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UNMC researcher heads $3.3 million national study in rare pediatric diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher, William Rizzo, M.D., has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant to study 10 rare diseases that affect children beginning in infancy or early childhood and throughout their life.
Oct 30, 2014
Merging offices to provide better services to medical school
The landscape of medical education is undergoing a significant paradigm shift. In an effort to meet these needs and enhance medical student education, the Office of Medical Education (OME) has been formed. The OME merged existing services, bringing the Educational Support Office (ESO) and the Curriculum and Educational Research Office (CERO) under one umbrella.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC breaks ground on fitness center expansion
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has broken ground on a new 6,525-square-foot addition and 11,845 square feet renovation to two floors of the Student Life Center building at 40th and Jones streets.
Oct 30, 2014
Campaign for Nebraska tops $1.8 billion
The University of Nebraska and University of Nebraska Foundation announced Oct. 27 that the Campaign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities, which concludes Dec. 31, has raised more than $1.8 billion for the University of Nebraska.
Oct 30, 2014
Second Ebola patient released
UNMC’s second Ebola patient, Ashoka Mukpo, was released from the Biocontainment Unit Wednesday after multiple tests confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that he was free of Ebola.
Oct 30, 2014
Ebola is topic of Nov. 4 Omaha Science Cafe
Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, will give an overview of Ebola at the next Omaha Science Cafe to be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Slowdown, 729, N. 14th St.
Oct 30, 2014
Storm chaser, Reed Timmer, to headline 2015 Nebraska Science Festival
Meteorologist and extreme storm chaser Reed Timmer — among the few to ever document both an F5 tornado and the most devastating hurricane in U.S. history — will headline the 2015 Nebraska Science Festival on April 10.
Oct 30, 2014
Runco, cystic fibrosis care team recognized
Lisa Runco, executive director digestive disease and kidney services and cardiovascular services for Nebraska Medicine, was honored by the Nebraska Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at its Breath of Hope event on Oct. 16. Runco received the Barry Zoob Breath of Life Award. In addition, the care team for the Nebraska Regional Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center through UNMC and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center was recognized.
Oct 30, 2014
Coming events
Oct. 3 – United Way campaign ends. Oct. 3 – Student Leadership Forum. Oct. 3 – 17th Annual Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference, La Vista Conference Center. Oct. 11 – Public is invited to the annual meeting of the Nebraska Physiological Society at the Durham Research Center. David Epstein, a best-selling author and a […]
Sep 29, 2014
Research Highlights
The following 23 grants representing more than $19.7 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during July.
Sep 29, 2014