OVCR Working Groups Calendar
Saturday, March 7, 2026
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8:30 amLevis Faculty Center, Room 210This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Light refreshments will be provided. This edition of Scholarship Out Loud will be part of the 2026 Women’s and Gender History Symposium.
Monday, March 9, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center AtriumJoin 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.
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5:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin 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, March 12, 2026
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St -
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, March 18, 2026
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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, March 23, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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5:30 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310 -
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, March 26, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026
Monday, March 30, 2026
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 424This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Bring your lunch and stop by to listen and chat!
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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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!
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Friday, April 3, 2026
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
3:00 pmBeckman Institute AuditoriumPlease 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.
Monday, April 6, 2026
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4:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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7:00 pmKnight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Friday, April 10, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310 -
12:00 pmBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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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!
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7:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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11:00 am - 1:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
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
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208Book launch of Ethan Madarieta's Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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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, April 23, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310
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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, May 4, 2026
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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9:30 amMRI ExhibitCome 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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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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, May 7, 2026
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4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
Friday, May 8, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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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!
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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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, 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.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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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, May 28, 2026
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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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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!
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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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!
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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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!
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
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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!
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 Tuesday 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 Tuesday 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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.