will have a chance to shine when the Olympic Swim Trials come to town on June 29.
Jun 11, 2008
UNMC looks for more physicians to work in underserved areas
UNMC officials will ask the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday to approve the creation of a Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program (PMPBCP). The program will assist the UNMC College of Medicine in meeting its strategic goal of a diverse student body and ultimately produce physicians who will practice in underserved rural and urban areas.
Jun 11, 2008
UNMC Off the Clock — To Barbara Harrison, life’s a ‘square’ dance
Confined to her hospital bed, unable to walk due to an automobile accident that injured her husband and killed the family’s dog, Barbara Harrison thought one thing. It wasn’t about being ejected from the pickup she was driving or about being life-flighted to the hospital.
Instead, it was, “I’m lucky to have my leg and my life. Now, how long before I can dance again?”
Jun 11, 2008
Dr. Lyddon remembered by radiology department
Debra Marie Lyddon, M.D., assistant professor of radiology and director of medical student radiology education, died last Thursday of breast cancer complications. She was 53.
Jun 11, 2008
UNMC Community Academy students honored
Three minority students in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Community Academy recently received the 2008 Outstanding Youth Volunteer award in the group category through the United Way of the Midlands. African Americans Ehiamen Okoruwa and Alexis Dickerson and Native American, Aunum Akhter, were nominated by Lisa Jewell, director of the UNMC Youth Learning […]
Jun 11, 2008
UNMC leadership team to visit seven western Nebraska communities June 23-24
Chancellor Harold M. Maurer M.D., and eight other members of the UNMC leadership team will visit seven western Nebraska communities June 23 and 24. This is the fifth time UNMC leaders have visited communities around the state. “This is one of my favorite trips of the year,” said Dr. Maurer. “It’s a chance to visit […]
Jun 11, 2008
How difficult can it be?
Madison and Austin Gillespie, the children of UNMC public affairs’ NeEtta Gillespie, get a lesson in juggling from one of the participants in the Flatland Juggling Festival.
Jun 10, 2008
Raising awareness about Cystic Fibrosis
More than 80 people turned out recently for the 2008 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Family Education Day at the Durham Research Center.
Jun 10, 2008
MMI employees ‘whack’ the directors
Faculty and staff of the Munroe-Meyer Institute paid money to “whack the directors” on employee appreciation day held recently.
Jun 10, 2008