Press Release
11 UNMC College of Pharmacy students initiated into national pharmacy leadership society
The Beta Xi Chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma, the national pharmacy leadership society at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, held initiation ceremonies for 11 Nebraska students at a banquet at the Georgetowne Club in Omaha on Nov. 17. The new initiates and their hometowns included: Second-Year Pharmacy Students Brock Bulas, […]
Nov 22, 2005
UNMC receives $1.2 million grant to implement a medical and dental enrichment program
A $1.2 million grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will allow the University of Nebraska Medical Center to strengthen its pipeline of students from population groups that are traditionally underrepresented in medicine and dentistry. The four-year grant enables UNMC to create a six-week enrichment program for students in Nebraska or around the […]
Nov 22, 2005
UNMC announces the appointments of 4 faculty to professional positions
Paul M. Paulman, M.D., professor and pre-doctoral director in the department of family medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been named to a 12-member task force by the National Board of Medical Examiners to study and update the examination for the family medicine rotation. The NBME develops the United States Medical License […]
Nov 15, 2005
Regents approve Center for Advanced Surgical Technology
The University of Nebraska is poised to be a leader in the evolution of surgical practice. It already has designed, and tested in animals, several tiny, wheeled robots that can be slipped into the abdomen and controlled miles away. It has designed an articulated grasping tool, trademarked under the name Intuitool, which can […]
Nov 11, 2005
UNMC seeks approval to move forward with site preparation for new education building
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will be asked today to approve the initiation of site leveling and foundation pilings for the Center for Health Science Education (CHSE) building at the University of Nebraska Medical Center so that the medical center can stay on track for the building to open in the fall of […]
Nov 11, 2005
National experts in infectious diseases and the country’s three biocontainment units to meet in Omaha to boost preparedness
National experts in infectious diseases and from the country’s three biocontainment units will meet during a conference Nov. 8 and 9 at the Marriott Regency motel, 10220 Regency Drive. Attending the Biocontainment Unit Conference will be representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of […]
Nov 7, 2005
UNMC to sponsor free ‘Winter Health Tune Up’ Event Nov. 5; offers health screenings at Clarkson West Medical Center, 144th & Center
The University Medical Associates, the physician group practice of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, invites the public to its free “Winter Health Tune Up,” event Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., at its location in the Clarkson West Medical Center building at 144th and Center streets near Oak View Mall. The […]
Nov 2, 2005
The Nebraska Medical Center Unveils the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence
In November 2002, The Nebraska Medical Center broke ground on a building. On Oct. 28, 2005, the building unlocked the home for the largest emergency department in the Midwest, more than 27 state-of-the-art operating rooms, radiology equipment that can scan the body in 10 seconds and a Newborn Intensive Care Unit designed around our tiniest patients. The […]
Oct 31, 2005
College of Nursing Lincoln Division open house Oct. 28
Students, faculty and staff of the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division will celebrate a long-awaited move during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Remarks and the ribbon-cutting will begin at 4:30 p.m. The college moved in July to the Commerce Court Building at 1230 O […]
Oct 28, 2005
College of Nursing Lincoln Division to host open house Oct. 28; move into renovated building
Students, faculty and staff of the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division will celebrate a long-awaited move during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Remarks and the ribbon-cutting will begin at 4:30 p.m. The college moved in July to the Commerce Court Building at 1230 […]
Oct 27, 2005