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.
July 23 – Opening event for the House Officers Wellness Lounge, 5 p.m., Yanney Conference Room, first floor of Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
July 30-31 – Dr. Gold to McCook, Gothenburg and Holdrege
Aug. 1-2 – Heartland Interprofessional Education (IPE) Regional Conference (Devin Nickol, MD, organizing)
Aug. 4-6 – INBRE annual conference in Nebraska City
Aug. 6 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
Aug. 6 – Medical humanities event involving Ted Kooser, former U.S. poet laureate and longtime supporter of UNMC
Aug. 8-9 – Dr. Gold to Hastings, Lincoln and Beatrice
Aug. 12 – News conference to announce UNMC’s addiction fellowship (Ken Zoucha, MD, Gov. Pete Ricketts and Doug Peterson, Nebraska attorney general), 4th floor conference room, Lauritzen Outpatient Center, 10 a.m.
Aug. 16 – Board of Regents meeting
Aug. 18 – Corporate Cycling Challenge
Aug. 19 – Dr. Gold and another UNMC guest will be featured on "Rural America Live" on RFD-TV
Aug. 23 – E Day (energy) on UNMC campus
Aug. 26 – Groundbreaking event for new Munroe-Meyer Institute building on UNO’s Scott Campus
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. 30 – Oct. 1 – RHOP/KHOP students visit UNMC
October or November – United Way campaign (date TBD)
Oct. 21 – Event-a-thon for Omaha high school students at UNO
Oct. 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. 14 – UNMC Board of Counselors on campus (evening event – by invitation only)
Oct. 14-18 – Innovation Week activities
Oct. 17 – Innovation Awards Ceremony, Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center
Oct. 18-19 – 50th anniversary of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Oct. 21 – Dr. Gold and another UNMC guest will be featured on "Rural America Live" on RFD-TV
Oct. 23-24 – Great Plains IDeA-CTR conference
Oct. 25 – Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., La Vista Conference Center
Oct. 25 – Board of Regents meeting
Nov. 7 – Event to recognize Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who is stepping down as director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (tentative)
Nov. 8 – GenderWorks: Advancing Transgender Care in the Heartland Conference, Omaha Hilton Downtown, UNMC (Dr. Jean Amoura) is a co-sponsor
December – National Association of Counties Board of Directors in Omaha – tour/possible reception at UNMC
Dec. 6 – Board of Regents meeting
Dec. 12 – Chancellor’s Holiday Tea, 2-4 p.m., Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium
Dec. 17 – Chancellor’s holiday party (by invitation only)
Dec. 20 – Winter commencement
Feb. 6 – Board of Regents meeting
April 3-26 – Nebraska Science Festival
Construction projects:
Davis Global Center (substantial completion by July, grand opening events in early 2020);
Wittson Hall renovation (completion March 2020);
Wigton Heritage Center (completion July 2021);
Munroe-Meyer Institute (groundbreaking event on Aug. 26 with move-in goal of late 2020/early 2021).
Coming events
The UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus is invited to attend the opening ceremony for the House Officers Wellness Lounge at 5 p.m. on July 23 in the Yanney Conference Room on the first floor of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.