OPEN Book – August 2026

OPEN Book is the Office of Research and Innovation’s internal monthly electronic newsletter that highlights upcoming activities, office news, and accomplishments.  The OPEN Book newsletter is distributed on the first business day of the month. 

News, Information, and Upcoming Events

HealthierU Employee Wellness and Community Resource Fair – Save the Date!

The annual HealthierU Employee Wellness and Community Resource Fair will take place on October 20 from 8-11 a.m. CT at the UNL Coliseum. For questions about the event, please contact HealthierU@unl.edu. 

Welcome New R&I Team Members

Maria Moreno is starting on August 3 on the Post Award team as a Project Specialist II.  Maria will report to Shelly Cutsor.  There will be more information introducing Maria in the next OPEN Book.  

Open Position Announcement

Do you know someone who should join out team?  Share this opportunity.
   
Research Communications Specialist, Research Communications, application review date begins 8/3/2026

The Month in Pictures

On July 15, Kate Engel (Nebraska Innovation Campus) presented at 1 Million Cups Lincoln.
On June 30th, MERC staff gathered at Mana Games for their “holiday” party – celebrating New New Year’s Eve (end of the fiscal year). After much debate, the group selected Kill Doctor Lucky for their first game, and spent many frustrated rounds thwarting each others’ attempts to kill the doctor, before Alian won once everyone else ran out of failure cards. They then played Ka-Blab! and enjoyed shouting answers as fast as they could before passing the game (and timer) to their neighbor, hoping the bomb didn’t go off. London managed to survive the explosions to win the game.