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Hydro-mulching turns site green
On Friday, workers sprayed the perimeter of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education site with grass seed to help stabilize the soil and prevent erosion from rain and wind. The hydro-mulching process gave the brown construction hole a festive St. Patrick’s Day color.
Apr 3, 2006
UNMC scientists, staff integral in formation of scientific journal
Neuroimmune pharmacology is a rapidly growing scientific field, and a new journal spearheaded by UNMC is at the field’s forefront. The “Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology,” or JNIP, a quarterly scholarly journal first published last month, will fill a void in current scientific literature, said Howard E. Gendelman, M.D., the journal’s editor-in-chief and chairman of […]
Apr 3, 2006
Groundbreaking ceremony signals new era of medical education at UNMC
A new era of medical education is about to be launched at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The launching will take place at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 4, with a formal groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction of a new education building on the UNMC campus. The building – the Michael […]
Apr 3, 2006
UNMC McGoogan Library of Medicine produces how-to video on accessing health care in three languages
Making a doctor’s appointment, visiting a physician or finding current health information can be confusing for children and adults unfamiliar with the U.S. health care system. Now, imagine the confusion for individuals who cannot speak English. The University of Nebraska Medical Center McGoogan Library of Medicine wants to help. The library recently produced "Following […]
Apr 3, 2006
Discovery could aid fight against cancer
Cancer researchers have discovered that metabolites of natural estrogens can react with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to cause specific damage that initiates the series of events leading to breast, prostate and other human cancers. UNMC researchers are part of the discovery team.
Mar 31, 2006
Family Day at Joslyn Art Museum April 9
The Joslyn Art Museum invites employees, students and their families of UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center to Passport Partners Family Day on Sunday, April 9. To receive free admission, simply show your employee ID.
Mar 31, 2006
McGoogan Library celebrates week with activities
The McGoogan Library of Medicine is celebrating National LIbrary Week with several activites, including an opportunity to star in your own READ poster. See story for details.
Mar 31, 2006
Accelerated bachelor’s degree in nursing launched
The UNMC College of Nursing, with support from Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, will launch an Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing program. The college will admit a class of 10 students in January 2007 at the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff. The application deadline for those interested in applying is June 30.
Mar 31, 2006
UNMC graduate programs climb in national rankings; primary care, rural health medicine programs among elite
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Medicine continued its climb in two categories of this year’s U.S.News & World Report’s academic rankings. The annual health disciplines rankings were released today in the magazine’s “America’s Best Graduate School” guidebook (2007 edition). The following UNMC programs moved up in this year’s rankings: The College […]
Mar 31, 2006
Ford to receive international volunteer award
Valda Boyd Ford, director of UNMC’s Community and Multicultural Affairs, will receive the 2006 Unite For Sight International Volunteer of the Year Award. She was selected from more than 4,000 volunteers worldwide who served the organization last year.
Mar 30, 2006