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Silver U recipients announced for November
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.
Nov 25, 2003
Weber receives Chancellor’s Gold U Award
By day, Annika Weber studies serum amyloid A proteins in a UNMC immunology lab. By night, she sews costumes for Opera Omaha. For her outstanding performance at UNMC, Weber has received the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for November.
Nov 25, 2003
Grant provides Nebraska nurses access to master’s degree
The UNMC College of Nursing has received a two-year, $580,000 continuation grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to recruit more rural nurses into a master’s degree that prepares nurses as leaders.
Nov 24, 2003
AAHC president’s dedication remarks now online
Roger Bulger, M.D., president of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC), gave the keynote address at the Nov. 13 dedication of the Durham Research Center. His remarks have been posted on the Durham Research Center Web site.
Nov 21, 2003
SimplyWell sign-up card can be downloaded, openings remain
Eligible UNMC employees who wish to participate in the SimplyWell program can now download the sign-up card by clicking here. Participants should print out the card, fill out the appropriate portion and send it to ZIP 7424. Participants will then receive a Personal Wellness Profile, through intercampus mail, to confirm their participation.
Nov 21, 2003
Non-profit event features Lionel Richie, Jay Leno
Each year Keith Swarts of Business & Finance takes a non-profit event and tries to immerse himself, as well as his energy, into one aspect of that organization. This year, he has chosen Night of a Thousand Stars, which includes a UNMC pre-party, capped with Qwest Center performances by singer Lionel Richie and comedian Jay Leno.
Nov 21, 2003
Dr. Grissom marks 50 years at UNMC
Robert Grissom, M.D., recently celebrated his 50th anniversary with UNMC, a place he calls home. “I really love being here,” Dr. Grissom said.
Nov 20, 2003
International photo contest winners announced for 2003
Meredith Hammans, a UNMC College of Medicine student, is the grand prize-winner in the third annual International Photography Contest, sponsored by UNMC International Studies and Programs.
Nov 20, 2003
UNMC Community Academy student named national scholar
Shabazz Ramsey, a senior at Omaha Central High School, and a four-year member of UNMC’s Community Academy program, was selected last month for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars.
Nov 19, 2003
Anonymous kidney donation program turns strangers into friends
An innovative program that allows kidney donation among strangers may offer new hope for some patients on the transplant list at The Nebraska Medical Center. The area’s first anonymous living kidney donation recently took place with transplant surgeons from UNMC taking a kidney from a 48-year-old Kansas man and transplanting it into an Omaha teenager.
Nov 18, 2003