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Pharmacy alumnus hard at work at Phoenix VA
As the lone pharmacist dedicated to clinical trials at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, John Paul Nelson, Pharm.D., has to be organized, efficient and detail-oriented.
Jun 25, 2007
Million-step Monday — step standings
A list of UNMC employees who have recently reached one of the 250,000-step markers in the 1 Million Step Challenge.
Jun 25, 2007
Web cams show progress on Sorrell Center, RCE II
Construction progress on the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education and the Research Center of Excellence II can be tracked as it happens on the Construction Blog thanks to Web camera’s focused on the two work sites.
Jun 25, 2007
Second class of Chinese nursing students spend a month at UNMC
For the second-straight year, a group of four nursing students from China spent about a month at UNMC. The students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) arrived in Omaha on April 13 and left on May 12.
Jun 22, 2007
Spotlight on new faculty — Michael Brattain, Ph.D.
Michael Brattain, Ph.D., associate director of basic research at the Eppley Cancer Center, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Jun 22, 2007
Last chance to renew parking passes online
Friday is the last day UNMC employees can renew parking passes online.
Jun 22, 2007
Dr. Yarington, first chair of otolaryngology, dies
Brig. Gen. C. Thomas Yarington Jr., M.D., who started the UNMC Department of Otolaryngology in 1968, died May 30, in Seattle. He was 73.
Jun 21, 2007
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Richie Nelson
Twenty-five 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 Richie Nelson, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jun 21, 2007
MMI’s Anderson brother of a real space cadet
Scientists at the cytogenetics laboratory at the Munroe-Meyer Institute recently took a call from the International Space Station. … The only problem was the scientist whom the call was intended for, Kirby Anderson, wasn’t in the office. He was still in Florida as part of a vacation during which he saw his older brother, astronaut Clayton Anderson, launched into orbit on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Jun 21, 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 available
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a note from Information Technology Services regarding Microsoft Office 2007. ITS has completed testing of Microsoft Office 2007 and it is now available for use on campus.
Jun 20, 2007