Press Release
UNMC to present 2006-2015 Facilities Development Plan
The University of Nebraska Medical Center of tomorrow will be a world-class academic health science center built from a visionary plan that includes a new comprehensive cancer center, additional research towers, more clinical facilities for patient care and new education facilities. It also will be strategically configured with the campus core – a crossroads […]
Sep 8, 2006
Dental Museum open house set for Sept. 25-30 at UNMC’s College of Dentistry in Lincoln
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry’s museum of dental artifacts will be open to the public for free with tours beginning Sept. 25 and lasting six days. The collection will be displayed in Room 31 on the lower level of the UNMC College of Dentistry at 40th and Holdrege streets in Lincoln. […]
Sep 8, 2006
UNMC student enrollment reaches record high
Student enrollment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center reached an all-time high for the second straight year, as 3,067 students are enrolled this fall, a 2.2 percent increase over last year’s total of 3,002. Rubens Pamies, M.D, UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, said several factors contributed to […]
Sep 8, 2006
Dr. William Berndt, former UNMC chancellor, dies
William Berndt, Ph.D., former chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, died Thursday at The Nebraska Medical Center due to ongoing lung complications. Dr. Berndt, 73, joined UNMC in 1982 and held several key administrative posts over the next 20 plus years, serving as chancellor from 1996 to 1998. He was the seventh […]
Aug 31, 2006
Undergraduate students take part in research opportunities through UNMC BRIN Scholars Program
The vision of the Nebraska’s Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) project is to enhance the competitiveness of biomedical research in the state by providing research opportunities for students and faculty at Nebraska’s institutions of higher education. For the past five years 120 students from seven undergraduate institutions and two community […]
Aug 30, 2006
UNMC transplant surgeon elected president of Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Debra Sudan, M.D., a transplant surgeon and director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program for the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected president of the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. She will serve a two-year term, which ends in January 2008. Founded […]
Aug 29, 2006
53 University of Nebraska Medical Center students receive diplomas
Diplomas were conferred on 53 University of Nebraska Medical Center students Aug. 11. The following is a list of graduates by college, degree and hometown. UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (Scottsbluff) MORRILL – Cheryl Lynn Phinney Post Masters Certificate in Nursing LINCOLN – Rose M. (Wortmann) […]
Aug 25, 2006
UNMC College of Dentistry holds White Coat Ceremony for new students
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, located in Lincoln, held a White Coat Ceremony recently to welcome 47 new dental students and 24 dental hygiene students into the dental profession. The ceremony is a rite of passage, as well as a call to achieve the high standards set forth in the profession, […]
Aug 25, 2006
Omaha Guts & Glory Walk is Aug. 26
The 2006 Omaha Guts & Glory Walk, a benefit for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), will be held Aug. 26 at Elmwood Park in Omaha, 60th and Dodge Streets. The noncompetitive two-mile walk is being planned by members of the Omaha Crohn’s and Colitis Support Group, which meets on the second […]
Aug 18, 2006
UNMC research shows promise for reducing burden of HIV treatment
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is conducting research targeted at reducing the daily HIV/AIDS multiple pill regimen to a single monthly injection using a nanotechnology drug delivery system. By using macrophages, the cells that carry HIV throughout the body, researchers have successfully delivered anti-retroviral drugs directly to tissues where the virus grows. “Using […]
Aug 16, 2006