April 14 – May 2 – Campus food drive.
April 21 – Distinguished Scientist event, 4 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium.
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 25 — SHARING Golf Tournament (9 holes), 3 p.m., Shoreline Golf Course, Carter Lake, Iowa. For a registration form, click here; for more information about registering, click here or call 559-1063.
April 26 — Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D., UC Davis School of Medicine and one of the 50 most influential experts in the world on stem cell research, 11:30 a.m., Sorrell Center. Here’s how to make a reservation.
April 26 – Bike for Sight at 9 a.m. at Miller’s Landing on the downtown Omaha riverfront. The event raises awareness and funds to support a vision restoring cataract camp in Nepal, a country located in south Asia bordered by India and China. For every registered rider, UNMC’s Prevention of Global Blindness division will perform one free cataract surgery on a patient living needlessly blind in Nepal. The event is open to both casual and serious riders of all ages and skill levels, and participants can choose between 5, 10, 20 and 40 mile routes. Pre-registration is available at www.bikeforsight.org or in person the day of the event.
April 26 — "Straight Talk about the Heart," an educational event to benefit the American Heart Association, will be held in the lower Storz Pavilion in Clarkson Tower. Subjects will include transcatheter aortic valve replacement, varicose veins and adult congenital heart disease. For more information on speakers and times, click here. There is a $25 registration fee. To register or for more information, call 559-4260.
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 2 — "How Modern Yoga Can Help Our Patients: The Studies, the Theory and the Practices," at noon at the Sorrell Center, Room 4053. Baxter Bell, M.D., a physician, medical acupuncturist and a Yoga Alliance certified educator, will speak on the emerging benefits of yoga for a wide variety of health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
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, 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.