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A Close Shave for a Good Cause

This Friday, July 16th at 2:00 in the DRC Commons, I will be getting my head shaved. What if my dollar buys the Petri dish that ends up holding the cure? That was my first thought when I saw the article in UNMC Today about folks shaving their heads to raise money for cancer research. […]

Jul 14, 2010

Connie Mitchell of UNMC Named ASRT Fellow

The following is a news release from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT): ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Connie L. Mitchell, M.A., R.T.(R)(CT), assistant professor and radiography program director of the division of radiation science technology education in the University of Nebraska Medical Center School of Allied Health Professions, has been has been elevated to Fellow […]

Jul 9, 2010

Honors at April Forum

The UNMC School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP) honored three individuals — Tobi Schonfeld, Ph.D., Connie Mitchell and Lisa Bartenhagen — for their teaching and service. The awards were presented April 28 during SAHP’s annual Awards Ceremony. Earlier in the day, 101 students and 27 faculty members presented 89 posters during the Student Forum on […]

May 28, 2010

Society of Nuclear Medicine Awards NMT Student the Mickey Williams Minority Student Scholarship

The Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section (SNMTS) has awarded Lynn Nguyen, an undergraduate student in the UNMC Nuclear Medicine Program, to be a recipient of the Professional Development and Education Fund (PDEF) Mickey Williams Minority Student Scholarship. The Mickey Williams Minority Student Scholarship provides $2,500 to a minority student entering or enrolled in a […]

May 18, 2010

Perfusion students take research on the road

Four perfusion students travelled to Reno, Nevada to present their research at the 48th International Conference of the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology Conference: Stacia Woldorf “Altering Osmolarity and Potassium Levels of PRBSc and FFP with Use of Stan alone Hemoconcentrator and Wash” Kristina Schmidt “A Cardiopulmonary Bypass Technique to Physiologically Abate the Deleterious Effects […]

Apr 29, 2010

RSTE Book Drive a Success

As a service project this spring, the UNMC Radiation Science students collected gently used books and monetary donations for the purchase of books for children ages 5 – 12 years for the Miller Park Elementary School students. James Temme, associate director of RSTE, and seven students in our radiography program personally delivered 400 used books […]

Apr 27, 2010

Extended family publishes

In case you missed the blurb in UNMC Today this morning, Greg Higgins, campus security corporal (and my spouse), published six photographs in the newest issue of Plains Song Review, including the cover shot. This is the twelfth volume of the peer reviewed journal out of the Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL, which publishes […]

Apr 23, 2010

Dougherty receives McMillan Scholarship

Suzanne Dougherty, a physical therapy student in the School of Allied Health Professions, is one of only six recipients to receive this year’s Mary McMillan Scholarship from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The national award honors outstanding physical therapy students. According to APTA data, more than 7,200 students of the nation’s 2010 physical therapy […]

Apr 23, 2010

Bartenhagen, Koth, Custer paper accepted for publication

AEIRS Journal – Radiologic Science & Education accepted a paper written by Lisa Bartenhagen, Jana Koth, and Tanya Custer titled, “Creating & Evaluating an Interactive Web-based Module for the Instruction of Radiation Therapy Simulation” for publication. This was part of the project Tanya completed for her Master’s Degree and the IT Scholars Program. Congratulations!

Apr 23, 2010

RSTE Students Bring Home Awards

This past weekend was a busy one for our faculty and students in the radiation sciences!  Lisa Bartenhagen, program director in the radiation therapy program, accompanied her students to Illinois for the Chicago Area Radiation Therapist 2010 Annual Conference & Student Registry Review April 16 – 18, 2010. Results of the student essay competition were […]

Apr 19, 2010

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