Illinois Events

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Native Chicago Jam

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, November 3, 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

  

• Seminar Series - Pranav Thamballapalle, 2026 Edward A. Kolodziej Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• 2026 iSchool Research Showcase

  Time

  12:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union, Illini Rooms B & C

  The iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | HumetricsHSS Events

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  • Lecture

  

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls (906 W. College Ct., Urbana)

  • Other

  

• RSO Spotlight: Jasmine Field Orchestra

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Up Against Erasure | HumetricsHSS Events

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  • Lecture

  

• 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 featuring David Hall with opening act

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Shuai Yuan

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, November 10, 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

  

• Courtyard Happenings featuring Evan Williams

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Native American Heritage Month Dinner

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Avenue Dining Hall (1005 S. Lincoln, Urbana) & Ikenberry Dining Center (301 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign)

  • Other

  

• NAH Book Club

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

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

  • Other

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Video Game Music Club

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 13, 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

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• Musical Mondays featuring Chip McNeill

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Tuesday, November 17, 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

  

• Seminar Series - Katie Worrall, 2026 Jeremiah Sullivan Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• RSO Spotlight: Illini Chamber Strings

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 20, 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, November 21, 2026

• Fall break begins

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• Thanksgiving Day

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

• RSO Spotlight

  Recurring

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance

  

Friday, November 27, 2026

• Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  holiday

  • Other

  

• 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

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Instruction resumes

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  I-Hotel

  • Other

  

• Musical Mondays featuring A Noontime Performer Concert

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Courtyard Café

  • Performance