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UNeMed welcomes new licensing associate

UNeMed, the technology transfer arm for UNMC, welcomes licensing associate Sara Conrad to its staff.

Jul 29, 2008

Center for Healthy Living services reduced for repairs

The Center for Healthy Living remains closed following a flood caused by a broken chiller pipe and many services including fitness classes and access to the weight equipment and racquetball courts will not be offered until further notice.

Jul 29, 2008

Sorrell Center shows latest in simulated training tools

UNMC faculty members saw a different kind of patient in the new Sorrell Center during last week’s Simulation Day.

Jul 28, 2008

An enjoyable trip to the emergency room

Lance Hoffman, M.D., assistant professor and assistant residency program director for emergency medicine, guides legislative candidate Rex Moats through the emergency department on Friday.

Jul 28, 2008

BRIN scholars on campus – meet Carolyn Moore

Twenty-two students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Carolyn Moore, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.

Jul 28, 2008

Center for Biopreparedness Education video wins a Telly

The Center for Biopreparedness Education’s latest training video, “Hospital On-Site Triage and Lockdown,” has received a Telly Award.

Jul 28, 2008

Memorial service held for Dr. Mark Christensen

A memorial service was held Thursday at Countryside Community Church in Omaha for Mark Christensen, M.D., a clinical associate professor of surgery in the UNMC College of Medicine, who died July 16 at the age of 61 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Jul 25, 2008

Memorial service to be held today for Dr. Jeffrey Knajdl

A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. today for Jeffrey Knajdl, M.D., a psychiatric oncologist in Bellevue, Neb., with strong ties to UNMC. The service will be held at the Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak & Cutler Mortuary, 7805 West Center Road in Omaha.

Jul 25, 2008

UPDATED — Center for Healthy Living closed after water pipe break

A broken chiller pipe that flooded the Center for Healthy Living floor may keep the facility closed through Monday and possibly longer.

Jul 25, 2008

Von Maur survivor preaches forgiveness

Six minutes. That’s all the time it took to change Fred Wilson’s life forever, when six of his co-workers along with two customers were killed in a mass shooting on Dec. 5, 2007 at the Von Maur department store in Westroads Mall.

Jul 25, 2008