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Talent Tuesdays Starts Oct 5, 2010

We’re calling it Talent Tuesdays: an hour of entertainment provided by UNMC employees and students for other UNMC employees and students. I’d thought about playing a lunch-time gig in our Bennett Hall auditorium since we moved in after the renovation, and when I mentioned it to Chuck Brown, a fellow musician in public relations, he […]

Aug 18, 2010

Today's Research Seminar Postponed

Today’s research seminar scheduled at noon in BTH 2020 is being postponed. We will send rescheduling information at a later date.

Aug 18, 2010

Faculty members — get your picture taken on Sept. 15

A photographer will be available on Wednesday, Sept. 15 between 10 a.m. and noon to shoot free professional head shots for faculty members. The photo shoots — which should last just a few minutes each — will take place in the atrium outside of the Truhlsen Campus Events Center in the Sorrell Center. If you […]

Aug 16, 2010

Welcome Marnie Imhoff to the CLS Team

The Clinical Laboratory Science Program would like to introduce our newest member. Marnie Imhoff, MBA, MT(ASCP) joined the program in June as the CLS Program’s Clinical Education Coordinator. Marnie is responsible for the coordination of the thirty-plus students that complete nine-months of their didactic and clinical education via distance in health care facilities across Nebraska, […]

Aug 13, 2010

Fell Admitted into Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity

Linda L. Fell, MS, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CMSHCM, was recently admitted into the Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity. The mission of Alpha Mu Tau is to recognize ASCLS members who have made outstanding professional contributions to the field of clinical laboratory science and to enhance the profession by providing scholarships to support educational endeavors. Ms. Fell and the […]

Aug 13, 2010

Physical Therapy Student Wins Competition

As reported in the UNMC Today, Chuck Kasson, a UNMC Physical Therapy student, won the heavyweight division of the North American Highlander Competition last weekend. The competition was a strength contest similar to the World’s Strongest Man, in which Kasson and other competitors flipped tires, lifted logs and moved other objects that weighed hundreds of […]

Aug 6, 2010

Dr. Turman to present at next UNMC Science Cafe

Jack Turman, Jr., PhD, PT, Director of Physical Therapy Education in the School of Allied Health Professions will be presenting at the UNMC Science Cafe next Tuesday, August 3rd. Dr. Turman’s research involves the study of environmental determinants of feeding behavior, in preterm infants and the effects of nutritional interventions on brain and behavior development. […]

Aug 2, 2010

Prusia, Three-Time Honoree

Sue Prusia, Fiscal and Budget Associate in the SAHP, was a guest yesterday at the Chancellor’s Silver “U” luncheon. Sue, who has been employed at the SAHP for ten years, was honored as a three-time recipient of the Chancellor’s Silver “U” award. The Silver “U” award is given to acknowledge employees “who provide consistent performance […]

Jul 30, 2010

Generation of curiosity isn't the problem…

“The problem is the generation of a curiosity that always asks a question that in turn spurs one on to a physical act in pursuit of an answer.” This quote comes from Back in Keith County, by John Janovy, Jr., Varner Professor of Biological Sciences at UNL. I’m reading the book for my English Master’s comps and […]

Jul 19, 2010

Thanks for all the support…

Thank you to all my supporters who donated and who came out to see me get my head shaved. In just a couple of days, we’ve raised over $400 for children’s cancer research. Not too shabby. You can watch the channel 6 news or check The Nebraska Medical Center website for video highlights. I’ll put pictures and links […]

Jul 16, 2010