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UNMC College of Nursing receives grant to provide Nebraska with tool to predict, plan need for registered nurses
A research team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is developing a tool to help Nebraska communities predict and plan for nursing shortages. Mary Cramer, Ph.D., assistant professor, UNMC College of Nursing, received a $5,000, 12-month grant from the national Anne Zimmerman, RN American Nurses Foundation Scholar grant to conduct the research. The grant […]
Apr 1, 1998
UNMC, NHS Plan Tree Plantings Throughout the State To Raise Awareness for Organ Donation
A series of 22 tree plantings will be held in communities throughout Nebraska during the next 12 months in an effort to recognize organ donors and recipients while raising the awareness level for organ donation. "The Tree of Life" campaign is being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System. […]
Apr 1, 1998
University Medical Associates Opens Keystone Health Center at 88th & Maple
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has opened the Keystone Health Center, a University Medical Associates (UMA) health center located at 8814 Maple St. The facility is the most recent addition to UNMC’s Primary Care Network. The Keystone facility will staff two family medicine physicians, Audrey Paulman, M.D., and William Hay, M.D., and family nurse […]
Apr 1, 1998
UNMC College of Dentistry Honors Students in Top 15 Percent of Class at 1998 Professionals’ Day Event
Thirty-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry located in Lincoln, were honored during the College of Dentistry’s 31st Annual Professionals’ Day, an opportunity for faculty, students and staff to share professional and academic activities. The students were recognized as having the top 15 percent grade-point-averages of their class, with a […]
Mar 25, 1998
UNMC College of Dentistry Students Make Dean’s List
Twenty-five students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry located in Lincoln, were named to the dean’s list for the 1997 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 10 percent of their class. The students are listed below by program of study and hometown: Bachelor […]
Mar 24, 1998
Cattlemen’s Ball Set for June 6 at Ranch Near Ainsworth; Proceeds To Go Toward UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
The first-ever Cattlemen’s Ball, Nebraska’s biggest country western party of the year, will be held June 6 at the Graff/Snover Ranch near Ainsworth. Proceeds from the event, which is expected to draw 3,000 people from throughout the state, will go toward cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center. The feature […]
Mar 19, 1998
March 18, 1998
UNMC Nursing Students Earn Dean’s List Honors One hundred twenty-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the dean’s list following the 1997 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, with […]
Mar 18, 1998
UNMC to Host Annual Health/Science Meet Regional Competitions for Eighth Graders
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold regional science competitions at schools across the state for students competing to attend the sixth annual Health/Science Meet. At the regional competitions, students will present either a five-page science essay or a display dealing with a specific scientific field with the top presenters qualifying to attend UNMC’s […]
Mar 18, 1998
UNMC College of Nursing Curriculum to Produce Nurses with Skills to Identify, Address Community Health Needs
Changes in the nation’s health-care system have shifted health-care decisions from state and national levels to the local level. This development demands a new type of health-care professional throughout Nebraska. Through a three-year grant, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Nursing has implemented a curriculum that will help meet that demand. The funding, […]
Mar 4, 1998
AIDS Research to be Advanced with Latest Grant Awards Received by UNMC
More than $860,000 in grant awards received by the University of Nebraska Medical Center during the second quarter of the 1997-98 fiscal year will fund research in the battle against AIDS. The grants follow breakthrough AIDS research at UNMC that led to the development last fall of the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Diseases, which […]
Mar 4, 1998