Events

The Combine Virtual Showcase

In celebration of Lincoln Startup Week, join in this virtual event to hear from four startups in the Agriculture Technology Space. The event will showcase the following businesses: TreadSure: TreadSure connects ag equipment dealers with accurate and up-to-date tread depth information such as wear percentage in respect to original condition and resale value. Corral Technologies: Corral Technologies is giving ranchers the tools to track, move, and create cross fences for their cattle through a virtual fencing system.

Life Sciences Innovation Mixer

Join us to meet like-minded researchers and entrepreneurs in the life sciences and find out about resources in the local ecosystem! Who: This happy hour is open to faculty, post-docs, and graduate students who work in a life science field. When: Wednesday, October 27 at 4:00 p.m. Where: The Club at The Mill at Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2021 Transformation Drive, Lincoln, NE 68508 Please register online via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nebraska-innovation-mixer-and-bio-nebraska-annual-meeting-tickets-184872617977

Bio Nebraska Annual Meeting

Bio Nebraska invites you to their 2021 Annual Meeting on October 27, 2021. Join us as we celebrate October as Bioscience Month in Nebraska and the presentation of the Governor’s Bioscience Award and the Bioscience Lifetime Achievement Award. You’ll also have the opportunity to network with bioscience industry professionals while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and cocktails at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. Register here: https://www.bionebraska.org/2021-bio-nebraska-annual-meeting/.

University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative Retreat

Water for Food Global Forum

The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute is pleased to introduce the “Water for Food Global Forum,” a virtual series of events over a one-month period that will convene leading international experts, growers and organizations to focus on achieving global water and food security. The Forum will focus on integrating knowledge and practice.

CEO Connect Tour & Lunch

The CEO Connect is hosted quarterly by Dan Duncan, NIC’s Executive Director for CEOs of businesses located at Nebraska Innovation Campus to network and address business operations. This event is by invite only.

Heartsaver First Aid, CPR and AED Training

The Nebraska Safety Center is instructing Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Training at our Innovation Campus office in the Rise Building Suite 1270! If you have any questions or wish to register, please contact Mitchell Locken (lockenm@unk.edu). For only $59 you can learn to save a life! To register, please contact Mitchell Locken, lockenm@unk.edu, (402) 817-2013.

NE Healthy Schools

BLIXT Playwriting Workshop

Ghouls' Night Out is the evening of October 30th, but earlier that day, we'd love to see you for a free playwriting workshop! This opportunity is available for anyone 16 and up who wants to come together for a little dose of creativity! You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13XXFzlT96lQrnO8VEfSHSV1e83dRhA7NpsW27vFQbh0/viewform?fbclid=IwAR36jae5n_ymTEJkqIwuBl0p-PDv1vfsaGK0sspykXnyChakSXJU6ujq6b4&edit_requested=true. And the best part...there's nothing spooky about it! (We're saving that for Ghouls' Night Out...)!

BLIXT Presents Ghouls’ Night Out

Join us for Ghouls Night Out, a special BLIXT Halloween event at The Mill Coffee & Bistro at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Tickets are $20 and available at www.blixt.space. In order to keep our audience safe and healthy, seating is limited, so grab your tickets fast! Act One features original works by our talented BLIXT Playwriting Fellows and Friends, in response to the theme of “fear”. Act Two hands the storytelling to our audience, who will be invited to share their own spooky stories. The evening will culminate in a community conversation about fear, hope, love, and connection.

Massage Monday

NIC Partners are encouraged to take a well-deserved break and receive a FREE 5-minute chair massage. Massage therapists from UNL Campus Recreation will be at Nebraska Innovation Campus each month. Please be ready to show your NIC keycard or UNL NCard.

2021 Innovator Celebration

Each fall, NUtech Ventures hosts the Innovator Celebration, which honors the achievements of university faculty, staff and students who are developing and commercializing cutting-edge research. This year's event includes awards for notable campus inventors, creators and partner companies.

Drive-Thru Food Distribution

The Food Bank of Lincoln’s distribution center will be set up in the parking lot north of Transformation Drive. For a full food distribution schedule, please visit: https://www.lincolnfoodbank.org/get-food/food-distribution-schedule/ Please enter through Gate #4 off of Salt Creek Roadway. Follow the driveway to back side of the north parking lot. Exit the distribution by turning right onto Transformation Drive and exiting onto 14th Street. All are welcome.

Faculty Club Night

The Faculty Club Night events are open to all faculty and provide an opportunity to mingle, collaborate, and socialize in an informal setting. Indoor and outdoor space will be available, weather permitting. The most current university guidelines and policies will be followed for each gathering. Subscribe to the FCN email list for event reminders at: https://nuramp.nebraska.edu/ems/event.php?EMSEventUUID=ba2d17e9-cf85-4a70-9b9b-37c169a1e4c1 Faculty Club Nights are sponsored by Faculty Affairs in the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.

Food for Health Seminar Series – Sherry Flint-Garcia

Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia, from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service and University of Missouri, will present virtually as part of the Food for Health Seminar Series. Title: The Genetics and Consequences of Maize Domestication and Breeding: Can We Make a Better Tasting Corn?

Nebraska Specialty Crops Conference & Tradeshow

The Nebraska Specialty Crop Conference & Trade Show provides a platform for producers to gain new knowledge and practices, grow their businesses and expand their markets through educational presentations and connecting with industry professionals and other producers. Register here:

Nebraska Specialty Crops Conference & Tradeshow

The Nebraska Specialty Crop Conference & Trade Show provides a platform for producers to gain new knowledge and practices, grow their businesses and expand their markets through educational presentations and connecting with industry professionals and other producers. Register here:

Business Office Hours with NBDC

Staff from the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) will hold office hours at Nebraska Innovation Campus in the 2nd floor link. NBDC helps strengthen Nebraska businesses for a healthy economy and prosperous communities. Certified consultants provide confidential, impartial services and educational opportunities for established and start-up businesses, researchers, entrepreneurs, and professionals. Sessions at NIC are free and open to the public.

Drive-Thru Food Distribution

The Food Bank of Lincoln’s distribution center will be set up in the parking lot north of Transformation Drive. For a full food distribution schedule, please visit: https://www.lincolnfoodbank.org/get-food/food-distribution-schedule/ Please enter through Gate #4 off of Salt Creek Roadway. Follow the driveway to back side of the north parking lot. Exit the distribution by turning right onto Transformation Drive and exiting onto 14th Street. All are welcome.

Closed in Observance of Thanksgiving

The NIC administrative office will be closed Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving. Nebraska Innovation Studio will be closed November 25, 26 & 27. Regular business hours for both will resume Monday, November 29. The Mill Coffee & Bistro will have adjusted hours over Thanksgiving.