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.
Oct. 7 – Jana Wardian, PhD, research director, Air Force Diabetes Center of Excellence, will speak on "Strengthening and Energizing Clinical Practice through Research," 2-3 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 2010
Through Oct. 11 – Employee giving campaign through University of Nebraska Foundation
Oct. 11 – LGBTQ’s Come out for Cupcakes, 2-3 p.m., Sorrell Center Commons and outside Nebraska Cafe exit (third floor, Nebraska Tower)
Oct. 11-12 — Alumni Reunion Weekend (Medicine, Nursing, Graduate Studies); more information available here
Oct. 12 – Health and Advocacy Conference
Oct. 14 – UNMC Board of Counselors on campus (evening event – by invitation only)
Oct. 14 – Parkinson’s disease conference (Embassy Suites LaVista) for patients and their family/caregivers. Keynote speaker Brian Grant, retired NBA player who has Parkinson’s
Oct. 14-18 – Innovation Week activities
Oct. 15 – Chancellor Gold’s All-Campus Forum, 11 a.m., Sorrell Center, Room 1005
Oct. 15 – Science Café on iEXCEL, Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St.
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 – 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
Oct. 28 – Nov. 15 – NUFlex enrollment begins
Oct. 29 – Research in Your Own Backyard, Sorrell Center, Linder Reading Room, 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Nov. 1 – Nominations due for the President’s Excellence Awards (OTICA, ORCA, IDEA)
Nov. 4-15 – United Way campaign at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine
Nov. 7 – VIP event for the new cath lab
Nov. 8 – Open house for the new cath lab (located on the ground floor where old University Tower ORs were)
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
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. 6 – Board of directors of the National Association of Counties (NACo) will tour UNMC; Douglas County Commissioner Mary Ann Borgeson is president of NACo, an organization which brings together representatives from more than 3,000 county governments in the U.S.
Dec. 9-13 – De-Stress Week, multiple stress relieving activities planned on campus
Dec. 12 – Chancellor’s Holiday Tea, 2-4 p.m., Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium
Dec. 12 – Chancellor’s All-Campus Forum, 1-2 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 1005
Dec. 12 – Event to recognize Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who is stepping down as director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
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
Feb. 8 – Rube Goldberg competition
Feb. 20 – Impact in Education Awards ceremony, 3 p.m., DRC Auditorium
March 19 – UNO and UNMC campus visits for the Regents
April 3-26 – Nebraska Science Festival: April 3 – keynote speaker; April 16 – Expo at SAC Museum; April 24 – Expo at Durham Museum; April 25 – Public Expo at Durham Museum
Construction projects:
Davis Global Center (grand opening events in early 2020);
Wittson Hall renovation (completion March 2020);
Wigton Heritage Center (completion July 2021);
Munroe-Meyer Institute (move-in goal of late 2020/early 2021).