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Changes affect employees enrolled in life insurance options
Because of favorable experience in the group term life insurance program, Security Financial Life will increase by 40 percent the amount of coverage in excess of $20,000 that individual employees possessed on Dec. 31, 2003.
Apr 14, 2004
Dr. Barr to receive inaugural Spirit of Community Service Award
Kathleen Barr, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Nursing, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Spirit of Community Service Award at UNMC.
Apr 13, 2004
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society honors Eppley researcher
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has chosen Christine Eischen, Ph.D., to receive a prestigious 5-year, $500,000 scholar award. The award was based on Dr. Eischen’s contributions and dedication to the field of lymphoma research.
Apr 13, 2004
Report card indicates Douglas County has several negative health trends
Douglas County received its health report card today, and the grades weren’t good. The report card showed that Douglas County has negative health trends occurring in each of nine identified areas.
Apr 12, 2004
College of Nursing’s spring research colloquium
The UNMC College of Nursing held its annual Spring Research Colloquium Wednesday. The project, required for graduation, is a culmination of about a year of work and equivalent of five to six graduate credit hours.
Apr 9, 2004
Faculty, students celebrate National Public Health Week
Faculty and students at the UNMC College of Nursing are celebrating National Public Health Week, April 5-11, with a friendly physical activity competition.
Apr 9, 2004
Rural training residency program fulfils goals
John Mazour, M.D., is one of the first two physicians who completed the rural training residency program started by UNMC in 1990. Here, you’ll meet the rural physician in Albion, Neb., who not only takes care of the usual coughs and colds, but also delivers babies, is the attending emergency room physician and the medical director of several area nursing homes.
Apr 9, 2004
Addy, Cook assumes new roles in public affairs
Megan Addy has been promoted to Community Relations Coordinator in the Office of Public Affairs, effective immediately. She is joined by Shawn Cook, who will serve as community relations specialist.
Apr 8, 2004
Grandsons provide Easter present for UNMC faculty members
William Gust, M.D., and Rowen Zetterman, M.D., have been close friends for more than 30 years. But, the longtime faculty members from the UNMC Internal Medicine Department will always look back on Easter week 2004 as one of their fondest memories. The two physicians added new grandsons to their families with both babies being born at University Tower earlier this week.
Apr 8, 2004
Nursing professor honored for research abstract
Scottsbluff resident T. Kim Callahan Rodehorst, Ph.D., was one of three health providers who recently received awards from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology during a conference in San Francisco. Dr. Rodehorst is an assistant professor of nursing at UNMC’s College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff.
Apr 7, 2004