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UNMC helps sponsor health fair in south Omaha
On Aug. 16, Partnership for Wellness – a collaboration of ConAgra Foods, UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center – will sponsor this year’s largest community health fair in south Omaha.
Aug 12, 2003
UNMC to implement workplace wellness program
With health-care costs rising at an alarming rate, the timing has never been better for creative solutions to help stem the tide. One such solution is implementing a formalized University of Nebraska workplace wellness program at UNMC. On Saturday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved UNMC as a pilot site for Simply Well, a program piloted by The Nebraska Medical Center’s Center for Occupational Health.
Aug 12, 2003
Dr. Molvar receives August Gold ‘U’ Award
Whether climbing Mt. Rainier or helping develop procedures to assure patient confidentiality, Michael Molvar, D.D.S., believes in taking it one careful step at a time. It’s the same attitude he applies to his varied responsibilities as assistant dean and quality officer at the UNMC College of Dentistry.
Aug 11, 2003
Silver ‘U’ recipients for August announced
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.
Aug 11, 2003
2003 Health Professions Tracking Center directories available
The 2003 Health Professions Tracking Center directory has a new look and an easier-to-use layout, but it continues to offer the same great information regarding Nebraska and Western Iowa health-care professionals, the HPTC director says. See story for purchase information.
Aug 8, 2003
MMI’s “Arts for Hearts” benefit raises more than $3,000
The second annual “Arts for Hearts” benefit raised more than $3,000 in funds for UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute recreational therapy department.
Aug 8, 2003
Estate gift to benefit UNMC researchers
Longtime Orleans, Neb., resident Robert Kuhl worked hard during his life, diligently farming land and running an equipment repair business. Though he met an untimely death, the result of his labors is now benefiting medical researchers nearly 240 miles across Nebraska.
Aug 7, 2003
UNMC health professionals chair lymphoma conference
UNMC health professionals and the UNMC Center for Continuing Education played a significant role in the recent Pan Pacific Lymphoma Conference in Hawaii.
Aug 6, 2003
UNMC builds first student apartment building
Next fall, UNMC students will be able to move into a new brick apartment building on the east side of campus. UNMC is building a three-story, 61,000-gross-square-foot apartment building at 38th Avenue and Jackson Street, near the Ronald McDonald House.
Aug 6, 2003
CNND receives $6 million grant for neurodegeneration studies
The Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) at UNMC has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health to study how the brain’s immune system can lead to damage of nerve cells in HIV-dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The research also will seek to determine how arms of the immune system can be harnessed to reverse different forms of dementia.
Aug 5, 2003