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NOTE: This list is compiled well in advance of these events. Times and locations are subject to change. Please check <\/strong>UNMC Today calendar<\/a> to insure you have the correct time and location.<\/strong>
\nMay 30 –<\/strong> Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy will host educational symposium on campus
\nJune 3 –<\/strong> Wittson Hall connector closes\/detour begins
\nJune 7 –<\/strong> Durham Museum Science Camp on campus
\nJune 9 – <\/strong>Munroe-Meyer Institute Garden Walk
\nJune 13 –<\/strong> Service Awards Dinner for UNMC employees celebrating a work anniversary
\nJune 15-25\/26 – <\/strong>College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park
\nJune 17-18 – <\/strong>100 Step-up Omaha kids on campus
\nJune 24 – <\/strong>Wigton Heritage Center groundbreaking, 11 a.m.
\nJune 25 –<\/strong> Child Health Research Institute celebration (evening event – by invitation only)
\nJune 25 –<\/strong> Nebraska Coalition to Prevent Opioid Misuse meeting, 12:30 p.m. at UNMC
\nJune 26 –<\/strong> Mini Science Festival for pediatric kids
\nJune 29 – <\/strong>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.
\nJuly 1 –<\/strong> iEXCEL Viz Hub closes in preparation for its move to Davis Global Center
\nJuly 2-Aug. 13 (each Tuesday) – <\/strong>UNMC Lunchtime Farmers Market, UNMC Ice Rink
\nJuly 13 –<\/strong> Owl Ride, 9 p.m., Lewis & Clark Landing (fundraiser for Munroe-Meyer Institute)
\nJuly 16 –<\/strong> Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
\nJuly 18 – <\/strong>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<\/a>, 402-486-9427
\nJuly 22 – <\/strong>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.
\nAug. 1-2 –<\/strong> Heartland Interprofessional Education (IPE) Regional Conference (Devin Nickol, MD, organizing)
\nAug. 4-6 –<\/strong> INBRE annual conference in Nebraska City
\nAug. 6 –<\/strong> Virtual Reality Innovation Academy (VRIA) open house
\nAug. 6 – <\/strong>Event involving Ted Kooser, former U.S. poet laureate and longtime supporter of UNMC        
\nAug. 23 – <\/strong>E Day (energy) on UNMC campus
\nAug. 23\/26\/29 – <\/strong>Potential dates for groundbreaking for new Munroe-Meyer Institute building
\nAug. 28 –<\/strong> Campus BBQ, 3-6 p.m.
\nSept. 5 –<\/strong> Dr. Gold’s UNO investiture
\nSept. 19 –<\/strong> (tentative) Dr. Gold to host President’s Advisory Council luncheon\/meeting
\nSept. 23-27 –<\/strong> Grand opening events for Davis Global Center\/iEXCEL (main event on Sept. 24)
\nSept. 30 – Oct. 1 –<\/strong> RHOP\/KHOP students visit UNMC
\nOctober 3 – <\/strong>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<\/a>, 402-486-9427
\nOct. 11-12 — <\/strong>Alumni Reunion Weekend (Medicine, Nursing, Graduate Studies); more information available here<\/a>
\nOct. 14 – <\/strong>UNMC Board of Counselors on campus (evening event – by invitation only)
\nOct. 14-18 –<\/strong> Innovation Week activities
\nOct. 17 –<\/strong> Innovation Awards Ceremony, Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center
\nOct. 18-19 –<\/strong> 50th anniversary of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
\nOct. 23-24 –<\/strong> Great Plains IDeA-CTR conference
\nNov. 7 – <\/strong>Event to recognize Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who is stepping down as director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (tentative)
\nDecember –<\/strong> National Association of Counties Board of Directors in Omaha – tour\/possible reception at UNMC
\nDec. 12 –<\/strong> Chancellor’s Holiday Tea, 2-4 p.m., Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium
\n 
\nConstruction projects<\/strong>:
\nDavis Global Center (substantial completion by July, grand opening events Sept. 23-27);
\nWittson Hall renovation (completion March 2020);
\nWigton Heritage Center (completion July 2021);
\nMunroe-Meyer Institute (construction begins June with move-in goal July 2020).
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