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BBC television to feature work of UNMC team
A team at the UNMC College of Pharmacy led by Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, will be featured next year in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) television show on malaria.
Nov 30, 2004
Nurses association honors UNMC faculty member
Carol Ott, Ph.D., associate professor, UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division, recently received the Nebraska Nurses Association Outstanding Nurse Educator Award. The award recognizes innovation and expertise in the nurse educator role.
Nov 30, 2004
UNMC exceeds its 2004 United Way goal
UNMC employees contributed $121,128 to this year’s United Way of the Midlands campaign, exceeding the campus goal of $120,000.
Nov 29, 2004
UNMC Kearney Division nursing faculty receives Nebraska Nurses Association Outstanding Nurse Educator Award
Carol Ott, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, recently received the Nebraska Nurses Association Outstanding Nurse Educator Award. The award recognizes innovation and expertise in the nurse educator role. “It is a great honor to be nominated by nursing colleagues in District I of NNA. They all […]
Nov 29, 2004
UNMC exceeds its 2004 United Way goal
University of Nebraska Medical Center employees contributed $121,128 to this year’s United Way of the Midlands campaign, exceeding the campus goal of $120,000. “The faculty and staff at UNMC gave very generously this fall,” said Andy Kammerer, campaign division director at United Way of the Midlands. “They can and should be proud of their contribution, […]
Nov 29, 2004
2004 international photo contest winners announced
Byers Shaw Jr., M.D., UNMC professor of surgery and chief of surgery at The Nebraska Medical Center, is the grand prize-winner in the fourth annual International Photography Contest, sponsored by UNMC International Studies and Programs. Click to view the winning photos.
Nov 24, 2004
Accessing eldercare services event for employees Dec. 7
More than 25 percent of American families are involved in some way with elder/parent care. Many of them also are juggling full-time job responsibilities. The challenges of this can be overwhelming.
UNMC employees can learn more about caring for elderly parents, relatives and friends and the coordinated services available at UNMC, University Medical Associates (UMA) and The Nebraska Medical Center at an eldercare event on Tuesday, Dec. 7 in the Eppley Science Hall.
Nov 23, 2004
To do no harm: protecting patients with CLAS
The basic cornerstone of the health care profession is “to do no harm.” However, because of the phenomenal growth in the number of people who have settled in Nebraska who have limited English proficiency (LEP), health care providers are challenged to provide safe, effective, and linguistically and culturally appropriate services.
Nov 22, 2004
Radiation science students host school games
Jim Temme, associate director of UNMC’s Radiation Science Technology Division, never could say no to his daughter. So when Abby McGinnis, a kindergarten teacher at Miller Park Elementary School in North Omaha, asked if Temme could round up a few volunteers to help out at the school’s first carnival on Nov. 4, he said no problem.
Nov 19, 2004
Radiation science students host school games
Jim Temme, associate director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Radiation Science Technology Division, never could say no to his daughter. So when Abby McGinnis, a kindergarten teacher at Miller Park Elementary School in North Omaha, asked if Temme could round up a few volunteers to help out at the school’s first carnival on […]
Nov 19, 2004