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UNMC College of Dentistry to provide $100,000 in services during one-day Children’s Dental Day event Friday, Feb. 2

February is Children’s Dental Health Month The UNMC College of Dentistry celebrates with its annual Children’s Dental Day event expecting to draw 220 kids from seven Nebraska communities The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry plans to provide $100,000 in services to needy children at its 11th annual Children’s Dental Day on Friday, […]

Jan 29, 2007

Low Vision House to be constructed at UNMC to help visually impaired individuals

Construction will begin this spring on a $1.2 million Center for Visual Rehabilitation on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. The center, which was approved earlier this month by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, will be the only non-profit provider of comprehensive visual rehabilitation services for children and adults in the region. […]

Jan 29, 2007

Fair gives researchers forum to show their work

UNMC researchers filled the Durham Outpatient Center Atrium with 30 posters recently as part of the seventh annual Research Fair.

Jan 29, 2007

Dr. Muelleman to chair new emergency medicine department

Robert Muelleman, M.D., has been named chairman of UNMC’s new emergency medicine department, which gained official designation as a new department on Jan. 1.

Jan 29, 2007

Powwow exhibit a must-see on Passport Partners Day

Among the many spectacular exhibits that can be seen during the Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners Employee Day on Saturday is one titled “Faces from the Land: A Photographic Journey through Native America.” The exhibit, which features astonishing photographs of American Indian powwow dancers, has a special place in the heart of Terri Kalinowski, coordinator of The Nebraska Medical Center thrift store.

Jan 26, 2007

Grant aids rec therapy for developmentally disabled adults

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute has received a $422,000 grant from the Enrichment Foundation to launch a recreational services program for adults with developmental disabilities.

Jan 26, 2007

Dr. Lane named director of diabetes center

James Lane, M.D., always wanted to lead a diabetes center. Now he will. Dr. Lane, associate professor in the section of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at UNMC, has been named director of The Nebraska Medical Center Diabetes Center.

Jan 26, 2007

Dr. Muelleman to chair UNMC’s new emergency medicine department

Robert Muelleman, M.D., has been named chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s new emergency medicine department, which gained official designation as a new department on Jan. 1.   Dr. Muelleman, a 1984 UNMC College of Medicine graduate, has served as chief of the UNMC section of emergency medicine since 1998.   “Dr. Muelleman […]

Jan 26, 2007

Snowmen invade College of Pharmacy

Sometime late Tuesday, 41 snowpeople appeared on the south side of the UNMC College of Pharmacy. The snow figures, each with twig arms, bark eyes and a carrot nose, met with chuckles from UNMC students, faculty and staff.

Jan 25, 2007

Rare heart surgery performed at The Nebraska Medical Center

A world-class procedure and a first for North America. A life threatening aneurysm is successfully repaired at The Nebraska Medical Center using a complex technique dubbed the “frozen elephant trunk.” Published medical reports indicate this is the first time this groundbreaking procedure has been completed in the United States or Canada.

Jan 25, 2007