Category: Health
Mariah Jackson’s gluten free cookies a hit
Assistant professor of Medical Nutrition Mariah Jackson is a National Celiac Association Local Partner Leader, helping coordinate fun celiac support group events in Omaha. Her recent gluten free cookie decorating class events with Omaha’s Queen GFB, a gluten free home bakery, were highlighted in the National Celiac Association’s magazine, “Gluten-Free Nation.” May is Celiac Awareness Month, […]
May 22, 2023
Radiography students place well at NSRT
Four of our senior radiography students put in a good showing at the Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technologists (NSRT) Annual Meeting on April 21, 2023. Brienne Fanta took 2nd place for her poster presentation, “Omphalocele,” and 3rd place went to Elizabeth Ronayne for, “Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).” Two other students scored in the top four […]
May 4, 2023
May: Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
by Elizabeth McDonald Blume and Sydney Hubbard, second year genetic counseling students Ricky’s 65 RosesIn 1965 Ricky, a 4-year-old boy, inspired people for generations to come with one simple phrase, “65 roses.”1 Ricky used to listen to his mother Mary make dozens of phone calls to friends, neighbors, and community members. Mary was a volunteer […]
May 1, 2023
