Seminars of Interest
Monday, March 10, 2025
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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!
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Join us from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 2 in the Beckman Atrium to unwind with a visiting therapy dog! All are welcome to take a moment to destress, relax and recharge with the calming presence of a canine friend!
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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Alanna Schepartz, PhD T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Chair in Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley "Expanding the Functional Proteome"
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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!
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Miles Bimrose will present on how Modern manufacturing increasingly produces parts with complex shapes and hidden internal features that are difficult to inspect for quality. This talk will showcase the use of X-ray Computed Tomography for nondestructive inspection of additively manufactured parts and complex electronic components.
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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=5885
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Join Women in Engineering to de-stress and socialize over arts & crafts!
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A workshop that provides strategies that can help with test anxiety.
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Unplugged & Unbothered: Finding Freedom from FOMO
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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Does your Teaching Philosophy Statement uniquely capture your thoughtfulness and commitment to teaching and learning? Does it address the latest proposed revisions to Comm #9 for P&T? Join this interactive workshop to begin creating or revising your reflective teaching statement.
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It's no secret that biopsychosocial factors can lead to uncomfortable body sensations, but what does this mean for how we approach pain and health in general? Learn more about the biopsychosocial model of pain and how to apply this framework to your daily life.
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"Software and Data Analysis in the IGB Core Facilities" Austin Cyphersmith, Assistant Director for Research Instrumentation, Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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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!
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Teaching With AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and challenging ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this groundbreaking and practical guide, teachers will discover how to harness and manage AI as a powerful teaching tool.
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This lecture series highlights the important innovations and contributions of women in sciences here at the University of Illinois, and centers the importance of documenting women scientists and engineers to create a diverse and inclusive archival record.
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
Friday, March 14, 2025
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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
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Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.
Monday, March 17, 2025
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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, March 18, 2025
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The Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry is held every year in honor of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser, an early pioneer for women in chemistry and features an individual that is making outstanding contributions to science outside of academia. The Stoesser Lecture Planning Committee has selected Dr. Brandi Hudson, Principal Scientist in Computational Chemistry, as the speaker for 2025.
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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, March 19, 2025
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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!
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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The Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry is held every year in honor of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser, an early pioneer for women in chemistry and features an individual that is making outstanding contributions to science outside of academia. The Stoesser Lecture Planning Committee has selected Dr. Brandi Hudson, Principal Scientist in Computational Chemistry, as the speaker for 2025.
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The Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry is held every year in honor of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser, an early pioneer for women in chemistry and features an individual that is making outstanding contributions to science outside of academia. The Stoesser Lecture Planning Committee has selected Dr. Brandi Hudson, Principal Scientist in Computational Chemistry, as the speaker for 2025.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
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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!
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Hear an update from center co-directors Tracey Wszalek and Bruce Damon on the Champaign-Urbana Population Study.
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RIO is a two-part program that teaches students techniques for recognizing and moving past situations that cause stress, frustration, and anxiety.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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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!
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Sabrina C. Agarwal, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley "What Remains: Postcolonial Legacies of the Anatomical and Anthropological Sciences"
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Get up to speed quickly on making your MS Excel spreadsheets accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Excel and then jump right into practice. By the end of this workshop, you’ll be well on your way to creating inclusive spreadsheets that meet State and Federal accessibility standards.
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Backpack Backpack: Tools for Coping with Stress & Anxiety
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies. We will explore the following topics: • Designing Your Online Course • Developing Your Learning Community • Adapting Best Teaching Practices to Your Online Course • Motivating Your Students to Excel MCOT on Canvas is a synchronous cohort experience.
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Discover how physical activity strengthens your body's natural defenses. Explore how staying active boosts your immune system, prevents chronic illnesses, and promotes overall well-being. This session is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their health and vitality through movement.
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"Decoding 12 million years of Amazonian plant diversity using zero-shot segmentation and classification of fossil pollen on microscope slides" Surangi W. Punyasena, Professor - Plant Biology Sandeep Puthanveetil Satheesan, Sr. Research Software Engineer - Supercomputing Applications; Shu Kong
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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!
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
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Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
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Please join Academic Women in STEAM (A-WIS) as we continue our monthly public seminar series, Science Uncorked at TheLiterary in downtown Champaign.
Friday, March 28, 2025
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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
Monday, March 31, 2025
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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!
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A workshop that provides strategies that can help with test anxiety
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Please join students and faculty at the annual ChBE 121 Poster Session. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Students in small teams review and prepare a poster describing an Industrial Safety Incident. The posters include details such as an event timeline and immediate and long-term impacts.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Looking to enhance your online course design? Join us for an engaging session where you'll discover how the Quality Matters (QM) rubric and resources can help you transform your online and hybrid courses. QM provides a rich set of tools and resources to guide you through improving online course quality and optimizing students' learning experiences.
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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!
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"The Magic of RNA: New Medicines, Immortality, and the Power to Control Evolution" Thomas R. Cech, PhD Nobel Laureate Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioFrontiers Institute University of Colorado Boulder I-Hotel and Conference Center Reception and book signing to follow.
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Emotional Baggage Claim: Unpacking Your Feelings
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Join us from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 2 in the Beckman Atrium to unwind with a visiting therapy dog! All are welcome to take a moment to destress, relax and recharge with the calming presence of a canine friend!
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Learn to evaluate innovative approaches to increasing diverse participation in cancer clinical trials through community engagement, analyzing implementation strategies that effectively bridge academic research and community participation, and demonstrating the measurable impact of community-engaged trials on reducing cancer care disparities.
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"Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX" Joseph Slivka, PhD Candidate, Yildiz & Limmer Group - Physics, University of California, Berkley
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In an increasingly tense political landscape, book bans have become a topic of conversation nationwide. This talk discusses the history of book bans, why they happen, and what people can do to prevent them.
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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!
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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MIC is a safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns and questions while evaluating your cannabis habits, and learning strategies for low-risk use.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.
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"Reflect on what you're learning" is a hopeful but difficult prompt for students and instructors. In this workshop, two scholars and instructors from the clinical-community psychology department will introduce a simple framework for engaging in reflection assignments and broader reflexive practice, playfully called “SpORE" (Specific Observation, Reaction, Expansion).
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"Biocluster" Dan Davidson, CNRG Director of CNRG and Research Computing
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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RIO is a two-part program that teaches students techniques for recognizing and moving past situations that cause stress, frustration, and anxiety.
Friday, April 4, 2025
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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
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Learn about the Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Program.
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This workshop is designed to assist students with questions about everyday social situations and make them feel more comfortable interacting with others to meet their needs.
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
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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!
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.
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Owen Ryan, PhD Director of Cell Engineering Research at ADM "An adventure in yeast synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology"
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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!
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Procrastination Station: All Aboard the Time Management Train
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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This workshop will provide the opportunity to learn about the use of EVs as markers of disease progression from Mayo Clinic faculty, as well as become acquainted with newly emerging technologies to capture and detect EVs by faculty at Illinois. The poster session will provide an informal venue for exploring new collaborations. Register by April 9.
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Las compras de alimentos en línea pueden mejorar el acceso a los alimentos en las comunidades rurales. Descubra cómo este enfoque puede contribuir a mejorar la salud y la nutrición de las poblaciones desatendidas y aprenda cómo las soluciones innovadoras pueden fomentar el acceso equitativo a los alimentos y mejorar el bienestar de la comunidad.
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"The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist
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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, April 10, 2025
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This lecture series highlights the important innovations and contributions of women in sciences here at the University of Illinois, and centers the importance of documenting women scientists and engineers to create a diverse and inclusive archival record.
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Learn about the Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Program.
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RIO is a two-part program that teaches students techniques for recognizing and moving past situations that cause stress, frustration, and anxiety.
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This two-part program helps students realize when perfectionism is more harmful than good and develop more realistic expectations.
Friday, April 11, 2025
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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
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
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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!
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Teaching presence strongly impacts the way students build their knowledge in your course. In this session, you will learn how to strategically apply your teaching presence to the critical roles you have as a Teaching Assistant and gain insights from outstanding faculty here at Illinois.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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Wade Zeno, PhD Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Southern California "Exploring Intrinsic Disorder at the Protein-Lipid Interface"
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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!
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Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
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A workshop that provides strategies that can help with test anxiety.
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Turning the Page: Embracing New Chapters After Relationship Loss
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Quality sleep is an essential component of physical and mental well-being. Mind-body practices can be utilized to promote and improve sleep quality. This presentation will provide an overview of sleep biology, the importance of sleep routines, and specific mind-body strategies to enhance sleep.
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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!
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This workshop is a body acceptance-based program designed to help students feel better about their bodies as we directly discuss the impact of diversity within cultural appearance ideals.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
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Join us from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 17 in the Beckman Atrium to unwind with a visiting therapy dog! All are welcome to take a moment to destress, relax and recharge with the calming presence of a canine friend!
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of life Sciences
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Moodle courses accessible. This hands-on workshop covers creating accessible navigation, headings, tables, lists, and hyperlinks, how to write alt text for images, generate and edit video captions, as well as the advantages (and limitations) of using Moodle’s accessibility checker and screen reader helper.
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"Data Management" Yifei Kang, CNRG Research Data Management Specialist
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Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Friday, April 18, 2025
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Extracellular Vesicles in the Clinic: Establishing New Partnerships Between Illinois and Mayo Clinic
This workshop will provide the opportunity to learn about the use of EVs as markers of disease progression from Mayo Clinic faculty, as well as become acquainted with newly emerging technologies to capture and detect EVs by faculty at Illinois. The poster session will provide an informal venue for exploring new collaborations. Register by April 9.
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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
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Learn to craft competitive statements for Fulbright US Student Study/Research Awards.
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Join us over coffee and snacks to connect with women engineering students!
Monday, April 21, 2025
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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, April 22, 2025
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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!
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This hands-on workshop will help you integrate Audio Description (AD) into your workflow, making visual content accessible from the start rather than as a post-production fix. You'll learn to replace vague cues like “As you can see here” with rich, meaningful descriptions that enhance accessibility and reduce technical hurdles.
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Finding Balance: Where Work Ends and Life Begins
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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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!
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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.
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
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RIO is a two-part program that teaches students techniques for recognizing and moving past situations that cause stress, frustration, and anxiety.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Please join Academic Women in STEAM (A-WIS) as we continue our monthly public seminar series, Science Uncorked at TheLiterary in downtown Champaign.
Friday, April 25, 2025
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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
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Learn to craft competitive statements for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program.
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
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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!
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Hear from Lirong Yan of Radiology at Northwestern.
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RIO is a two-part program that teaches students techniques for recognizing and moving past situations that cause stress, frustration, and anxiety.
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A workshop that provides strategies that can help with test anxiety.
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Documents must be proactively accessible for all students. This hands-on workshop will cover what to look for and several tools to help you find and fix issues. You’ll learn how to scan multiple document types for accessibility issues and remediate them.
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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!
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Join Women in Engineering to de-stress and socialize over arts & crafts!
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Under Pressure: Navigating the (Stress of) Post-Grad Future
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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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!