Please join us September 30, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. at the Spurlock Museum Collaboration and Community Gallery for the first event of the 2025-26 Community Engaged Research Series, Cultivating Connection and Trust through Community-Engaged Research. This inaugural event will include opportunities to network with other community-engaged researchers, learn about community-engaged resources on campus, and hear from a successful academic-community research team.
Community-engaged research is crucial for building public trust, especially as confidence in higher education and research institutions wanes. In this session, Anna Mendoza, a professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and connection with the community. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network and discuss ideas for the year while enjoying a light breakfast.