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Dr. Gangahar to leave UNMC, hospital
Dr. Deepak Gangahar, professor and chief of the thoracic and cardiovascular surgery section in the UNMC Department of Surgery and a surgeon for The Nebraska Medical Center, will be leaving the medical center on Jan. 9 to return to his former employer, the Nebraska Heart Institute (NHI).
Dec 22, 2004
Dillard honors UNMC with its own recruiting day
Dillard University has sent no less than five students to UNMC for summer research internships for the past three years. On Oct. 27, the relationship reached a new level when UNMC was granted its own recruiting day – 24 hours in advance of the mass campus recruiting drive that drew representatives from more than 80 colleges and universities to Dillard.
Dec 21, 2004
UNMC Child Development Center teachers honored
UNMC’s Child Development Center teachers were the recipients of this winter’s Team Excellence and Merit Awards (T.E.A.M.) from UNMC Business and Finance.
Dec 21, 2004
UNMC lecturers kick off faculty exchange program
UNMC has achieved national recognition for developing formal affiliation agreements with some of the nation’s top undergraduate colleges for African American, Latino and Native American students. In October, Bruce Buehler, M.D., chairman of the department of pediatrics and director, Munroe-Meyer Institute, and Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology, kicked off the faculty exchange component with presentations at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga.
Dec 20, 2004
Increasing salaries, research funds among top goals
UNMC has made great strides in building a strong research program. This year, it also hopes to improve employee salaries and benefits.
Dec 20, 2004
Nebraska scores well in bioterrorism preparedness report
Nebraska is tied for third in a report released Tuesday by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) which graded the 50 states and the District of Columbia for bioterrorism preparedness.
Dec 17, 2004
Walk & Roll for Disabilities event Jan. 30
The C. Louis Meyer Foundation and the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute will hold its first “Walk & Roll for Disabilities” on Sunday, Jan. 30 to raise money for recreational and respite services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Dec 17, 2004
Silver U recipients announced for December
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Dec 16, 2004
Adolf receives Chancellor’s Gold U Award
When she’s not meeting with nursing home patients, Vicki Adolf is traveling to another long-term care facility in her red Jeep Liberty. As a nurse coordinator in UNMC’s Department of Psychiatry, Adolf logs nearly 6,000 miles a year traveling between 11 Omaha-area nursing homes and her office on the Richard Young Center campus.
Dec 16, 2004
UNMC students Tuesday recognized two outstanding teachers with the 2003-04 Golden Apple Award. James Booth, Ph.D., associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, received the award from the Class of 2006, while the Class of 2007 posthumously recognized Michael Dalton, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.
Dec 16, 2004