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Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and community college sign affiliation agreements with University of Nebraska, Virginia Commonwealth University
Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a leading Virginia community college signed an agreement today to partner with the University of Nebraska and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to create a special program to provide a multitude of academic and research opportunities for minority undergraduate students and faculty. The five HBCUs and community college […]
Sep 8, 2004
UNMC vice chancellor tapped for national committee
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has named Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to a 19-member External Advisory Committee for the AAMC’s Institute for Improving Medical Education (IIME).
Sep 7, 2004
Valet parking helps ease congestion
The Nebraska Medical Center has taken a step toward improved customer service with the introduction of a valet parking program. The service, which began Sept. 1, is available to patients, families and visitors from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Sep 7, 2004
Nineteen senior high students participate in health career workshop
Nineteen 11th- and 12th-graders from throughout Nebraska participated Aug. 4-7 in the Summer Health Professions Career Workshop at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. “It is always a pleasure having the Summer Health Professions Career Workshop students on campus,” said Lisa Jewell, director of the UNMC Youth Learning Center. “We had a wonderful group of […]
Sep 7, 2004
Pinnacle Network ads highlight UNMC’s 500-mile campus
Two 30-second radio ads highlighting UNMC’s 500-mile campus will be played on the Pinnacle Sports Network this fall and winter during Nebraska Cornhusker football and basketball games.
Sep 3, 2004
Continuing education part of licensure renewal
As of Oct. 1, all licensed physicians must “attest” to having completed 50 hours of continuing medical education in order to renew their license. LB 1021, passed in 2002, requires all licensed physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons to complete 50 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in a two-year period.
Sep 3, 2004
Assistant professor, Dr. Michael Dalton, dies
Michael Dalton, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy died Wednesday, Sept. 1, following a long illness. He was 45.
Sep 3, 2004
UNMC’s annual grant awards total historic $68 million
UNMC researchers ended the 2003-04 fiscal year with a record-setting annual total of $68 million in new research awards, bringing in $17.6 million in federal research grants during the fourth quarter (April, May, June).
Sep 2, 2004
UNMC launches updated Web design
UNMC is launching the first phase of a redesigned Web site that features a new graphic look, improved navigational features, and a home page that highlights UNMC’s mission of education, research and patient care. It also provides links to key campus areas and to its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center.
Sep 2, 2004
Emeritus professor, O. Max Jardon, dies
O. Max Jardon, M.D., a longtime friend and colorful colleague of the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, died Aug. 23 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was 72. Dr. Jardon graduated from the department’s residency program in 1972 and was the second resident to complete the modern program.
Sep 2, 2004