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UNMC student regent coins UNMC fight song

It is tradition for University of Nebraska regents to ask student regents to sing their school fight song when they finish their terms. Few oblige, but that didn’t stop UNMC student regent Nick Behrendt — even though UNMC doesn’t have a fight song.

Dec 20, 2005

Study shows benefits of anti-viral drugs in organ transplant

UNMC researchers have determined that two long-established anti-viral drugs given to patients following a solid organ transplant can significantly reduce organ rejections, major infections and deaths. The results of the research study are featured in today’s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, a leading scientific journal.

Dec 20, 2005

Pedestrian safety concerns addressed

Steps are being taken to address concerns with pedestrian safety and traffic speeds on Emile Street.

Dec 19, 2005

Music as Medicine brings holiday cheer to campus

Last week’s Music as Medicine program, featuring the Omaha North High Schol orchestra and show choir, brought holiday cheer to more than 100 campus attendees.

Dec 19, 2005

Study finds that anti-viral drugs for organ transplant patients help to prevent organ rejection, reduce other major non-viral infections and decrease deaths; results reported in Annals of Internal Medicine

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have determined that two long-established anti-viral drugs given to patients following a solid organ transplant can significantly reduce organ rejections, major infections and deaths. The results of the research study are featured in the Dec. 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, a leading scientific journal. […]

Dec 19, 2005

Student overcomes hurdles, completes nursing degree

The hurdles Jorge Juarez faced could have made him give up his goal of being a nurse.
Instead, he’s graduating today with the first class of UNMC College of Nursing’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program.

Dec 16, 2005

Nurse earns doctoral degree at 53

Mary Filipi, Ph.D., has worked in almost every area of nursing – medical surgical, recovery room, emergency room and coronary care. She’s worked in labor and delivery and family practice and as a school nurse. But, today, the 53-year-old self-proclaimed “late bloomer” is graduating with a doctoral degree in neuroscience.

Dec 16, 2005

Employees gather for holiday tea

UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, greeted UNMC and hospital employees Thursday during the annual Holiday Tea.

Dec 16, 2005

The Nebraska Medical Center makes yearly $25,000 commitment to UNMC College of Nursing to help with shortage of faculty

Most people have probably heard about the nursing shortage. In the last few years, another national shortage has been heating up: a shortage of nursing faculty — those who teach students to be nurses.   “If you don’t have enough faculty to teach, you can’t take as many students. This has been the problem nationwide. […]

Dec 16, 2005

Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center receives Indian Health Service grant, partners with UNMC to reduce health disparities in diabetes, facilitate research, decrease distrust

The Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center recently received a Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service. The Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center will partner with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The goal of the four-year grant, expected to total between $900,000 […]

Dec 16, 2005