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.
May 30 – Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy will host educational symposium on campus
June 3 – Wittson Hall connector closes/detour begins
June 7 – Durham Museum Science Camp on campus
June 9 – Munroe-Meyer Institute Garden Walk
June 13 – Service Awards Dinner for UNMC employees celebrating a work anniversary
June 15-25/26 – College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park
June 17-18 – 100 Step-up Omaha kids on campus
June 24 – Wigton Heritage Center groundbreaking, 11 a.m.
June 25 – Child Health Research Institute celebration (evening event – by invitation only)
June 25 – Nebraska Coalition to Prevent Opioid Misuse meeting, 12:30 p.m. at UNMC
June 26 – Mini Science Festival for pediatric kids
June 29 – Memorial service for Virginia Grissom, 2 p.m., Dundee Presbyterian Church, 5312 Underwood Ave. A Girl Scout Color Guard will be at the service in recognition of Virginia’s longtime support of the Girl Scouts. Grissom died Feb. 26 at the age of 99. She was the wife of Robert Grissom, M.D., the first full-time chair of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.
July 1 – iEXCEL Viz Hub closes in preparation for its move to Davis Global Center
July 2-Aug. 13 (each Tuesday) – UNMC Lunchtime Farmers Market, UNMC Ice Rink
July 13 – Owl Ride, 9 p.m., Lewis & Clark Landing (fundraiser for Munroe-Meyer Institute)
July 16 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
July 18 – 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
July 22 – News conference to announce UNMC’s addiction fellowship (Ken Zoucha, MD, Gov. Pete Ricketts and Doug Peterson, Nebraska attorney general), 4th floor conference room, Lauritzen Outpatient Center, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 1-2 – Heartland Interprofessional Education (IPE) Regional Conference (Devin Nickol, MD, organizing)
Aug. 4-6 – INBRE annual conference in Nebraska City
Aug. 6 – Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
Aug. 6 – Event involving Ted Kooser, former U.S. poet laureate and longtime supporter of UNMC        
Aug. 23 – E Day (energy) on UNMC campus
Aug. 23/26/29 – Potential dates for groundbreaking for new Munroe-Meyer Institute building
Aug. 28 – Campus BBQ, 3-6 p.m.
Sept. 5 – Dr. Gold’s UNO investiture
Sept. 19 – (tentative) Dr. Gold to host President’s Advisory Council luncheon/meeting
Sept. 23-27 – Grand opening events for Davis Global Center/iEXCEL (main event on Sept. 24)
Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 – RHOP/KHOP students visit UNMC
October 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. 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. 17 – Innovation Awards Ceremony, Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center
Oct. 18-19 – 50th anniversary of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Oct. 23-24 – Great Plains IDeA-CTR conference
Nov. 7 – Event to recognize Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who is stepping down as director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (tentative)
December – National Association of Counties Board of Directors in Omaha – tour/possible reception at UNMC
Dec. 12 – Chancellor’s Holiday Tea, 2-4 p.m., Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium
 
Construction projects:
Davis Global Center (substantial completion by July, grand opening events Sept. 23-27);
Wittson Hall renovation (completion March 2020);
Wigton Heritage Center (completion July 2021);
Munroe-Meyer Institute (construction begins June with move-in goal July 2020).