Feb. 29 – Emile Street skywalk to open.
March 10 – Thomas Nasca, M.D., CEO of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, to speak to faculty on competency-based education, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Room 4053, Sorrell Center.
March 18 – Board of Regents meeting
March 18 – Match Day, College of Medicine
March 21 – 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.
March 23 – Breakthrough Thinking Conference (formerly known as the UNMC Strategic Planning Retreat) 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hilton Omaha, 1001 Cass St. (by invitation only)
March 28 – Joseph P. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award will be presented to Jason MacTaggart, M.D., vascular surgery, 2:30 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium.
March 30 – 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., State legislators’ spouses come to UNMC for tour/presentations
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 14 – Culture Fest.
April 15-23 – Fourth annual Nebraska Science Festival.
April 21 – Innovators in Education: E-Learning Student Showcase, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Center for Nursing Science Building.
April 22 – LeVar Burton, "Star Trek" actor and "Reading Rainbow" producer will share the impact mentors, technology, storytelling and science fiction have had on his life at 7:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Museum’s Witherspoon Concert Hall. Tickets become available on March 22.
April 22 – Anatomical Donor Memorial Service, 6 p.m., Truhlsen Events Center.
April 25 – UNMC Board of Counselors (by invitation only)
April 29 – Spring Spirit Day (tentative).
May 7 – Omaha commencement at Baxter Arena.
May 7 – American Heart Association Walk, Miller’s Landing on the Omaha Riverfront (UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. is one of the key volunteers in the event).
May 26 – Board of Regents meeting
July 22 – Board of Regents meeting
Sept. 2 – Board of Regents campus visit to UNMC
Sept. 16 – Board of Regents meeting
Oct. 7-8 – Alumni Reunion
Nov. 17 – Board of Regents meeting
Nov. 28-29 – Higher Learning Commission site visit to UNMC.