April 3 – iEXCEL groundbreaking ceremony, 2:30 p.m., first floor Sorrell Center
April 6 – CultureFest
April 11 – Faculty Resource Center Showcase, 7 a.m., Sorrell Center, Room 4053
April 19 – Breakthrough Thinking Conference
April 20 – Annual faculty meeting/educational awards event, 4-6 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium
April 20-29 – Fifth annual Nebraska Science Festival
April 21 – Anatomical Memorial Donor Service, 6 p.m., Truhlsen Events Center
April 21 – Mindful Meditation Training for students and staff, 2-3:30 p.m., Sorrell Center, Room 2018
April 21 – SHARING the Green Golf Tournament, 3 p.m., 9 holes and dinner, Shoreline Golf Course
April 22 – Lymphoma Walk, Mahoney State Park, 10 a.m.
April 24 – Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures lunch honoring Mary Ann Holland
April 24 – UNMC Board of Counselors annual meeting (by invitation only)
April 24-29 – unveil SIM-NE trucks
April 27 – UNMC Retirees Association meeting; David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald reporter, speaks on Nebraska’s 150th anniversary celebration, 2-3:30 p.m., Private Dining Room
May 1 – John Bradfield, D.V.M., Ph.D., new comparative medicine director, starts
May 1 – Mindful Meditation Training for students and staff, 2-3:30 p.m., Williams Science Hall, Room 1038
May 6 – UNMC Omaha commencement, 9 a.m.
May 13 – Heart Walk
May 23 – Ribbon cutting for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
May 27 – Public open house for Fred & Pamela Cancer Center, 9 a.m. to noon
June 2-3 — Nebraska Cattlemen’s Ball will be hosted by Jeff and Lisa Johnson in Anselmo, Neb.
June 3-July 15 – Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) students on campus
June 5 – UNMC hosts the International Student Research Forum
June 5-6 – Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opens for patients
June 6 – Academic Affairs is sponsoring a regional health science education conference called OLC Collaborate Nebraska (Online Learning Consortium)
June 9-10 – Graduation of orthopaedic surgergy residents, speaker to be announced
Oct. 20-21 – Alumni Reunion, College of Medicine and College of Nursing
Oct. 23-27– Innovation Week includes Oct. 24 seminar, Demo Day on Oct. 25 and Innovation Awards on Oct. 26