Oct. 30 — UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences is hosting its annual Parkinson’s disease symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha/La Vista Hotel & Conference Center, 12520 Westport Parkway, in La Vista.
Nov. 1 – Legislative staff visit to UNMC and UNO
Nov. 1 – Modern Streetcar Advocates news conference
Nov. 2 – Jane Pauley, "CBS Sunday Morning" television program, comes to Omaha to do story on the healing arts program at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Warren Buffett, Pamela Buffett and Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, will be interviewed. The segment is tentatively slated to air on Nov. 12.
Nov. 9 – Faculty onboarding event for new faculty
Nov. 29 – Retirement tea for Jim Turpen, PhD, 2 to 4:30 p.m., PDR C. Remarks at 2:45 p.m.
Nov. 30 – "Sustaining Your Call to Medicine," wellness event for house officers/medical students with strategies to maintain one’s joy for medicine while achieving a balance between work/personal life; Jean Simonson, MD, BSN, anesthesiology, will be the keynote speaker, 5:30 to 8 p.m., Storz Pavilion
Dec. 5 – Board of Regents meeting
Dec. 7 – Nebraska Children’s Health & Education Summit, 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Boys Town Auditorium
Dec. 7-8 – Chancellor Gold visits Hastings and Holdrege
Dec. 11 – Holiday tea, 2-4 p.m., Durham Outpatient Center Atrium
Dec. 14 – Chancellor’s holiday party (by invitation only)
Dec. 14 – COM Faculty Council meeting, 5 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 4053
Jan. 11 – Impact in Education Awards ceremony, 3 p.m.
Jan. 26 – Board of Regents meeting
Jan. 26-27 – UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s, UNMC Ice Rink
Feb. 4 – UNMC Ice Rink closes
April 19-28 – Nebraska Science Festival
–Student expo: April 19 -Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
–Student expo: April 23-24 – Morrill Hall in Lincoln
–Student expo: April 27 – The Durham Museum
–Public expo: April 28 – The Durham Museum
June 1-2 – Cattlemen’s Ball in Hebron, Neb.
September 2018 – National Modeling & Simulation Coalition National Meeting hosted by UNMC