Author: Fran Higgins
PT students give their time, learn valuable lessons
About three years ago, some of our UNMC physical therapy students began volunteer work with a young woman, Cassidy Collier, after she sustained a traumatic brain injury from a car crash in 2011. Students in subsequent classes have continued that journey with the Collier family. Cassidy’s father, UNMC’s Dean Collier, Pharm.D., recently shared his family’s […]
Apr 7, 2016
PA and PT are highly ranked, again, by US News & World Report
Once again, our PA and PT programs were high in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation’s top graduate schools. For 2017, our physician assistant program was ranked #9 and our physical therapy program #28 (up from 34). Article from UNMC Today>> For information on the ranking methodology, click here.
Mar 18, 2016
Happy St. Patrick’s Day – the 5K Way!
Geri Finn and Melissa Dorr, both staff in the physician assistant program, completed the 3rd Annual Shamrock Run in downtown Omaha on Saturday, March 12, 2016, prior to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. All proceeds from the run support Omaha’s Madonna School. Good job, Geri and Melissa!
Mar 17, 2016
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