Seminars of Interest

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Friday, December 20, 2024

    • 9:30 - 11:30 am
    • Champaign Public Library: Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

    Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Sunday, December 22, 2024

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Monday, December 23, 2024

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    • All Day

    • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
    • Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building

    Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Friday, December 27, 2024

Saturday, December 28, 2024

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Sunday, December 29, 2024

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Monday, December 30, 2024

    • All Day

    • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
    • Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building

    Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

    • All Day

    • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    • Martens Center

    Join us for this bedtime-friendly NOON Year's Eve Drop celebration!

    • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
    • Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building

    Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Friday, January 3, 2025

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Saturday, January 4, 2025

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Sunday, January 5, 2025

    • 5:00 - 9:00 pm
    • Prairie Farm

    Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.

Monday, January 6, 2025

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Friday, January 10, 2025

    • 9:00 am
    • Director's office

    Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Ste

Sunday, January 12, 2025

    • All Day

    This campus-wide program benefits faculty and researchers with community-academic research collaborations by matching them with U of I undergraduate research assistants. If you conduct community-engaged research in partnership with a community organization that addresses issues related to health, poverty, or social inequity, please consider applying.

Monday, January 13, 2025

    • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
    • Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building

    Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Friday, January 17, 2025

    • 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
    • TBD

    The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology are developing a campus-wide initiative to expand the university's capacity for interdisciplinary AI-powered basic science research, to complement other related campus efforts in this space.

Monday, January 20, 2025

    • All Day

    • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
    • Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building

    Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

    • 12:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 3:00 pm
    • Beckman Director's Conference Room, 1329

    Welcome to the Beckman Institute! In this onboarding session, new Beckman faculty and affiliates will learn from Associate Director for Research Cristina Álvarez-Mingote what Beckman Institute services are available, who to contact with questions, and how to be a collaborative and fully engaged member of the Beckman community.

    • 4:00 pm
    • 116 RAL

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Friday, January 24, 2025

Monday, January 27, 2025

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

    • 11:30 am - 12:15 pm

    Learning communities are a powerful way for people to come together to achieve common learning goals. However, fostering conditions that promote an online community for shared learning and knowledge construction can be daunting to even the most experienced facilitators. Please join us as we discuss effective ways to establish and grow productive online learning communities

    • 12:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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, January 30, 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

    • 9:00 am
    • Director's office

    Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve