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.
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 11 – American Heart Walk, 9:15 a.m., Stinson Park in Aksarben Village
May 13 – Dr. Gold will speak to Bellevue-Papillion Rotary Club
May 14 – UNMC Listening Session, 1-2:15 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 1005, will be livestreamed
May 14 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
May 20 – 1st EON VR Innovation Academy Graduation Ceremony, 5-6:30 p.m.
May 23 – Campus Safety Walk, 8 to 9:30 p.m. to help identify safety concerns on campus at night
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 24 – Wigton Heritage Center groundbreaking, 11 a.m.
June 25 – Child Health Research Institute celebration (evening event by invitation only)
June 25 – Nebraska Coalition to Prevent Opioid Misuse meeting, 12:30 p.m. at UNMC
June 26 – Mini Science Festival for pediatric kids
July 1 – iEXCEL Viz Hub closes in preparation for its move to Davis Global 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
July 22 – News conference to announce UNMC’s addiction fellowship (Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Ken Zoucha, MD, Gov. Pete Ricketts and Doug Peterson, Nebraska attorney general), 4th floor conference room, Lauritzen Outpatient Center, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 1-2 – Heartland Interprofessional Education (IPE) Regional Conference (Devin Nickol, MD, organizing)
Aug. 6 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
Aug. 6 – UNO humanities event involving Ted Kooser, former U.S. poet laureate and longtime supporter of UNMC
Aug. 23 – E Day (energy) on UNMC campus
Aug. 23/26/29 – Potential dates for groundbreaking for new Munroe-Meyer Institute building
Aug. 28 – Campus BBQ, 3-6 p.m.
Sept. 5 – Dr. Gold’s UNO investiture
Sept. 19 – (tentative) Dr. Gold to host President’s Advisory Council luncheon/meeting
Sept. 23-27 – Grand opening events for Davis Global Center/iEXCEL
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
Oct. 23-24 – Great Plains IDeA-CTR conference
Nov. 7 – Event to recognize Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who is stepping down as director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (tentative)
Coming events
This year's Heart Walk for the American Heart Association will be held at 9:15 a.m. on May 11 at Stinson Park in Aksarben Village.