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.
Sept. 5 – Dr. Gold’s UNO investiture, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Jan and John Christensen Concert Hall (Strauss Performing Arts Center)
Sept. 7 – SHARING Clinic relocates from Specialty Care Center on South 52nd Street to third floor of Durham Outpatient Center
Sept. 19 – (tentative) Dr. Gold to host President’s Advisory Council luncheon/meeting
Sept. 19 – Ice cream social for faculty/staff to celebrate engagement survey participation, 3-6 p.m.
Sept. 19 – Interprofessional Academy of Educators induction of new members, 6 p.m., Storz Pavilion
Sept. 20 – All-campus forum with Dr. Gold and Dr. Susan Fritz, interim president of Universtiy of Nebraska, at UNMC, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (UNO at 11:30 a.m.)
Sept. 23 – Possible donor event re the Kaneko columns/front door to campus (42nd & Leavenworth)
Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 – RHOP/KHOP students visit UNMC
October or November – United Way campaign (date TBD)
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. 6 – 35th annual reunion Nebraska Polio Survivors Association, 1:30 – 4 p.m., Bloomfield Independent Living, 9804 Nicholas St., Kevin Jerome Collins, M.D., a physiatrist at Baptist Health in North Little Rock, Arkansas, will be featured speaker – will coordinate with UNMC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  
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. 15 – Chancellor Gold Employee Forum, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 1005
Oct. 16 – Legislative staffers visit UNMC and UNO
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. 21 – Event-a-thon for Omaha high school students at UNO
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
Nov. 13 – iEXCEL to host up to 25 government officials and major health care executives from Japan. They want to establish a series of simulation centers throughout Japan.
Nov. 20 – Chancellor Gold Employee Forum, noon to 1 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 2010
December – National Association of Counties Board of Directors in Omaha – tour/possible reception at UNMC
Dec. 3 — 10th Annual Nebraska Children’s Health & Education Summit, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Nebraska Innovation Campus, Lincoln
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. 18 — Nebraska Medical Orchestra concert (time and locationTBD)
Dec. 20 – Winter commencement
Feb. 6 – Board of Regents meeting
April 3-26 – Nebraska Science Festival
 
Construction projects:
Davis Global Center (substantial completion by November, grand opening events in spring 2020);
Wittson Hall renovation (completion March 2020);
Wigton Heritage Center (completion July 2021);
Munroe-Meyer Institute (move-in goal of late 2020/early 2021).