OVCR Working Groups Calendar
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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3:00 pmAtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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7:30 pmIllini Union, Room 210Nadine Naber (Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago) will present the lecture “Radical Mothering as Prison Abolition Pedagogy in Chicago” as part of the Story & Place event series.
Friday, October 17, 2025
Monday, October 20, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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12:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 108
Join this collaborative session with HRI and the Writers Workshop for tips and guidance on preparing your HRI Graduate Fellowship application.
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center Room 210
Friday, October 24, 2025
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10:00 amRicker Library of Architecture and Art, Architecture Building, 608 Lorado Taft Dr #208, Champaign, IL
Monday, October 27, 2025
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Friday, October 31, 2025
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3:00 pmLevis Faculty Center Room 210
Juno Salazar-Parreñas, Tropical Polar Bears: A Story of Competing Colonialisms in the Great Acceleration
Monday, November 3, 2025
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 210This talk appreciates the importance of Garveyism and the Midwest for understanding the contours, genealogies, and complexities of twentieth-century Black transnational resistance and for imagining that another world is possible in this moment of global crisis.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 1306 -
12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Friday, November 7, 2025
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3:00 pmBeckman Institute Auditorium
Please join us for the Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series, a new monthly event designed to bring together faculty, researchers, postdocs, and students from across the Psychology Department, Beckman Institute, and beyond to engage in lively, interdisciplinary conversations around psychology.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
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11:00 am - 4:00 pmLink Gallery
Monday, November 10, 2025
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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10:00 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.
Monday, November 17, 2025
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Monday, December 1, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Friday, December 5, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, January 15, 2026
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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7:00 pmPlym Auditorium, 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 Lorado Taft Dr, Champaign
Monday, February 2, 2026
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Friday, February 6, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Thursday, February 12, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St
Friday, February 13, 2026
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All DayLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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7:30 pmTBD
Medical Humanities lecture with Justin Garcia from the Kinsey Institute
Monday, February 23, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Monday, March 2, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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3:30 - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center 300
International Women’s Day celebration with speakers from the campus and community.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Monday, March 23, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Monday, March 30, 2026
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Monday, April 6, 2026
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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12:00 pmBNAACC
U.S. Poet Laureate (1993–95); Creative Writing, University of Virginia Cohosted with the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Monday, May 4, 2026
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Thursday, May 7, 2026
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4:00 - 6:00 pmTBD
Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
Friday, May 8, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
Thursday, May 21, 2026
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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9:30 amMRI Exhibit
Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.