{"id":61984,"date":"2018-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/05\/15\/new-faculty-spotlight-erin-torell\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:47:50","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-erin-torell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/05\/15\/new-faculty-spotlight-erin-torell\/","title":{"rendered":"New faculty spotlight: Erin Torell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Erin Torell is a new faculty member at UNMC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Erin Torell\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Ellinwood, Kan.\n<li><b>Title and department at UNMC:<\/b> Assistant professor, rare books and exhibits librarian, McGoogan Library of Medicine<\/ul>\n<p><b>Professional Interests:<\/b><br \/>\nIncreasing outreach to the campus and community; to introduce students, faculty, staff, and community members to research and educational opportunities in rare books.<\/p>\n<p><b>How I fell in love with rare books:<\/b><br \/>\nRare books are like time machines. Hold one, look through the pages at the print, images and the handwritten notations, and you are transported to another era. Think of the author and the groundbreaking medical and scientific contribution he\/she made. 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