NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

  • Dark Frontiers 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications

    The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

  • Dark Frontiers 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications

    The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

  • Dark Frontiers 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications

    The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

Friday, August 7, 2026

  • Dark Frontiers 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications

    The purpose of Dark Frontiers is to bring experimentalists, theorists, and observers together to explore the challenges and opportunities that the next generation of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological experiments will bring to the question of characterizing dark matter.

Monday, August 24, 2026

  • The First Day of Class

    Time
    9:00 - 10:30 am
    Location
    Graziano Plaza

    Stop by to celebrate the first day of class! Grab some Grainger Engineering merch and take a first day photo to share!

    Welcome Grainger Engineers graphic with navy blue background and the University of Illinois wordmark

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

  • Donuts with the Deans

    Time
    9:00 - 11:00 am
    Location
    Graziano Plaza

    Join Dean Bashir and college leadership to kick off the new year with coffee, donuts, and a limited-edition Grainger Engineering Coffee mug!

    Welcome Grainger Engineers graphic with navy blue background and the University of Illinois wordmark

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

  • eNight 2026: Welcome Grainger Engineers!

    Time
    5:00
    Location
    Bardeen Quad

    Welcome Grainger Engineers! Join us for eNight to celebrate the start of the new year! Meet with Engineering Council and Student Organizations, enjoy free food, a live DJ, games, limited edition Grainger Engineering merchandise and more!

    Welcome Grainger Engineers graphic with navy blue background and the University of Illinois wordmark

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

  • SkAI Institute Annual Conference: Open SkAI 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    John Hancock Center, 172 E. Chestnut St., Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60611

    The Open SkAI conference is an annual four-day event to enhance and generate new Astro-AI research directions. Conference themes will include: Astro-AI research across survey astronomy, from stars and transients to galaxy formation, evolution, and the dark sector. We encourage researchers from all levels to apply to attend.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

  • SkAI Institute Annual Conference: Open SkAI 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    John Hancock Center, 172 E. Chestnut St., Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60611

    The Open SkAI conference is an annual four-day event to enhance and generate new Astro-AI research directions. Conference themes will include: Astro-AI research across survey astronomy, from stars and transients to galaxy formation, evolution, and the dark sector. We encourage researchers from all levels to apply to attend.

  • HRI Opening Reception

    Time
    4:00 - 6:00 pm
    Location
    Levis Faculty Center

    Join us on the back patio to gather with the humanities community at Illinois.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

  • SkAI Institute Annual Conference: Open SkAI 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    John Hancock Center, 172 E. Chestnut St., Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60611

    The Open SkAI conference is an annual four-day event to enhance and generate new Astro-AI research directions. Conference themes will include: Astro-AI research across survey astronomy, from stars and transients to galaxy formation, evolution, and the dark sector. We encourage researchers from all levels to apply to attend.

Friday, September 11, 2026

  • SkAI Institute Annual Conference: Open SkAI 2026

    Recurring
    Time
    All Day
    Location
    John Hancock Center, 172 E. Chestnut St., Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60611

    The Open SkAI conference is an annual four-day event to enhance and generate new Astro-AI research directions. Conference themes will include: Astro-AI research across survey astronomy, from stars and transients to galaxy formation, evolution, and the dark sector. We encourage researchers from all levels to apply to attend.

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Friday, September 25, 2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Friday, October 9, 2026

  • Director's Fellow Event

    Time
    2:30 pm
    Location
    TBD

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

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Friday, November 6, 2026

Wednesday, March 3, 2027

Thursday, March 4, 2027

Thursday, March 25, 2027

Friday, March 26, 2027

Thursday, April 1, 2027

Thursday, May 6, 2027