Urbana Campus Research Calendar
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Professor Sepideh Sadaghiani will present her group's findings which show that combining fMRI with scalp or intracranial EEG, especially when recorded concurrently, paints a rich picture of neural communication across the connectome in the brain.
Exciting new Lunchtime Seminar Series features CITL Faculty Fellows and others discussing teaching practices that highlight the art (and science) of teaching and learning.
2021 will mark the first anniversary of COVID-19 in the United States and the 40th anniversary of HIV/AIDS. Yet both pandemics continue to affect our well-being and health. How might history help us move beyond oversimplified comparisons between the two, while showing us that health is always more than the absence of disease?
Join us for the ECE Distinguished Colloquium Seminar on Thursday, March 4 at 4:00 pm (CST) with P. R. Kumar - University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, and College of Engineering Chair in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. Prof. Kumar is also a Professor Emeritus from ECE and CSL.
Friday, March 5, 2021
YMCA Friday Forum Series: March 5 | "The Intersection of Black Culture and Technology" Speaker: Lamont Holden, TheLetterLBeats Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
WGGP Graduate Forum will bring together WGGP Fellowship and Award Recipients to discuss their research projects. The forum will take place on Friday, March 5, 2021 from 1:00-4:00pm.
Monday, March 8, 2021
The Humanities Research Institute and The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program co- host an annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of the woman in his or her discipline that changed the field in important ways.
This annual event brings together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of the woman in his or her discipline that changed the field in important ways.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
IGB Pioneers Seminar Ellen Clayton, PhD Vanderbilt University; Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Law, Professor of Health Policy
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
March 9th guest speaker Dr. Catherine J. Murphy is the Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Head of the Department of Chemistry and will discuss her research on inorganic nanomaterials applications and the chemical interactions these nanomaterials have with their surroundings.
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Join Alex Gorsuch and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a biweekly SBIR 101 event, the second and fourth Wednesday each month.
The COVID-19 pandemic and current political upheavals have triggered a general state of anxious ‘doomscrolling’ of social media and 24-hour online news. Reading this experience alongside Don DeLillo’s The Silence (2020), Professor Salisbury’s talk takes as its starting point the insight of the phenomenological psychiatrist Eugene Minkowski (1933) that much mental...
Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Sanmi Koyejo
Rashid Bashir, Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering, will speak on a to-be-determined topic.
Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker series.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Lee Skallerup Bessette, Katia Bowers, Maria Cecire, Quinn Dombrowski, Anouk Lang, and Roopika Risam, will present “Tropes and Tribulations: Exploring Computational Text Analysis with the Data-Sitters Club” as part of The Center for Children's Books (CCB) 2020-2021 Speaker Series.
Friday, March 12, 2021
YMCA Friday Forum Series: March 12 | "Algorithms of Oppression – Data Discrimination" Speaker: Dr. Safiya Noble, The University of California Los Angeles Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequence
Monday, March 15, 2021
The Intersections of Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeology series is intended to center Indigenous voices, increase awareness of the deep Native histories of the Eastern Woodlands, and amplify the experiences and research of Indigenous scholars and leaders.
Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Reyhan Jabbarvand.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Hanghang Tong
Noo Li Jeon, professor of mechanical engineering at Seoul National University, will speak on a to-be-determined topic.
Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker series
Thursday, March 18, 2021
IGB Postdoc Association Presents Li-Qing Chen, PhD Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, Illinois Tyler Stack, PhD Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Providence College Amanda Cavanaugh, PhD Lecturer, University of Essex “Careers in Academia”
Friday, March 19, 2021
Our very own Brian F. O'Neil, Sociology doctoral candidate, will present this installment of our Spring Seminar Series. Join us at 9AM (CST) on Friday, March 19, 2021.
Current sociology senior, Ava Schumock, will present her experiences on conducting research as an undergraduate student. Come learn about ways to get involved in undergraduate research, what it is like to be a research assistant, and how to apply your research skills in the classroom!
YMCA Friday Forum Series: March 19 | "How Data is Used in Immigrant Surveillance and Management" Speaker: Daniel Gonzalez, UIUC Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Join CU Lockdown Trivia and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at 7:00 p.m. CDT on Saturday, March 20, for an all-ages night of trivia remembering one year of COVID lockdown.
Monday, March 22, 2021
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Sarah Park Dahlen (MS '09, PhD '09 iSchool), associate professor at St. Catherine University, will present, "Advocacy and Infographics: Doing the Work for Diversity in Youth Literature and Librarianship," as part of the Center for Children's Books 75th Anniversary Celebration speaker series.
IGB Pioneers Seminar David Walt, PhD Harvard University, Professor of Pathology
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Join Alex Gorsuch and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a biweekly SBIR 101 event, the second and fourth Wednesday each month.
Panel discussion on partner-seeking, relationships, and wellbeing. Panelists include Professor Ryan Wade (School of Social Work) and Professor Brian Ogolsky (Human Development and Family Studies).
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
This special event is for doctors, nurses, residents, fellows, nurse midwives, neonatal nurse practitioners & lactation specialists who wish to learn, share ideas and gain tactical solutions to some of today’s COVID related healthcare challenges
Beckman Institute hosts its biennial open house March 26-27, 2021. With an array of exhibitors from Beckman lab and research groups, visitors get an inside look at the interdisciplinary research being done at the institute.
YMCA Friday Forum Series: March 26th | "Exploring Equity and Power in Online Learning Environments" Speaker: Dr. Virginia Byrne, Morgan State University Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Beckman Institute hosts its biennial open house March 26-27, 2021. With an array of exhibitors from Beckman lab and research groups, visitors get an inside look at the interdisciplinary research being done at the institute.
Monday, March 29, 2021
"Examining Multilevel Sociodemographic Impact on Radon Testing among Cities in Illinois"
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Paula Hammond, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Department Head, Chemical Engineering; Professor in Engineering "Programming Tissue Regeneration Using Polyelectrolyte Delivery Scaffolds"
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
R I: Getting Started with R workshop
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Professor Sameh Tawfick will present Apr. 1 at noon.
Friday, April 2, 2021
YMCA Friday Forum Series: April 2 | "U.S. Youth and Media Migration" Speaker: Dr. Aimee Rickman, California State University Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
Monday, April 5, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Dipesh Navsaria (MS '04), pediatrician and medical director of Reach Out and Read Wisconsin, will present, "Books Build Better Brains: Sharing Books as a Public Health Intervention," as part of the Center for Children's Books 75th Anniversary Celebration speaker series.
JACS/iSEE Congress lecture presented by Marcus King (GWU). “The Weaponization of Water in the Middle East and Africa”
April 6th guest speaker Dr. Rebecca Lee Smith is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology through the College of Veterinary Medicine and Associate Professor of Biomedical and Translational Science through the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Smith will discuss her work in epidemiology.
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
R is statistical software that is licensed as an open source program under GNU license. In other words, it is free. As statistical software, it can be used for data manipulation, calculation, inference, and graphical display. It contains advanced statistical procedures often not yet available in other statistical software and is available on a variety of platforms.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Larry Young, William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, will speak on a to-be-determined topic.
Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker sereis
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Closing the gap on a circular economy. Dr. Crocker uses waste carbon dioxide to enhance algae growth to produce renewable energy.
Join the virtual lecture by Lual Mayen, Founder of Junub Games.
Friday, April 9, 2021
Dr. Jaclyn Jensen, DePaul University professor of management & entrepreneurship, will discuss "Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Workplace Culture." Registration is required.
Monday, April 12, 2021
Illinois Global Institute and Humanities Research Institute are proud to sponsor a screening of the documentary film From Here, a hopeful story of four young artists and activists from immigrant families redefining belonging in an era of rising nationalism globally. For more information go to https://go.illinois.edu/FromHere
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Illinois Global Institute and Humanities Research Institute are proud to sponsor a screening and Q & A session for the documentary film From Here, a hopeful story of four young artists and activists from immigrant families redefining belonging in an era of rising nationalism globally. For more information go to https://go.illinois.edu/FromHere
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Join Alex Gorsuch and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a biweekly SBIR 101 event, the second and fourth Wednesday each month.
"From Here" Workshop | Reimagine Belonging - Storytelling for immigrant justice and multiracial democracy. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 2:00-4:30 p.m. Presented by film director Christina Antonakos-Wallace and film subjects Tania Mattos and Sonny Singh. For more information go to https://go.illinois.edu/FromHere
Hee Jung Chung, Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, will speak on a to-be-determined topic.
Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker series.
Python 1: Getting Started with Python workshop
Thursday, April 15, 2021
IGB Postdoc Association Presents Cherise Marks Assistant Director, Illinois Leadership Center “SMART Goals for Personal Development Plans”
Friday, April 16, 2021
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Join Robert Schatz, author of "The Labor Board Crew: Remaking Worker-Employer Relations from Pearl Harbor to the Reagan Era", for the “A Whole Different Ball Game, 1968-81" virtual panel alongside Nelson Lichtenstein, Dorothy Sue Cobble and Elizabeth Tandy Shermer.
Join Robert Schatz, author of "The Labor Board Crew: Remaking Worker-Employer Relations from Pearl Harbor to the Reagan Era", for the “On Top of the World, 1946-56” Labor History seminar presented by the Newberry Library.
Monday, April 19, 2021
The Intersections of Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeology series is intended to center Indigenous voices, increase awareness of the deep Native histories of the Eastern Woodlands, and amplify the experiences and research of Indigenous scholars and leaders.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
April 20th @ 12:00pm | JACS/iSEE Congress lecture presented by Dr. Peter Gleick. Freshwater has played a central role in human evolution, the rise and fall of civilizations, the revolutions of chemistry, physics, and biology, and the complex challenges facing modern society. Dr. Gleick will offer a look at this role, address the current water crises facing the planet
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Friday, April 23, 2021
The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and The Center for Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Illinois are hosting a panel on “President Biden: First 100 Days”, with a focus on how social issues, particularly those related to women and gender, are developing/progressing. The event will take place on April 23rd at 12pm via Zoom webinar
Monday, April 26, 2021
The signature event of Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been held on the University of Illinois (U of I) campus since 2008.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The signature event of Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been held on the University of Illinois (U of I) campus since 2008.
Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The signature event of Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been held on the University of Illinois (U of I) campus since 2008.
Join Alex Gorsuch and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a biweekly SBIR 101 event, the second and fourth Wednesday each month.
Part of the Illinois Computer Science speaker series.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
The signature event of Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been held on the University of Illinois (U of I) campus since 2008.
This talk, presented by Sari Altschuler (English; Associate Director, Northeastern Humanities Center; Founding Director, Health, Humanities, and Society minor at Northeastern University), examines the proliferation and failure of narratives accounting for life during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Friday, April 30, 2021
The signature event of Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been held on the University of Illinois (U of I) campus since 2008.
ART OF SCIENCE 11: ELEMENTAL The IGB’s Art of Science program is a celebration of the common ground between science and art. The works in this installation were created by pairing IGB scientists and their research images with current IGB artist Julia Pollack. Opening April 30th at University of Illinois Arboretum.
