Oct. 1 – John S. Latta Lecture at noon featuring Luanne Thorndyke, M.D., a 1983 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine. Dr. Thorndyke is vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Oct. 2 – Teachers Night at Durham Museum – Nebraska Science Festival booth
Oct. 2-3 – UNMC Alumni Reunion Weekend
Oct. 12 – UNMC Board of Counselors meeting (by invitation only)
Oct. 13 – Science Café, Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St., John Schleicher and Erin Torrell, McGoogan Library of Medicine, will present historical photos and medical equipment.
Oct. 19 – Healing Arts program announcement/press conference.
Oct. 19-23 – Innovation Week (awards ceremony, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium)
Oct. 20 – Adam Ruben, writer, comedian, storyteller, and molecular biologist, will give a humorous presentation, 2 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium (open to the campus).
Oct. 30 – Women’s Health and Wellness Conference, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., La Vista Conference Center, 12520 Westport Parkway. Register here. Several College of Medicine faculty will present including Rachel Bonnema, M.D., Michael Summers, M.D., Sara May, M.D., and Steven Wengel, M.D.
Nov. 2 – Open house, Mind and Brain Health Labs, first floor, Clarkson Doctors Office Building North, 4:30-6 p.m. with remarks at 4:45 p.m. by Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and College of Medicine Dean Brad Britigan, M.D.
Nov. 9-13 – International Week
Dec. 18 – Winter Commencement, 2 p.m., Joslyn Art Museum.
Jan. 27 – Student Wellbeing Symposium, Lotte Dyrbye, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic will be keynote speaker. She is an expert on burnout, quality of life, and depression as they pertain to medical students.
March 23 – Annual Community Strategic Planning Inspiration Retreat, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hilton Omaha, 1001 Cass St.
March 24-25 – Conference for high school students interested in the health professions. For more information, contact Heidi Kaschke, 402-559-1358, program director, UNMC High School Alliance.
April 1 – Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, will deliver the Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology, at noon in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
April 15-23 – Fourth annual Nebraska Science Festival.
May 7 – Commencement at Baxter Arena.