Illinois Events

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Justin Jackson | Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Up Against Erasure | Justin Jackson Lecture

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture

  

• RSO Spotlight

  Recurring

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Fridays)

  Recurring

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Friday Funnies

  Recurring

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Science at the Market: Cancer Center at Illinois

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

  

Monday, October 5, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Evan Williams

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Tuesdays)

  Recurring

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Math Accessible

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• The Grainger Engineering Fall 2026 Career Fair (VIRTUAL)

  Time

  11:00

  • Other

  

• Reflective and Evolving: Foundations of Teaching Excellence

  Time

  11:30 am - 12:50 pm   01/07/2026

  Location

  Armory TBD

  This workshop explores the “Reflective and Evolving” pillar of the Teaching Excellence at Illinois framework. *This workshop counts towards completion of any of CITL's Teaching Certificates. To learn more about our Teaching Certificate program please visit https://go.illinois.edu/teaching_certificates.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Nicholas Jackson and Stefan Vogler

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• RSO Spotlight: Grupo Illini

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

• Up Against Erasure | Nanna Thylstrup "Staying with the Trouble of Preservation: The Ambivalent Politics of Deletion in Digital Societies"

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 300

  • Lecture

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Fridays)

  Recurring

  Registration

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  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Up Against Erasure | Panel Discussion: Percival Everett’s Erasure. 

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  TBD

  Panel and reception organized by Director's Fellow Chris Freeburg. Affiliated with the Black Letters Collective.

  • Lecture

  

• Brent Roberts | Studying Lives and Living a Life: Personality Development Across the Life Course

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Friday Funnies

  Recurring

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Indigenous Peoples' Day Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Illinois Street Dining Center (1010 W. Illinois, Urbana)

  • Other

  

• Musical Mondays featuring Katie Flynn with opening act

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Tuesdays)

  Recurring

  Registration

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  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Chip McNeill

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Cultivating Community: Celebrating and Advancing Teaching Excellence

  Time

  11:30 am - 12:50 pm   01/07/2026

  Location

  Armory TBD

  This workshop brings together educators across campus to celebrate teaching, share effective practices, and build community. *This workshop counts towards completion of any of CITL's Teaching Certificates. To learn more about our Teaching Certificate program please visit https://go.illinois.edu/teaching_certificates.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Faculty Reading: Ángel Garcia

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 422

  • Lecture

  

• RSO Spotlight: Jasmine Field Orchestra

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Fridays)

  Recurring

  Registration

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  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Friday Funnies

  Recurring

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Science at the Market: Physics Grad Student Association

  Time

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets

  • Community Service

  

• The Farms: Formal Garden Tours

  Time

  10:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Allerton Park & Retreat Center - Greenhouse Patio

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Angie Escarcida

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Tuesdays)

  Recurring

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=7227

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Dinner On Us: Renewed Geographies of Belonging: Anishinaabe Natural Resource Sovereignty in Michigan

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• NAH Book Club

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Video Game Music Club

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Fridays)

  Recurring

  Registration

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  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Youssouf Sangaré | Islam in France

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Friday Funnies featuring Charles Peachcock with opening act

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Chip McNeill

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Tuesdays)

  Recurring

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Seminar Series - Gyudae Kim, 2026 Jeremiah Sullivan Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Dinner On Us: Our Relationship with Our Food and Ourselves

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Reuben May (Rapping Professor)

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | Faculty Book Talk: Gillen D'Arcy Wood

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center 210

  • Lecture

  

• RSO Spotlight: That’s What She Said

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Graduate Writing Groups: Fall 2026 (Fridays)

  Recurring

  Registration

  Register now!

  Time

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Location

  Main Library Orange Room, or via Zoom

  • Conference/Workshop

  

• Friday Funnies

  Recurring

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance