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Bob Lahue, Ph.D., makes people feel comfortable. It starts with his name – he prefers Bob, not Robert – and extends to all he does as a cancer researcher and teacher of graduate students at UNMC’s Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases. Dr. Lahue is one of four faculty members being honored with the UNMC Outstanding Teaching Award at the Annual Faculty Meeting on Tuesday, April 20. This is the second in a series of profiles on the award recipients.

Apr 15, 2004

Campus leaders hold retreat to map UNMC’s future

UNMC’s plan to achieve world-class status received a boost last week, as campus leaders participated in a retreat on Friday to discuss possible opportunities and potential roadblocks on the path to greatness.

Apr 15, 2004

Dr. Cornish welcomes students by name

On the first day of class, professors rarely welcome first-year medical students into their classrooms by name — unless that professor is Kurtis Cornish, Ph.D. The UNMC associate professor of physiology and biophysics is known for knowing the names of his students, all 120 or so, when they walk into his Function of the Human Body course each January. Dr. Cornish is one of four faculty members being honored with the UNMC Outstanding Teaching Award at the Annual Faculty Meeting on Tuesday, April 20. This is the first in a series of profiles on the award recipients.

Apr 14, 2004

Conflict styles, strategies workshop April 30

UNMC Human Resources – Employee Relations invites UNMC employees to attend “Preparing for a Difficult Conversation: Conflict Styles and Strategies” Friday, April 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Westside Community Conference Center, 3534 S. 108th St., Omaha.

Apr 14, 2004

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

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

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