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Massage Monday
Monday, May 5
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Link, 1st Floor
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 on Monday, May 5. Please be ready to show your NIC keycard or UNL NCard.
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The Mill Coffee & Bistro is offering lunch specials on Mondays in May at NIC! Chef
Erica is cooking up special lunch options from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Specials - $14 | Main Dish + Side
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Big Red Pawp-Up
Tuesday, May 6
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
NIC Plaza
Take a well-deserved break from work or studying and de-stress with some friendly therapy dogs! Certified therapy dog teams will be visiting Nebraska Innovation Campus on Tuesday, May 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thanks to our wonderful community partners—Domesti-PUPS,
Healing Hearts Therapy Dogs, and Uplifting Paws—for making this possible. This event is free and open to all—come join us for some pawsitive vibes!
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Robotics Speaker Series: Autonomy in Rugged Environments with Jacob Hansen
Wednesday, May 7
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Nebraska Innovation Studio Classroom
REGISTER
>>
Nebraska Innovation Studio’s upcoming
Robotics Speaker Series talk will feature a conversation with Jacob Hansen exploring how ALA Engineering hopes to automate feedlots.
Jacob Hansen's journey in building ALA Engineering's first-ever product - ALAN, the ALA Navigator - has been all about efficiency and sturdiness. What started as an IT job soon transformed into co-founding and operating as CTO at one of Nebraska's most exciting
startups. Learn more about his and ALA's story as they work to bring autonomy to farms throughout the region.
Free food and drink will be provided.
REGISTER
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NIC Partner Lunch & Learn: Chocolate Tasting
Thursday, May 15
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Food Innovation Center, FIC 111
REGISTER
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Join us on May 15 for a delicious global journey in chocolate.
Dr. Silvana Martini, Department Head of Food Science & Technology, will lead you through the fascinating bean-to-bar process, offering insight into how chocolate is crafted from raw cacao to the finished treat. Then, savor a curated tasting of single-origin
chocolates and discover how beans from different regions produce distinct and unforgettable flavors. Expand your palate and deepen your appreciation for the world's most beloved sweet.
FREE lunch will be provided. Sign
up now - only 25 spots are available!
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Mother's Day Brunch
Sunday, May 11
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Barred Owl at The Scarlet Hotel
Reserve
Your Table >>
Enjoy a beautiful Mother's Day Brunch featuring delicious dishes, handcrafted favorites and chef stations at The Scarlet Hotel. Link x Lou will also be on-site from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. offering permanent jewelry - a perfect, timeless gift.
Reserve
Your Table >>
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Nebraska Innovation Campus is proud to be a collection site for
Towel Day 2025. Organized by
Don't Panic Labs and
People's City Mission, this collection event aims to collect towels for people in need. Towels are always in short supply and this two-week donation drive serves a vital need for our local community.
From May 12 through 25, NIC Partners and the Lincoln community are encouraged to bring towels to The Mill Coffee & Bistro between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. New or used towels in any condition and of any size will be accepted. The towels will be used at the People’s
City Mission shelter in Lincoln.
Learn
More >>
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GP Mobile Car Wash & Detail will be at Nebraska Innovation Campus on Wednesday,
May 14!
GP Mobile Car Wash and Detail is a premier Lincoln auto detail and car wash company that offers superior car detailing and mobile car wash services to the greater Lincoln region and surrounding
areas. Their mission is to service your vehicle as quickly and effectively as possible so that you experience the least amount of delay in getting back to your daily activities.
Browse
package options. Prices range from $65-$250. Please DO NOT book through the website, instead use the
NIC
Partner sign-up. You will be contacted prior to May 14 with additional info about where to park your vehicle, bring your keys, etc.
SIGN-UP
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NIC Partners Receive 20% Discount on Lied Center Tickets
Be the first to secure seats for the 2025-2026
Lied Center season! As Corporate Subscribers, all NIC Partners—including University of Nebraska and private sector employees—will receive early access to purchase tickets on Tuesday, May 13 at 11:00 a.m., ahead of the
general public.
Plus, enjoy 20% off your tickets using promo code: NIC2526SUB.
Questions? Call the Lied Center Ticket Office at (402) 472-4747.
Purchase
Tickets >>
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Help celebrate the Nebraska startup community! Thursday, May 15 from 6:00 to 8:00
p.m. in The Ashton at Millwork Commons in Omaha. 6 new companies. 112 total startups accelerated. 1 fun night.
Tasty food and drink while meeting great people.
Register now:
nmotion.co/showcase
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Nebraska Innovation Campus Blood Drive
Wednesday, May 28
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The Club, The Mill Coffee & Bistro
Make
An Appointment >>
American Red Cross will be at Nebraska Innovation Campus on Wednesday, May 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. NIC Partners and the Lincoln community are encouraged to give the gift of life. Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims,
heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood.
Help save a life and schedule your blood donation appointment today.
Make
An Appointment >>
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Nebraska Innovation Campus is Now a Community Collection Site for Food Waste
and Other Compostable Items
In partnership with Waste to Energy Lincoln (WTEL), a division of Uribe Refuse Services, Inc., Nebraska Innovation Campus is now a community collection site for food waste and other compostable items. NIC Partners and the community can sign up to access the
community compost bins ($8 per month per household) and then drop off food scraps and other compostable items at any of the three community collection sites (including NIC).
Call (402) 467-1239 to learn more and sign up today!
NIC’s green community collection tote is located at the west end of the paved parking lot located north of Transformation Drive (the end of the lot near the Ice Box). NIC Partners and the community must have a paid plan to access the locked bin. Food waste
and other compostable items cannot be dropped off without a paid plan through Waste to Energy Lincoln/Uribe Refuse Services, Inc.
Once you sign up for the monthly plan, you will receive a detailed map noting the drop-off locations throughout Lincoln.
Learn
More About Waste to Energy Lincoln >>
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Interested in giving your interns an experience to remember?
For today’s young job seekers, place is just as important as opportunity when it comes to accepting a job offer. The good news? Lincoln’s a great place to live and work. With hundreds of talented young people interning in Lincoln each summer, the Lincoln Partnership
for Economic Development (LPED) has launched MyTern to make sure that their out-of-office experience is as enriching as their work.
MyTern,
a program from the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development, connects interns from a variety of industries, backgrounds and hometowns with engaging events and networking opportunities. MyTern features four signature events designed to showcase life in
Lincoln, foster new relationships, and support their ideas and ambitions. In addition to our signature events, interns also receive a weekly newsletter that features 9 curated activities and events to do in Lincoln—by the end of the summer, they’ll know 99
of the best things about living in Lincoln.
Learn
More About MyTern >>
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Tacos, Trivia & Tequila
Tuesdays
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The Barred Owl at The Scarlet Hotel
Gather your crew for a night of street tacos and drink specials
while you test your knowledge or jam out with Music Bingo on select nights!
Taco Specials: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Trivia: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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Lincoln Police Department Jurisdiction at NIC
The Lincoln Police Department (LPD) is responsible for law enforcement at Nebraska Innovation Campus. If an incident occurs at NIC, please contact
LPD directly, not UNL Police.
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For emergencies, call 911
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For non-emergencies, call (402) 441-6000
LPD is committed to providing quality police services that promote a safe and secure
community. We encourage all NIC Partners to save these numbers for quick access in case of an emergency.
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CycleSafe
bike lockers are now available at NIC! Four bike lockers located on the west side of Innovation Commons behind the dumpster enclosure. The bike lockers can be used by NIC Partners and the public.
Bike Lockers Available:
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Hourly rate: $1.00 to open the bike locker + $1.00/hour
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Monthly membership: $5.00/month
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Annual membership: $50.00/year
Click
here to learn more about NIC's CycleSafe bike lockers.
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Parking at NIC
NIC visitors that do not have a NIC parking permit or a UNL parking permit are required to pay for parking in the paved lot north of Transformation Drive using the Passport Parking app. This is the same parking app used when people park on the street at NIC,
in downtown Lincoln and in the Haymarket.
Parking Zones:
The paved lot north of Transformation Drive is Zone 9900 on the Passport Parking app. On-street parking at NIC is Zone 80. Parking in downtown Lincoln and the Haymarket is Zone 75.
Enforcement:
Paid parking in the paved lot north of Transformation Drive is enforced from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. On-street metered parking is enforced from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
If you have a NIC parking permit or a UNL parking permit:
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If you have a Nebraska Innovation Campus parking permit do not use the Passport Parking app to pay for parking in the paved lot north of Transformation Drive. Nebraska Innovation
Campus parking permits are valid in parking lots with first come first served parking, reserved spaces (numbered yellow hang tags only) and the paved lot north of Transformation Drive.
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If you have a University of Nebraska–Lincoln parking permit please notify Parking and Transit Services and request that your permit be added to the reciprocal visitors list.
Send the requests from your official UNL email account to
unlpts@unl.edu. Your license will then be added to the NIC permit roster. Access remains for the effective period of your UNL permit. After your UNL permit has been added to the NIC permit roster, do not use the Passport
Parking app to pay for parking in the lot north of Transformation Drive. University of Nebraska–Lincoln parking permits are valid only in the paved lot north of Transformation Drive.
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If you have a University of Nebraska–Lincoln student parking permit do not use the Passport Parking app to pay for parking. University of Nebraska–Lincoln student permits are
valid in the student parking section of the paved lot north of Transformation Drive.
Not familiar with the Passport Parking app? Using Passport Parking is easy!
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Download the Passport Parking app from the Apple App Store or Google Play store.
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Create an account with your mobile phone number or email address.
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Park anywhere you see Passport Parking app signs & decals.
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Pay for your parking session from your phone.
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Extend your time remotely if you’d like to stay longer!
If you have questions, or need to update your vehicle information, please email
parknic@goldenrodcompanies.com.
Additional
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