{"id":45229,"date":"2014-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/06\/looking-back-at-2013\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:21:53","slug":"looking-back-at-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/06\/looking-back-at-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The past year was a busy one on the UNMC campus &#8212; new buildings, new events and the announcement of a new chancellor. Here is a look at some of the high points of the year.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fran1218.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><b>January:<\/b><br \/>\nAt right &#8212; Fran Higgins and Robert Binhammer take part in the tricycle races at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/sets\/72157632712741460\/\">Skate-a-thon for Parkinson&#8217;s<\/a>. The event raised $23,000 in 2013 &#8212; this year&#8217;s event is set for Jan. 10-11.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approves the construction of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/01\/28\/regents-approve-new-college-of-pharmacy-building\/\">new College of Pharmacy and Center for Drug Discovery building.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/01\/29\/seventh-scientist-laureate-distinguished-scientists-named\/\">Surinder Batra, Ph.D.<\/a>, professor and chairman, department of biochemistry and molecular biology, is named UNMC&#8217;s seventh Scientist Laureate. <\/p>\n<p>The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approves a UNMC\/University of Nebraska at Omaha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/01\/28\/regents-approve-joint-masters-doctoral-program-in-biomedical-informatics\/\">joint master&#8217;s\/doctoral program in biomedical informatics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>February<\/b><br \/>\nMore than 300 UNMC faculty, staff, students and guests attended the first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/02\/15\/chinese-cultural-fair-draws-crowd\/\">Chinese Cultural Fair.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hern12.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><b>March<\/b><br \/>\n <br \/>At right &#8212; Medical students Melissa Gaspers and Hernan Hernandez celebrate their matches at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/03\/18\/game-set-match\/\">Match Day<\/a>. In a first for the ceremony, medical school students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/03\/15\/match-day-the-musical\/\">took the stage to selected &#8220;theme songs.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surgeons at The Nebraska Medical Center implant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/02\/surgeons-implant-states-first-total-artificial-heart\/\">the Total Artificial Heart<\/a> into patient Greg Rathe, the first time this procedure had been performed in Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Regents approves construction of a $19 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/03\/18\/board-clears-way-for-new-complex-at-unk\/\">Health Science Education Complex<\/a> at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, expanding UNK&#8217;s collaboration with UNMC to meet growing demands for primary and rural health care.<br \/>\n <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sci1218.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<b>April:<\/b><br \/>\n <br \/>\nAt left &#8212; UNMC sponsors the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/06\/21\/inaugural-science-festival-drew-more-than-2000\/\">Nebraska Science Festival<\/a> at the Durham Museum and locations throughout Omaha. &#8220;Dancing scientist&#8221; Jeffrey Vinokur, left, and Bill Nye the Science Guy headline the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S_8wB5eurpE \">event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/01\/celebrating-30-years-of-cancer-treatment-milestones\/\">30 years since the first bone marrow transplant was performed on campus.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ribbons are cut following major renovations at the Nebraska Cafe and Clarkson Cafe.<\/p>\n<p><b>May:<\/b><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Cancer1218.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Truhl1218.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Near right &#8212; UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., welcomed supporters, local dignitaries, campus leaders and others, including Pamela Buffett, left, and Gov. Dave Heineman, to the Fred &#038; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/08\/at-cancer-center-groundbreaking-new-names-unveiled\/\">groundbreaking.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Far right &#8212; Stanley M. Truhlsen, M.D., and his wife, Dorothy, were on hand when donors, dignitaries and friends gathered to cut the ribbon on the state-of-the-art <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/23\/ribbon-cut-on-truhlsen-eye-institute\/\">Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former employees gathered to say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/20\/swan-song-for-swanson\/\">farewell to Swanson Hall<\/a>, which was razed in 2013 to make way for the Fred &#038; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.<br \/>\n <br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Camp1218.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><b>June:<\/b><br \/>\nAt left &#8212; More than 250 volunteers &#8212; the most ever &#8212; helped nearly 250 campers enjoy the Munroe-Meyer Institute&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/blog\/2013\/06\/a-day-in-the-life-the-science-of-friendship\/\">Camp Munroe.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNMC dedicates the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/06\/28\/new-surgical-simulation-suite-is-dedicated\/\">Dr. Wayne and Eileen Ryan Surgical Simulation Suite.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The groundbreaking ceremony for UNMC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/06\/14\/another-great-day-for-unmc\/\">Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences and Education and Center for Drug Discovery<\/a> is held.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC&#8217;s Department of Otolaryngology opens its new, education-focused state-of-the-art <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/06\/05\/new-bone-lab-puts-unmc-on-national-map\/\">bone lab facility.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>July:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Holland0106.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>At right &#8212; Calling himself &#8220;a living example of the need for regenerative medicine,&#8221; Dick Holland cuts the ribbon on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/07\/26\/holland-marks-naming-ceremony-with-humor-inspiration\/\">Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first patient receives treatment using the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/07\/29\/new-laser-a-cutting-edge-treatment-for-retinal-diseases\/\">state-of-the-art Supra Scan Multi-spot Laser<\/a> at the Truhlsen Eye Institute. The laser is the most cutting-edge laser device currently available.<\/p>\n<p><b>August:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Traditional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pmwg2ChWWA0&#038;feature=youtu.be\">white coat ceremonies<\/a> are held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/12\/white-coats-a-beginning-but-also-an-achievement\/\">across UNMC&#8217;s campuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/08\/06\/unmc-report-access-to-dental-care-a-challenge-in-nebraska\/\">report<\/a> released by the Center for Health Policy at UNMC indicates that in many areas of Nebraska, people do not have easy access to a dentist. <\/p>\n<p><b>September:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/23\/new-pharm-d-mph-dual-degree-program-approved\/\">new dual degree<\/a>, Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health (Pharm.D.\/MPH), is approved for 2014. The degree will offer the academic framework for pharmacy students to acquire public health knowledge and skills. <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Combs0106.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>At right, Ira Combs, community nurse liaison in UNMC&#8217;s Center for Reducing Health Disparities in the College of Public Health, is selected by the White House as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/10\/ira-combs-is-a-champion-of-change\/\">Public Health and Prevention Champion of Change<\/a>, a person leading extraordinary efforts in prevention and public health that will have lasting effects on the health of Americans.<\/p>\n<p><b>October:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hallow0106.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/sets\/72157637162797645\/\">Spirit Week events<\/a>, such as a Halloween costume contest (right), enjoyed high participation.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a clinical integration project that began in 2012, The Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians announce a  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/31\/new-clinical-enterprise-structure-announced\/\">new, unified leadership structure<\/a> which leaders say is &#8220;built for the future.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>UNMC students and faculty took part in the fourth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/15\/fourth-annual-refugee-health-fair-set-for-oct-19-2\/\">Refugee Day Health Fair.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After holding a June groundbreaking for its new building for donors and dignitaries, the College of Pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/sets\/72157636437017456\/\">repeated the ceremony<\/a> in October for its<br \/>\nstudents.<\/p>\n<p><b>November:<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Week0106.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\nUNMC holds its first International Week, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/20\/inaugural-international-week-a-success\/\">series of activities<\/a> &#8212; including an International Tea (left) &#8212; designed to celebrate the richness of diversity present on the UNMC campus.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Savage of &#8220;Mythbusters&#8221; is announced as the headliner for the 2014  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/13\/adam-savage-to-headline-2014-nebraska-science-festival\/\">Nebraska Science Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the 14th straight year, student enrollment at UNMC sets a record high.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC leaders and faculty members travel to China to strengthen the Asia Pacific Rim Development Program, meeting with officials and key supporters, including a visit to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/08\/chancellor-meets-with-key-supporter-in-shanghai\/\">Tongji University in Shanghai<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>December<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gold20106.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approves the appointment of    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/12\/02\/regents-approve-appointment-of-jeffrey-gold-m-d-as-chancellor\/\">Jeffrey Gold, M.D.<\/a>, right, as the new chancellor of UNMC, following a visit to Nebraska in November. Dr. Gold will officially start on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC and the Ronald McDonald House team to present <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1sy-TF1-Gys\">&#8220;Freezin&#8217; for a Reason,&#8221;<\/a> a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House held at the UNMC ice rink.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the UNMC community show their holiday spirit by working together to support diverse and worthy causes, including organizations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/12\/24\/unmc-med-center-employees-respond-to-adopt-a-family-appeal\/\">Adopt-a-Family<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/omaha-ne.toysfortots.org\/local-coordinator-sites\/lco-sites\/default.aspx\">Toys for Tots<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.url.com\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of the Heartland.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief look at some high points in the past 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