Groundbreaking For University Of Nebraska Medical Center’s CORE Building Set For Oct. 31

WHAT:  UNMC leaders will break ground on the CORE (Campus Operations and Research Excellence) Building, which will serve as a cornerstone of UNMC’s new Saddle Creek Campus at the corner of Saddle Creek Road and Farnam Street. The building will support computer-based research and wet lab-based research for drug discovery, oncology research and other strategic research areas at UNMC.

The site is in proximity to the Catalyst building, now under construction, which will bring together UNMC’s UNeMed and UNeTech branches with biotech and technology startups and also make the CORE Building ideal for research that leads to product and drug collaboration and innovation.

The CORE Building is being designed to accommodate a future pedestrian bridge structure crossing over Saddle Creek Road, linking the Saddle Creek Campus to the main academic health science campus. The City of Omaha will pay for, own and operate an adjacent parking structure that will serve the building. Completion of the CORE Building is expected in February 2026.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. Media is invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony.

WHERE: Beneath a white tent at the corner of Saddle Creek Road and Farnam Street.

 INTERVIEWS:

Interviews will be made available immediately following the ceremony with:

• UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

• Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert

• Ken Bayles, PhD, vice chancellor for research at UNMC

• Michael Dixon, PhD, president and CEO of UNeMed Corporation

• Rebekah Gundry, PhD, director, UNMC Center for Heart and Vascular Research

Media Parking:

Media may park in the lot directly west of Rathskeller (due to construction, motorists must enter the lot via Douglas Street).