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UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute invites public to participate in Feb. 19 ‘Walk & Roll for Disabilities’

The University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation, invites the public to participate in its second annual “Walk & Roll for Disabilities.” The event will be held inside Westroads Mall, 102nd & West Dodge Streets, on Sunday, Feb. 19.   Serving as honorary co-captains of the event will be Rep. Tom […]

Jan 23, 2006

Through a blind man’s hands

Lloyd D. Holm, DO, recounts one of his most memorable moments in this article published in The Female Patient.

Jan 20, 2006

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Ernest Sigler, D.D.S.

Ernest Sigler, D.D.S., assistant professor in the College of Dentistry and faculty in area of Assessment and Treatment Planning, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Jan 20, 2006

Board of Regents approve agreement to allow UNMC, city to begin project to reduce 42nd Street traffic volume

By 2007, fewer Fords, Hondas and Jeeps will cut through the UNMC campus or travel down 42nd Street to reach their destination. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved an agreement with the City of Omaha for the modification of public streets in the campus vicinity. The project calls for improving the intersection […]

Jan 20, 2006

Board of Regents approve completion of construction of Center for Health Science Education at UNMC

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved the completion of construction of the Center for Health Science Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The Center for Health Science Education will be located on the northeast corner of the intersection of 42nd and Emile streets at the former site of the Computing […]

Jan 20, 2006

Silver U recipients announced

To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.

Jan 19, 2006

MMI plans center for autism, pediatric feeding disorders

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute has added two former Johns Hopkins University researchers and plans to remodel the former Brace Place into a new Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program.

Jan 19, 2006

UNMCs Munroe-Meyer Institute to create new center for autism, pediatric feeding disorders

The Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has added two former Johns Hopkins University researchers and plans to remodel the former Brace Place into state-of-the-art clinical and research facilities. Wayne Fisher, Ph.D., has been appointed director of the MMI Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Hattie B. Munroe Professor of Behavioral Research. […]

Jan 19, 2006

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Mavis Fletcher, M.D.

Mavis Fletcher, M.D., assistant professor in the section of pathology/microbiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.

Jan 18, 2006

Research lab assignment policy finalized

UNMC Draft Policy No. 6071: Assignment of Research Laboratory Space has been finalized. The policy is intended as a guiding principle for use in making decisions and taking action with respect to research space. As the policy states, it applies to the entire UNMC campus (all colleges and institutes) and is especially relevant to jointly populated buildings.

Jan 18, 2006