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Coming events

Feb. 20 – Board of Regents visit UNMC.

Feb. 28 – Farewell tea for William Burke, M.D., psychiatry, 1-3 p.m., University Tower Private Dining Room C.

March 2 – The 10th annual Walk and Roll for Disabilities, a fundraiser for the Munroe-Meyer Institute, will be held at 10:30 a.m., at Oakview Mall.

March 8 – Employees are invited to attend the Omaha Lancers vs. Youngstown Phantoms hockey game at 7:05 p.m. at the Ralston Arena. Tickets will be sold for $15 with $4 of every ticket going back to the medical center’s Relay for Life Team. Contact Mallory Car for more information.

March 21 – Match Day for College of Medicine fourth-year students, 11 a.m., Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center.

March 21 – Board of Regents meeting.

April 14 – May 2 – Campus food drive.

April 24 – Annual Faculty Awards event, 4 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium.

April 24-27 – Nebraska Science Festival. Jeff Corwin, host of “Animal Planet,” will be the featured presenter on April 25 at the Joslyn Art Museum. Tickets are free, but must be picked up on Feb. 22 at the Joslyn Art Museum to reserve your place.

April 28 – Coalition for Lifesaving Cures luncheon honoring Dr. Harold M. Maurer and his wife, Beverly, at Happy Hollow Club.

April 28 – UNMC Board of Counselors meeting.

May 6 – Circle of Distinction event celebrating COM faculty who hold endowed chairs and professorships and the donors whose generosity made the honors possible. By invitation only, 5:30 p.m., Truhlsen Events Center.

May 19 – 100th anniversary celebration for UNMC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

June 2-6 – Celebration of the 10th anniversary of UNMC’s relationship with China will be held sometime this week.

June 6-7 — The 2014 Cattlemen’s Ball will be hosted by the Hoot Owl Ranch near Harrisburg, Neb., which is near the Wyoming border. Kenny and Misty Stauffer are ranch managers, while Jeff and Kathy May own the ranch.

June 7 – Polo for Patients, an equestrian style fundraiser for The Nebraska Medical Center, will be held at Levi Carter Park. All proceeds will benefit the Patient Assistance Fund, a resource that provides support for basic needs such as transportation, lodging, clothing and food for patients and their families.