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Fine art featured at the next Science Cafe

I find out a lot of cool stuff on Facebook. For instance, my friend, artist Rachel Mindrup, has a Facebook page called Many Faces of NF, which features her amazing paintings of people who suffer from Neurofibromatosis (NF). Before I saw her pictures online, I had never heard of NF. It opened a dialogue. When […]

Jan 29, 2013

Help me get to the Tricycle on Ice race for Parkinson’s research

I, Fran Higgins, need your help, allied healthers (and friends)! As part of the Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s event this year, UNMC will have a “Tricycle on Ice” race, in which fully-grown adults will race tricycles across the ice on Saturday, January 26th at noon. I am one of several candidates, but only the four candidates […]

Jan 11, 2013

How Saying ‘Thanks’ Can Help Your Career

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about Thank U cards and in the spirit of the season, here’s a short article from the Wall Street Journal about how a thank-you in the workplace can help your career. Remember, you can go to our Employee Services site and click on Campus Resources/Vital Thank U, and fill […]

Nov 29, 2012

Your gratitude matters

Congratulations to Cindy Skarda, the first person in the SAHP to receive a Vital Pin! It works like this: 1- A co-worker does something helpful or extraordinary. 2- You recognize their helpfulness or extraordinariness. 3- You go online to the Employee Services site and click on Campus Resources/Vital Thank U, and fill out the form to […]

Nov 28, 2012

Clinical Perfusion recognized by UNeMed

The “Innovations Week” celebration for Clinical Perfusion by UNeMed this year centers on an invention being developed for perfusion science. It is an “awareness” alarm designed to be used with a heart-lung machine (HLM) to “peripherally” alert a Perfusionist about flow with a HLM circuit that might place a patient at risk.  Our device uses […]

Oct 16, 2012

Spirit Day – another great reason to work at UNMC!

Thank you to Kalani Simpson in PR for capturing me in my most “go-for-it” moment at today’s Spirit Day celebration. The food samples from Midtown restaurants were great and I snagged lots of nice coupons and brochures from the various booths, but the best part of the day was the inflatable obstacle course. Luckily, I […]

Oct 12, 2012

PA Alum in the theater

Leanne Hill Carlson, a graduate of our Physician Assistant program, has the lead role in “Legally Blonde,” the musical, opening Sept. 14 at The Omaha Community Playhouse.

Sep 11, 2012

PAs make trip to Canada to present diplomas

Mike Huckabee and Karen Wesche were at Base Borden just north of Toronto, Canada a few weeks ago to attend the graduation ceremonies for PAs training in the Canadian Forces military. The PA Program representatives greeted the newly enrolled Canadian PA students, and met with instructors and base leaders about the Canadian Forces PA Program. […]

Aug 23, 2012

Subway Tessellates Cheese

In the spirit of information sharing, Adam Stevens in CT/MRI has offered up some fun math facts, which I’ll be sharing on the blog and Bennett TV monitors. Here’s the first installment: Tessellation (or Tiling) is a pattern of shapes that fit perfectly together. Historically (pre 2010), Subway sandwich artists placed cheese on sandwiches in […]

Jul 17, 2012

UNMC Service Award Recipients in the SAHP

Nicki Simmons, Karen Wesche, Gail Hackendahl, and Cindy Skarda The following SAHP staff members were honored for their service to UNMC at the annual awards dinner last week: Karen Wesche – 5 years; Virgie Powers – 10 years (not pictured); Nicki Simmons – 15 years; Gail Hackendahl – 25 years; and Cindy Skarda – 30 […]

Jun 19, 2012