Coming events

May 2 – Student event featuring the Pancake Man, 3-6 p.m. in the Sorrell Center

May 4 – 25 members of the American Chamber of Commerce of China will be on campus for a presentation by UNMC leaders, repeat presentation on May 6.

May 6 – UNMC Omaha commencement, 9 a.m., Baxter Arena

May 8 – Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold assumes additional role as UNO chancellor (pending BOR approval in June)

May 13 – Heart Walk

May 15 – Dr. Amy Cannella is recipient of Pioneering Women in Medicine Award

May 19 – Media event to talk about healing art in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center including the Chihuly Sanctuary

May 22 – UNMC Office of International Relations is hosting the Second Joint International Cancer Symposium

May 23 – Ribbon cutting for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

May 24 – Omaha Gives! fundraising event

May 27 – Public open house for Fred & Pamela Cancer Center, 9 a.m. to noon

June 1 – Retirement tea for Drs. Ernie Prentice and Steve Dixon

June 1 – Board of Regents meeting

June 2 – Central Administration staff to tour campus

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

June 8 – Opening event for the Wigton Archives at 10 a.m. on the 8th floor of the McGoogan Library of Medicine.

June 15-16 – Gifford Truhlsen Conference (June 15-16); Dr. Charles Fritch, one of the key donors to the Truhlsen Eye Institute, is hosting an evening reception/book signing with Dr. James Ravin, co-author of "The Artist’s Eyes"  on June 16 (by invitation only)

June 15 – Annual Service Awards Dinner, La Vista Embassy Suites

Aug 1-3 –Tentative dates for chancellor’s outstate trip to Northeast Nebraska

Aug. 11 – Board of Regents meeting

Aug. 23 All-campus BBQ, 4-7 p.m., Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza

Oct. 5 – Board of Regents meeting

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

Dec. 5 – Board of Regents meeting

Jan. 26 – Board of Regents meeting