University of Nebraska Board of Regents Meeting: October 9, 2026

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting on October 9, 2026, included several major capital-project and contracting decisions. The board unanimously approved a revised Project Health program statement for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, with a total project cost of approximately $2.748 billion. It also approved changing the Elephant Hall renovation’s delivery method from design-build to construction manager at risk, and approved intermediate design documents and authorization for a guaranteed maximum price contract with MCL Construction for UNO’s Howard L. Hawks Training Center. The transcript does not provide the Hawks Training Center contract amount. MCL had been selected through a competitive, qualification-based process and had entered a preconstruction services agreement in April 2026.

The board also approved extending President Gold’s employment contract through June 30, 2032; remarks stated that deferred compensation is privately funded, with no state or tuition dollars used. Other approved items included naming a UNL franchising program with support from the Paul and Lori Hogan Foundation, discontinuing UNMC’s Genome Editing and Education Center, and renaming and relocating UNK’s sport management degree program. A presentation cited a $400,000 Scott Foundation investment in expanded cyber systems laboratory capacity, but no board procurement action on that investment was recorded in the transcript.