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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
Chancellor’s retreat examines economic development
Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., wants economic development to be a natural extension of UNMC’s mission. In fact, the topic took center stage March 23 at the Chancellor’s Eighth Annual Strategic Planning Retreat.
Mar 30, 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 […]
Mar 30, 2006
UNMC College of Nursing, Regional West Medical Center to launch Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing in Scottsbluff; application deadline is June 30
The University of Nebraska Medical Center 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. Application deadline for those interested […]
Mar 30, 2006
UNMC scientists, staff form new scientific journal
Neuroimmune pharmacology is a rapidly growing scientific field, and a new journal spearheaded by UNMC’s Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience is at the field’s forefront. The “Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology” was first published last month.
Mar 29, 2006
Health fair draws capacity crowd
The Black Family Health and Wellness Association’s annual health fair has evolved into one of the best attended community health fairs in Nebraska.
Mar 29, 2006
Microbiologist weighs in on reusing water bottles
UNMC microbiologist Pete Iwen, Ph.D., works daily with bacteria and viruses and is an expert in public health and disease prevention. Find out what he says about reusing plastic water bottles.
Mar 28, 2006