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Chihuly art on display at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha. Both the lobby and the Chihuly Sanctuary at the center are filled with art as part of the facility's Healing Arts Program.
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Chihuly art
Chihuly art on display at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. The $323 million facility is the largest project in the history of UNMC.
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Chihuly Sanctuary
The Chihuly Sanctuary and Leslie's Healing Garden at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha. The Center will begin taking patients on June 5. It features art from well-known artists like Dale Chihuly.
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Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
A work of art Mary Zicafoose in the lobby of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at UNMC. The $323 million facility was built mostly with private funds.
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Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
A 100-seat auditorium at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha. The room has seven large monitors and and is big enough to accommodate doctors and researchers at the same time.
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Buffett Cancer Center
From left, Deanna Haynes, Krista Burling, Mike Dutt, Michael Wieseler and Jennifer Lempke, radiology staff members at the new Buffett Cancer Center, prepare on Wednesday for the facility's June opening.
