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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
Free Oct. 11 health, wellness event to feature new views on exercise, physiology
The Nebraska Physiological Society invites the public to attend a free health event on Oct. 11 including a talk by best-selling author and former Sports Illustrated investigative journalist, David Epstein. The event will be held in UNMC’s Durham Research Center from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Sep 29, 2014
News briefs
The staircase in the McGoogan Library of Medicine was recently cited as one of 13 sensational staircases by the website Gizmodo. A photograph of the library staircase was submitted by Teri Hartman, associate professor in the McGoogan Library of Medicine. View the 13 sensational staircases.
Sep 29, 2014
Remembering Doug Dalke, M.D.
Doug Dalke, M.D., a 1982 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, died tragically on Sept. 22 when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a drunk driver.
Sep 29, 2014
New acting director named at VA Medical Center
Eileen Kingston has been appointed acting director, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System. She has been serving as associate director for patient care/nurse executive since 1996.
Sep 29, 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
COM Student of the Month – Andrew Keralis, fourth-year medical student
I was born and raised in Lincoln, where I learned the value of hard work, Runza, and Husker football. The Taco Inn too. I attended undergrad at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, majoring in biochemistry.
Sep 29, 2014
