Coming events

March 28 – Joseph P. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award will be presented to Jason MacTaggart, M.D., vascular surgery, 2:30 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium.

March 28 – April 8 – "Together as One," university-wide employee giving campaign

March 30 – 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., State legislators’ spouses come to UNMC for tour/presentations

April 1 – Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, will deliver the Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology, at noon in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

April 9 – Holi Festival, Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza, noon to 3 p.m.

April 14 – Culture Fest.

April 15-23 – Fourth annual Nebraska Science Festival.

April 18 – Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures luncheon honoring Jim and Diny Landen, 11:30 a.m., Happy Hollow Club.

April 20 – Legislative session ends.

April 20 – Annual faculty meeting, 4 p.m., Durham Research Center Amphitheater.

April 21 – Innovators in Education: E-Learning Student Showcase, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Center for Nursing Science Building.

April 22 – LeVar Burton, "Star Trek" actor and "Reading Rainbow" producer will share the impact mentors, technology, storytelling and science fiction have had on his life at 7:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Museum’s Witherspoon Concert Hall. Tickets become available on March 22. 

April 22 – Anatomical Donor Memorial Service, 6 p.m., Truhlsen Events Center.

April 25 – UNMC Board of Counselors (by invitation only)

April 29 – Spring Spirit Day (tentative).

May 7 – Omaha commencement at Baxter Arena.

May 7 – American Heart Association Walk, Miller’s Landing on the Omaha Riverfront (UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. is one of the key volunteers in the event).

May 19 – "Candid Conversation with the Chancellor," noon, Dixon Lecture Hall, College of Dentistry, Lincoln.

May 26 – Board of Regents meeting

July 22 – Board of Regents meeting

August 26 – All-campus BBQ, 4-7 p.m., Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza.

Sept. 2 – Board of Regents campus visit to UNMC

Sept. 16 – Board of Regents meeting

Sept. 29 – Grand opening for Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, 174th and Burt streets.

Oct. 7-8 – Alumni Reunion

Nov. 17 – Board of Regents meeting

Nov. 28-29 – Higher Learning Commission site visit to UNMC.