UNMC Today - Today's Headlines

Lack of primary care doctors presents a major challenge

When people talk about the health care crisis in the United States, they often refer to the rising costs or the number of people who lack adequate insurance or have no insurance at all.

Dec 3, 2008

Dr. Thompson receives Florence Niedfelt Professorship

Sarah Thompson, Ph.D, associate dean for academic programs for the UNMC College of Nursing, has been named to the Florence Niedfelt Professorship, an endowed, three-year appointment.

Dec 3, 2008

Employee forum this morning in the Sorrell Center

An employee forum will be held today at 9 a.m. in the Maisie Paustian Amphitheater (Room 3001) in the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education.

Dec 3, 2008

This gnome loves UNMC, do you?

You want to know how much I love UNMC? So much so that I’d dress up like a gnome and let my good friend Andrew Nelson manipulate my image in such a way that video now exists of a one-foot tall version of me professing my love for UNMC from the top of a water cooler.

Dec 2, 2008

Got a cold or flu? Try chicken soup to ease symptoms

A study of chicken soup’s effectiveness as a cold remedy has made somewhat of a celebrity of UNMC’s Stephen Rennard, M.D.

Dec 2, 2008

Craig Morgan to perform at 2009 Cattlemen’s Ball in Doniphan

DONIPHAN, Neb. — Country singer Craig Morgan, who performs fan-favorites “Red Neck Yacht Club” and “International Harvester,” and whose single “Love Remembers” has spent the last several months on the country radio charts is slated as the spotlight entertainment for the 11th annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska, June 5-6, near Doniphan.

Dec 2, 2008

Spotlight on new faculty – meet Shawn Gibbs, Ph.D.

Shawn Gibbs, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of environmental, agricultural, and occupational health in the College of Public Health, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Dec 2, 2008

Employee forums today and Wednesday

Forums today and Wednesday for employees and faculty will focus on record research numbers, employee survey results, low employee turnover rates at UNMC and the “I Love UNMC” social media campaign.

Dec 2, 2008

UNMC study bolsters genetic tool for determining lymphoma treatment

A research study published in the Nov. 27 New England Journal of Medicine reaffirms the importance of gene expression profiling as a tool to predict how aggressive the most common form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma will be in a patient.

Dec 1, 2008

MMI’s Arts for Hearts to be held Dec. 2 and 3

All kids can play. That is the message hand-painted on several of the ceramic items up for sale and silent auction at the 7th annual Arts for Hearts show this week.

Dec 1, 2008