Speakers
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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This event is co-hosted by the Cancer Center at Illinois and NR IMPACT. NR IMPACT are a group of early to mid-stage researchers investigating nuclear receptor actions in health and disease.
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Practicing Human-Centered Design isn’t only about learning the process, but adopting mindsets that are critical for problem solving. In this two-hour workshop, learners will engage in activities that foster Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Experimentation, Human-Centeredness, and Metacognition. Join us to explore and practice getting into the right mindset.
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Dr. Caidi will deliver a presentation titled Reading as Belonging: Implications for Library and Information Practice. She examines the extent to which the LIS field equips students and staff with the skills and mindset they need to work meaningfully with communities, to practice an ethics of care towards the most marginalized.
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Shreyas is a senior physics student at UIUC. He has has worked with a few different research labs across UIUC and the NCSA, primarily working with the Illinois Relativity group and as an NCSA SPIN intern. Shreyas also had three internships in industry as a data science intern in both startups and fortune 100 companies, and is looking to establish a career in data science.
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All are invited to join us for an evening to welcome students back to campus, learn more about the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, including upcoming film screenings and funding opportunities, and watch Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth.
Friday, September 20, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public concerns through an unwavering pursuit of social justice. Champaign County Welcoming Plan in Action by NAWC + William Estrada. Free lunch provided.
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Li-Cheng Tsai talks on "Solving marginals of the LDP for the directed landscape."
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Are you passionate about user experience design? Curious about how UX shapes the future of innovative products at a global company? Join us for an exclusive recruiting session with Dr. Eui Yang, UX Lead at John Deere, and discover the exciting opportunities available in the world of UX.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Speaker: Matthew Otten, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Speaker: María de Lourdes Ortega Méndez (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) Title: The Altgeld Hall Analyzer: Exploring Its Function and History.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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"The Palestinian Citizens in Israel in Time of Crisis" by Mohammad Darawshe Sep 25, 2024 6:00 pm , Latzer Hall (inside University YMCA), 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign Prof. Mohammad Darawshe is the Director of Strategy, Givat Haviva Center for Shared Society.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Aimed at instructors interested in teaching with Human-Centered Design, this workshop will focus on the design thinking tools you can implement to empathize with your students, as well as teaching activities and strategies.
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RBML’s new exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'Annie Allen' – the poetry collection that won the first Pulitzer Prize by a Black author – and explores the rich history of Black literature’s emergence into the mainstream. Opening reception will feature remarks by Brooks’s daughter, Nora Brooks Blakely. Exhibit will be on display through May 2025.
Friday, September 27, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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AAUW Since 1888, AAUW has been one of the largest funders of women's graduate education, investing in women who go on to change the world. This information session will focus on AAUW's International & American Fellowship.
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Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public concerns through an unwavering pursuit of social justice. We are excited to focus the fall series towards Democracy. Braver Angels. Free Lunch Provided
Saturday, September 28, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Local bat biologists and educators invite you to this first annual FREE event!
Monday, September 30, 2024
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Join Dean Rashid Bashir, featured speaker, at the first CZ Biohub Chicago conference.
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The Biomedical Imaging Center & The Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute at Carle Health seminar series continues with Dr. Mark Chiew, Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto, and will lecture on Self-supervised learning and friends - computational methods for MRI in incomplete and corrupted data regimes
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Olga Livshin’s work is recently published in the New York Times, Ploughshares, The Rumpus, and other journals, and is forthcoming from POETRY magazine. She is the author of the poetry collection A Life Replaced: Poems withTranslations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman (2019).
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Join Dean Rashid Bashir, featured speaker, at the first CZ Biohub Chicago conference.
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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Speaker: Krister Shalm, Sr. Research Associate, University of Colorado Boulder
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Valkiria Durán-Narucki, PhD Lecturer & Environmental Psychologist; College of Staten Island, City University of New York "The Ecology of Learning Spaces: A Perspective from Environmental Psychology" IGB Seminar - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Dr. Luz Angela Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Rural and Regional Development at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. This is Part 1 of the series on Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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"Community Engagement, Rural Edition: Navigating Local Power and Conquering the Fear Factor" explores the unique challenges and opportunities faced by rural communities in fostering effective community engagement. This talk aims to provide practical insights for academics, policymakers, and community leaders working to enhance civic involvement in rural settings.
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Time management and stress management go hand in hand. Learning strategies to manage these challenges can help you succeed as a graduate student. Join us for this seminar and learn practical tools and tips for managing your time and reducing stress, enabling you to focus on what's important. Light refreshments will be provided.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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When practicing human-centered design, it’s important to connect with the people you are designing for—their lives, their interests, their motivations, and their struggles. Learn how to take a human-centered approach to gathering information that will provide a compass when designing to solve complex problems.
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Join us for the second installment of the Gwendolyn Brooks Social Justice Initiative. This year's featured guest is Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, who will give a public reading Thursday, Oct. 3 2024 at 5:30PM.
Friday, October 4, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
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FSHN Graduate Seminar Series Presenter | Jason M. Ridlon, PhD Associate Professor Department of Animal Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Title | TBA Room 180 Bevier 11:00 AM Friday, October 4, 2024
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Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from Aaron Ammons on Elections and Voting: 2024 and Beyond. Free lunch provided.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
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Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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Speaker: Joseph Heremans, Scientist, Argonne National Laboraotry
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Paul Sternberg, PhD Bren Professor of Biology in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering; California Institute of Technology "Neural computation of semiochemicals in nematode sex and diapause" IGB Seminar - Gene Networks in Neural and Developmental Plasticity Research Theme
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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The University of Illinois Archives is hosting a monthly Women in Science Lecture Series that will feature speakers from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diverse and multidisciplinary scientific enterprise. The lecture series seeks to highlight the important innovations and contributions of women in the sciences at the University of Illinois.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
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Are you ready to consider your course learning objectives in a new light? This workshop presents a framework for creating design challenges that address course objectives and offer students authentic design experiences. This framework can also be used to explore potential project topics and create human-centered design prompts. All instructional backgrounds are welcome!
Friday, October 11, 2024
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Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from Democracy as a way of life by Harry Boyte and Marie Ström. Free lunch provided.
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WGGP Faculty Affiliate Lunch Talk by Dr. Eunmi Mun "Egalitarian Workplaces: Organizational Patterns of Gender Wage Inequality in High Income Countries". This hybrid talk will be hosted in-person at 306 Coble Hall and available via Zoom.
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Andrea L. Guzman (PhD University of Illinois Chicago) is an associate professor of communication at Northern Illinois University. Her research focuses on Human-Machine Communication and people’s perceptions of AI, including voice-based assistants, augmented journalism, and AI in education.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Monday, October 14, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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Speaker: Tzu Chieh Wei, Professor, Stony Brook University
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Aaron Wright, PhD Schofield Endowed Chair in Biomedical Science; Department of Biology;Baylor University "Phenotype-Based Profiling of Environmental and Host-Associated Microbiomes" IGB Seminar - Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Research Theme
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Speaker: Polly Yu
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Synthesis is the area of human-centered design that takes us from inspiration to ideas, and from stories to solutions. In addition to discovering practical pathways toward new perspectives, participants will learn to identify innovative opportunities by collaboratively making sense of others’ stories and challenges.
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A poetry reading by Kathy Fagan, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series.
Friday, October 18, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Giving Voice to the Middle by Jeremy Hobson, host, creator, and executive producer of The Middle. Free lunch provided
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We will explore some alternate uses and roles of AI in communication science, including as gatekeeper, confederate, and collaborator. Rather than jumping on the ‘new hotness bandwagon,’ let’s talk about how great scholarship can involve and engage AI in a thoughtful, careful manner that will transcend the current moment and meaningfully contribute to communication science.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Monday, October 21, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Speaker: Selim Sukhtaiev (Auburn University)
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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"Assessing the Impact of Paraben on Uterine Collagen Architecture: An Integrated Approach Using SHG, AFM, and Nanoindentation" - Mahmuda Arshee, Graduate Teaching Assistant - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Thursday, October 24, 2024
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This workshop elaborates on teaching practices useful for facilitating students’ engagement in collaborative problem-solving activities. We will also introduce assessment tools for evaluating students’ performance and learning during human-centered design challenges.
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Jesse Erickson, Astor Curator of Printed Books & Bindings at the Morgan Library, joins the RBML virtually to discuss Black bibliographical exploration and trace the migrations of Black Vernacular English (BVE) from 18th-century literature to that of the hip hop generation. This presentation is open to the public; please pre-register at go.illinois.edu/Erickson.
Friday, October 25, 2024
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Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from Rev. Terrance Thomas & Pr. Michael Crosby on 'Bad Faith' documentary. Free lunch provided.
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Effective Fellowship Writing Workshop, October 25, 12-3pm, 306 Coble Hall. Lunch provided with RSVP
Monday, October 28, 2024
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The Biomedical Imaging Center & The Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute at Carle Health seminar series continues with Bruce Damon, Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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Speaker: Alex Ma, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
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Sara Piccirillo, PhD The Robert M. Faxon Jr. Endowed Professor in Neuro-Oncology; University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center "Intra-tumor heterogeneity of human glioblastoma at single-cell and spatial resolution" IGB Seminar - Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering Research Theme
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Speaker: Lawford Hatcher (Indiana University)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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"A MINFLUX view of phage infection" - Ayesha Bhikha, Graduate Research Assistant - Physics Wenqing Zhu, Graduate Research Assistant - Physics Instrument: MINFLUX
Thursday, October 31, 2024
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We all have good ideas from time to time, but how can we intentionally ideate to develop innovative solutions to complex problems? Learn about and practice collaborative, intentional ideation to generate ideas, communicate them to others, receive feedback, and keep iterating to generate groundbreaking solutions to real-world problems.
