Author: Fran Higgins
CAST Open House this Friday
One of Dr. Joseph Siu’s research collaboration centers, Center for Advanced Surgical Technology (CAST), will have an Open House this Friday, November 22, 2013, from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM in Wittson Hall 3030. His research team will be showcasing several simulators for surgical skill acquisitions. Their technology and inventions might trigger some potential collaborations in the […]
Nov 20, 2013
CLS SHARING student abstract accepted to national conference
Clinical Laboratory Science students Krystal Davis and Amanda Stastny, along with faculty advisor, Ricki Otten, MT(ASCP)SC, will be in Nashville, TN on Saturday, February 1, 2014. They will present their poster, “An Interprofessional Guide to Laboratory Testing for Student-Run Free Clinics,” at the Society of Student-run Free Clinics’ national conference. This annual conference is a […]
Nov 15, 2013
Congratulations to Mary Wood, Silver U recipient
Mary Wood was awarded the Chancellor’s Silver U for November, 2013. The celebration will be on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in the Bennett Hall Reading Room. Congratulations, Mary!
Nov 7, 2013
Of note…
A couple of articles of note from UNMC Today, in case you missed them, and a bit of horn-tooting (self-promotion, which I can’t help because I run the blog): Student Spotlight – Meet Nick Baker (Cytotechnology student) Two School of Allied Health Professions faculty have recently been named president-elect… Fran Higgins has two poems in […]
Nov 1, 2013
Spirit Week a Success!
Okay, maybe that’s a subjective title. If you measure success in smiles, however, it’s spot on. Just look through the pictures UNMC posted to Flickr! Everybody was having a good time. Even the folks with whipped cream dripping off their faces were smiling. The money donated for a chance to “pie” someone did go to […]
Nov 1, 2013
Congratulations to Lisa Bartenhagen!
Submitted by Tanya Custer Lisa Bartenhagen, MS, RT(R)(T), program director in our Radiation Therapy program, recently collaborated with the American Society of Radiologic Technologist to create a teaching module on Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Lisa’s directed reading within the module was titled Image Guided Radiation Therapy: Overview. The module will help radiation therapy educators teach […]
Oct 31, 2013
PA Team takes the Gold!
A hint of spud lingered near the third floor entrance to Bennett Hall even after the last scavenger hunt team passed the potato. Yes, that was the task at my Spirit Week volunteer station. As each team lined up below the walkway from Wittson to Bennett, I placed a large potato between the first person’s […]
Oct 30, 2013
Imaging is Important
Lisa Bartenhagen knows medical imaging is important not just because she is a registered radiographer and radiation therapist, but because this image is of her son, Broc’s, head after grid placement. These grids were surgically implanted to map Broc’s brain activity prior to a frontal lobectomy. Not only did radiographers play a major role […]
Oct 29, 2013
Congratulations to Marcia Hess Smith, President-Elect
Marcia Hess Smith, BS, CNMT, program director of our Nuclear Medicine Technology Education program, won the position of President-Elect for the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Board, their profession’s national certification body. Congratulations, Marcia!
Oct 28, 2013
PT Awardees in the news
In case you missed this in UNMC Today: Dawn Venema, Ph.D., and Sara Bills, of UNMC’s department of physical therapy education, were honored…
Oct 25, 2013
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- by Jeffrey RobbDr. Abdalla is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
- by Jeffrey RobbThrough Dec. 5, all blood drives at UNMC are an opportunity to boost NU's team in the 'We Give Blood' challenge.
- by Jeffrey RobbSix nursing faculty honored by Nebraska Nurses Association, and Jianghu Dong, PhD, is honored for outstanding teaching.
- by Jeffrey RobbThe 753-space garage is available for daily neighborhood parking following an opening ceremony Wednesday.