OMAHA, Neb. (Oct. 14, 2015)—Innovation and Research Week enters its ninth year Monday, Oct. 19, celebrating and recognizing world-class research and discovery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Hosted by UNMC’s technology transfer office, UNeMed Corporation, Innovation and Research Week begins with an open house 9 a.m. Monday at the Durham Research Center, and culminates with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Ceremony and Reception Thursday evening, which will include a drawing for a free iPad.
This year marks the first major expansion of Innovation and Research Week to include more than a dozen new events that incorporates UNMC’s innovative educational practices and basic science research. The new events include several seminars, workshops and hands-on demonstrations.
All events are free and open to the public, but the iPad drawing is for UNMC faculty, students and staff only. They may register for the drawing by attending any UNeMed-sponsored event. Further details can be found Innovation Week.
Innovation Week will feature an entertaining presentation from Adam Ruben, Ph.D., author of the popular book, “Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School.” Ruben will also perform a second show in the evening, “Public Perception of Science: Lessons from a Dead Sheep,” as part of UNMC’s Science Café series.
Alternate science careers will also be explored Monday afternoon during a panel discussion featuring four successful scientists who moved away from the research bench.
For the first time Innovation Week will feature an all-day open house that will expose the most sophisticated medical training tools in the world at the new Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL).
The Sorrell Center will also produce a simulated medical scenario pitting two medical student groups against one another in a one-hour contest called “Mission SimPossible.”
On Wednesday, UNMC Technology Demo Day will enter its third year, featuring new technologies, inventions and startups that are either based on UNMC innovations, or are innovative startups working to help further UNMC research.
Innovation Week concludes on Thursday, Oct. 23, with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Ceremony and Reception. The ceremony will recognize all the UNMC scientists over the previous year who were issued a new patent, licensed a technology, or developed a new invention. UNeMed will also present special awards for the “Most Promising New Invention of 2015” and the “2015 Innovator of the Year.”
Monday’s open house is a chance to meet UNeMed staffers, learn about the innovation process, and pick up a free T-shirt and other goodies.
