Coming events

NOTE: This list is compiled well in advance of these events. Times and locations are subject to change. Please check UNMC Today calendar to insure you have the correct time and location.
 
April 2 – Welcome reception for Keith Olsen, Pharm.D., dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy, Linder Reading Room, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
April 3 – Chancellor’s Annual Breakthrough Thinking Conference, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Scott Conference Center (invitation only)
April 5-28 – Nebraska Science Festival (April 5 – Grant Imahara (keynote speaker); April 18 – Student Expo at Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland; April 26 – Student Expo at the Durham Museum; April 27 – Public expo at the Durham Museum)
April 15 – UNMC Board of Counselors, 4 p.m. (invitation only)
April 18 — Victor Dzau, M.D., president of the National Academy of Medicine, will present the Latta Lecture from noon – 1 p.m., Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center  
April 19 – Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy will hold 90th birthday celebration for Robert Binhammer, Ph.D.
April 19 – Campus blood drive, 7 a.m. – 1 p.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, Clarkson Tower; to make a reservation, contact Kari Lundeen, Nebraska Community Blood Bank, klundeen@ncbb.org, 402-486-9427
April 23 – Faculty Senate Annual Awards Meeting, DRC Auditorium, 4 p.m.
April 23 – “Do No Harm” documentary screening, Storz Pavilion, dinner at 5:30 p.m., film at 6 p.m., RSVP here
April 24 – Chancellor forum, noon-1 p.m., site to be determined
April 23-24 – Nebraska Healthy Kids Summit, Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center, 2021 Transformation Drive, Lincoln, register at www.ChildrensOmaha.org/Summit.
Some of the highlight activities at the summit include: a pre-summit workshop that will explore food security and access to healthy food and its impact on communities; and a showcase of Nebraska research projects and practice-focused evaluation efforts.
April 29 – Spring luncheon, Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, honoring Rick and Carol Russell, Happy Hollow Club, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., cost – $60/person; $600 for table of 10, RSVP here
May 4 – UNMC Omaha commencement, 9 a.m., Baxter Arena (approximately 500 students including the College of Medicine)
May 6 – McGoogan Library closes for renovation work
May 9 – Ribbon cutting ceremony for new addition to the Ronald McDonald House, 9:30 a.m.
May 9-10 – Nebraska Medicine to host a Ragan Communications Conference on crisis communications.
May 14 – Chancellor’s forum, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 1005
May 14 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
May 23-24 – National Judicial Pandemic Conference at UNMC (for state supreme court chief justices)
May 30 – Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy will host educational symposium on campus
May 30 or 31 – 1st EON Virtual Reality Innovation Academy Graduation Ceremony, 2:30-4 p.m.
June 17-21 – Tentative groundbreaking for Wigton Heritage Center
July 2-Aug. 13 (each Tuesday) – UNMC Lunchtime Farmers Market, UNMC Ice Rink
July 16 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
July 18 – Campus blood drive, 7 a.m. – 1 p.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, Clarkson Tower; to make a reservation, contact Kari Lundeen, Nebraska Community Blood Bank, klundeen@ncbb.org, 402-486-9427
Aug. 1-2 – Heartland Interprofessional Education (IPE) Regional Conference (Devin Nickol, MD, organizing)
Aug. 6 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
Aug. 28 – Campus BBQ, 3-6 p.m.
Sept. 19 – (tentative) Dr. Gold to host President’s Advisory Council luncheon/meeting
September 24 – Grand opening event for Davis Global Center
October 3 – Campus blood drive, 7 a.m. – 1 p.m., Lower Storz Pavilion, Clarkson Tower; to make a reservation, contact Kari Lundeen, Nebraska Community Blood Bank, klundeen@ncbb.org, 402-486-9427
Oct. 11-12 — Alumni Reunion Weekend (Medicine, Nursing, Graduate Studies); more information available here
Oct. 18-19 – 50th anniversary of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation