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By the clock: Roaming the Student Orientation Fair
Incoming UNMC students discover a vast array of student organizations and services during the annual New Student Orientation Fair.
Aug 21, 2006
Kimathi: A dentist, role model for kids who need both
Travis Kimathi, the first NU PATHS dental graduate at the UNMC College of Dentistry, sees his dental education as an opportunity to become a role model for kids whose childhoods resemble his own.
Aug 18, 2006
Camp Munroe kids enjoy petting zoo
Children participating in the 2006 Munroe-Meyer Institute Camp Munroe program received an extra special treat last month. Mark and Lori Celesky of Boarding House Farms, Inc., an educational animal display company, brought half a dozen animals to campus so the kids could enjoy their own personal petting zoo.
Aug 18, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet David Li, Ph.D.
David Li, Ph.D , associate professor, biochemistry/molecular biology, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Aug 18, 2006
Omaha Guts & Glory Walk is Aug. 26
The 2006 Omaha Guts & Glory Walk, a benefit for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), will be held Aug. 26 at Elmwood Park in Omaha, 60th and Dodge Streets. The noncompetitive two-mile walk is being planned by members of the Omaha Crohn’s and Colitis Support Group, which meets on the second […]
Aug 18, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 9 answer
Learn the answer to Wednesday’s College of Medicine historical photo question.
Aug 17, 2006
Antibiotic study shows promise in treating infections
UNMC researchers are part of an international team whose study results offer the medical world another drug – daptomycin — to treat the growing threat of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The article appears in the Aug. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Aug 17, 2006
UNMC research shows promise for reducing burden of HIV treatment
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is conducting research targeted at reducing the daily HIV/AIDS multiple pill regimen to a single monthly injection using a nanotechnology drug delivery system. By using macrophages, the cells that carry HIV throughout the body, researchers have successfully delivered anti-retroviral drugs directly to tissues where the virus grows. “Using […]
Aug 16, 2006
UNMC researchers collaborate on international study of antibiotic to treat staphylococcus aureus
Contacts: University of Nebraska Medical Center: Vicky Cerino, (402) 559-5190, vcerino@unmc.edu Duke University Medical Center: Lauren Shaftel, (919) 824-1647, shaft001@mc.duke.edu University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers participated in an international clinical study led by Duke University Medical Center, which demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of a new drug for treating bloodstream and heart infections […]
Aug 16, 2006
College of Medicine photo question — week 9
The UNMC campus continues its celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary today with another historical photo question.
Aug 16, 2006