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UNMC College of Dentistry Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2003. To qualify for the deans list, students must place in the top 10 percent of their class. Qualifiers are listed below by program of study and hometown: Dentistry Program ATKINSON […]
Aug 6, 2003
UNMC College of Dentistry Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2003. To qualify for the deans list, students must place in the top 10 percent of their class. Qualifiers are listed below by program of study and hometown: Dentistry Program ATKINSON […]
Aug 6, 2003
CNND receives $6 million grant for neurodegeneration studies
The Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) at UNMC has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health to study how the brain’s immune system can lead to damage of nerve cells in HIV-dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The research also will seek to determine how arms of the immune system can be harnessed to reverse different forms of dementia.
Aug 5, 2003
Former U.S. Surgeon General meets with UNMC students
Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., encouraged UNMC’s minority students to reach for the stars as they pursue their dreams.
Aug 4, 2003
Dr. Satcher’s visit captured for recruiting video
Dr. David Satcher’s unexpected visit to campus last week was a celebrity moment for UNMC’s 2003 minority summer research interns and a priceless video opportunity to inspire future interns.
Aug 4, 2003
UNMC researchers receive $6 million NIH grant for studies of how the immune system affects neurodegeneration
The Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health to study how the brains immune system can lead to damage of nerve cells in HIV-dementia and Alzheimers disease. […]
Aug 4, 2003
National official touts UNMC’s bioterrorism expertise, capabilities
Andrew A. Sorensen, Ph.D., a member of the U.S. Council on Public Health Preparedness, learned Thursday how UNMC and other Nebraska entities can contribute to the nation’s bioterrorism preparedness efforts.
Aug 1, 2003
UNMC’s hospital partner redesigns its Web site
The Nebraska Medical Center has redesigned its Web site at www.nebraskamed.com.
Aug 1, 2003
Partnership for Community Wellness sponsors health fair in south Omaha Aug. 16
Partnership for Wellness a collaboration of ConAgra Foods, University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center will sponsor the largest community health fair to be held in South Omaha in 2003. The fair will be Saturday, August 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Metropolitan Community College Industrial Training Center, 2909 […]
Aug 1, 2003
Dillard University summer interns learn about research
Like many people who have never visited the Midwest or Nebraska, Patrick Jones of Memphis thought he’d see mostly cornfields. But when he and other Dillard University undergraduate students return to college this fall, they’ll have learned there’s more to Nebraska than fields of green. Academically, they’ll also be way ahead of many of their classmates.
Jul 31, 2003