Press Release

UNMC receives $1.2 million grant to look at best treatment for urgent health problem

Study to compare treatments for staphylococcus infections

Aug 8, 2011

228 University of Nebraska Medical Center students to receive diplomas Aug. 12

Diplomas will be conferred on 228 University of Nebraska Medical Center students on Friday, Aug. 12. The following is a list of graduates by college, degree, and hometown. There are no formal ceremonies for summer graduation. UNMC School of Allied Health Professions Bachelor of Science in Radiation Science Technology Arapahoe — Dustin DeVries Bayard — […]

Aug 8, 2011

UNMC Board of Counselors names officers, welcomes new members

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Board of Counselors welcomed 11 new members at its annual meeting earlier this year. The UNMC Board of Counselors is a group of 57 community and business leaders from across the state who advise UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., on health care issues of importance.   New board […]

Aug 5, 2011

13 Nebraska students participate in career workshop at UNMC

Thirteen high school juniors and seniors spent Aug. 2-5 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center participating in the annual Summer Health Professions Workshop hosted by the UNMC Youth Learning Center.   Along with time spent in the lab, the students learned how to suture using bananas, about forensic medicine and the wide variety of […]

Aug 4, 2011

UNMC Home Instead Center to hold Country Fair for seniors on Aug. 9-11

Social activities will include talent show, musical performance and informational presentation Older adults are invited to attend the 2011 Country Fair on Aug. 9-11 at the Home Instead Center for Successful Aging, 730 S. 38th Ave. (Leavenworth at 38th Ave.), at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The event — which is sponsored by the […]

Aug 2, 2011

Aug 9. Omaha Science Cafe: ‘Microbiology of cheese: The good, the bad, and the smelly’

“Microbiology of cheese: The good, the bad, and the smelly,” will be the topic of the next Science Cafe in Omaha

Jul 29, 2011

UNMC researcher published in Nature Neuroscience

Research unlocks new details on how signals are transmitted in the brain

Jul 28, 2011

Salzinger named to new post

Will work on health planning, policy and finance

Jul 27, 2011

UNMC holds Youth Expression of Health (YEOH) workshop

Banquet and community sexual education forum will close workshop on July 29     The annual Youth Expression of Health (YEOH) workshop will be held July 26 to 29 at Omaha North High School.   One of the most successful health education and personal development youth programs in north Omaha, the workshop is sponsored by the […]

Jul 27, 2011

Dr. Peck plays key role in developing women’s health recommendations

National committee recommends eight preventive health services

Jul 21, 2011