General Events
Sunday, September 25, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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The Jewish New Year, celebrated by praying in synagogue, personal reflection, and hearing the shofar. Work is often prohibited. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
Monday, September 26, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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The Jewish New Year, celebrated by praying in synagogue, personal reflection, and hearing the shofar. Work is often prohibited. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
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EVERY MONDAY - FRIDAY: Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd & 4th & 5th Monday at noon (12 p.m. CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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The Jewish New Year, celebrated by praying in synagogue, personal reflection, and hearing the shofar. Work is often prohibited. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
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At the beginning of each Bahá'í month, Bahá'ís gather for an observance called the 19-Day Feast. The First of Mashiyyat (Will) begins at sunset of the first day and ends at sunset of the last day. It is a three-part observance with devotions, community consultation, and a social portion. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
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11:00am, Marc Hertzman, History, The 'Indians of Palmares': Conquest, Violence, and Land in Northeast Brazil. Noon, Lucas Wagner, Physics, Simplicity from Complexity: Learning Simple Physics from Detailed Quantum Simulations
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Stacey Finley, PhD University of Southern California; Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering "Computational modeling of the tumor ecosystem"
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Join us on Tuesday, September 27 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an EIR workshop with Ed Moore on Translating Technology Into Medical Devices.
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Receive an overview of science communication from Lexie Kesler, an outreach and communications specialist at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
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Join our team of SBIR experts and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a SBIR 101 event from 2:00-3:00pm on Tuesday, September 27.
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Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team.
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Sex hormones are powerful neuromodulators of learning and memory. Dr. Jacobs highlights recent findings from her lab suggesting that neuroendocrine factors rapidly and dynamically influence the human brain over the lifecourse.
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SocialFuse: The event where you can pitch your startup idea, network, and find teammates. Or sit back and check things out!
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Research Park and Champaign County invite you to join us for CEO & Founders Roundtable from 5:30-7:45 PM on Tuesday, September 27. This event is by invite only.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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Todd Coleman, Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University, will lecture on “Monitoring and modulating nervous systems in the brain and visceral organs” at 4:00 pm in 2269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom September 28, 2022. One of our MBM trainees will give an introduction.
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This lecture will take a closer look at several broadsides on view this Fall at Krannert Art Museum in the exhibition Fake News and Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, a version of which will travel to University of San Diego Galleries and Smith College Museum of Art in Spring 2023 and Fall 2023.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM to learn more about the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course. Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.
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Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 12:00-1:00 PM for a Startup Cafe with Craig Vodnik. Craig Vodnik, co-founder of Cleverbridge, will discuss his entrepreneurial journey and share lessons learned and nuggets of wisdom to inspire the next wave of entrepreneurs from the University of Illinois.
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Join us on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.
Friday, September 30, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join us for a gathering of professional geologists and their guests to view and listen to presentations about successful remediation and investigation projects (including per fluorinated chemicals PFAS and emerging contaminants) and visit the unique natural and human areas of SE Minnesota and SW Wisconsin.
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Join the Allerton Park Bird Club for Friday morning hikes!
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At the age of two, Paul Gelsinger’s son, Jesse, was diagnosed with ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, a rare genetic condition that causes ammonia to build up in the bloodstream. Thus began a life-changing journey for the whole family. In September 1999, 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger traveled from his home in Tucson to participate in a clinical trial at the Univers
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We Are Here!”: Cultivating Belonging for our Queer Students of Color at Illinois with Dementro Powell & Carlton Cummings
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Panel on Global Feminist Methods: Discussion on decolonization, collaborative research, and activism. Lunch provided starting at 11:30am with an RSVP by September 28th.
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This presentation examines key dimensions of the evolving global higher education & research landscape which, taken together and despite the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, points to the 'denationalization' and 'desectoralization' of higher education.
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A reading group on the thought of Martin Heidegger studying a selection of his works on and around poetry. By the mid-1930s Heidegger came to see poetry as one of the most fundamental issues of Western thought, as well as the way out of aesthetics and Modernity.
Saturday, October 1, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join us for a gathering of professional geologists and their guests to view and listen to presentations about successful remediation and investigation projects (including per fluorinated chemicals PFAS and emerging contaminants) and visit the unique natural and human areas of SE Minnesota and SW Wisconsin.
Sunday, October 2, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join us for a gathering of professional geologists and their guests to view and listen to presentations about successful remediation and investigation projects (including per fluorinated chemicals PFAS and emerging contaminants) and visit the unique natural and human areas of SE Minnesota and SW Wisconsin.
Monday, October 3, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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EVERY MONDAY - FRIDAY: Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
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Apply to spend a week in Silicon Valley during winter break visiting startups and leading technology companies featuring entrepreneurial UIUC alumni. Application deadline: Monday, Oct. 3.
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Dr. Chipot will show how combination of importance-sampling schemes can be used profitably to map with unprecedented efficiency and without any loss of accuracy complex free-energy landscapes from whence physically meaningful transition pathways can be extracted.
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David Rosenboom will present concrete examples from his more than five decades of pioneering work in propositional music illustrating how testable theoretical models in science and process-based what-if models in speculative arts can converge to mutual advantage in the new artscience.
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Learn tips to manage stress, and make a stress! Program run by Stress Management Peers from the McKinley Health Center.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Day of Atonement. For Jewish people observing Yom Kippur, the day is often observed by fasting, praying, abstaining from physical pleasures, and refraining from work. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
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Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD Washington University in St. Louis; The Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering "Harnessing Plasmonic-Fluors for Ultrasensitive and Minimally-invasive Bio-diagnostics"
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Receive an overview of human subjects research from Jennifer Ford, an assistant director in the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects.
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Introduction to Scholarly Research is a multipart instruction program designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students with the various stages of the research process.
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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Not sure how to budget? Attend this helpful workshop that can walk you through the steps of learning to budget on your own!
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Information flow in the cortex is classically considered as feedforward-hierarchical computation. However, recent findings have started to reveal rather parallel and distributed processing. Dr. Kato will discuss his team's work studying parallel sensory pathways across the primary and higher auditory cortices in extracting complex sound features.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Day of Atonement. For Jewish people observing Yom Kippur, the day is often observed by fasting, praying, abstaining from physical pleasures, and refraining from work. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
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The use of questions in our teaching is the most often used active learning strategy. Questions serve to motivate students, to assess students’ understanding, and to engage them in a thought-provoking discussion. Join this session to learn effective questioning skills and how to avoid common pitfalls.
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Learn about the importance of eating "all the colors" of food, and get some healthy snacks! Run by the McKinley Health Center.
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"Emergent behavior and phase transition in cell-ECM systems mediated by long range cell-cell mechanical interaction" Umnia Doha, PhD Student, Mechanical Science & Engineering Instrument: LSM 710 Lunch will be provided
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Two graduate students will present their research at the second Beckman Graduate Student Seminar of the fall 2022 semester: Winnie Chung, psychology; and Abhiroop Mishra, materials science and engineering. The event takes place Wednesday, Oct. 5 at noon. Register in advance to attend in person or on Zoom.
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Voter Registration table with the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.
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This free, live web-based class from PrivateWellClass.org will help homeowners understand the basics of well care as well as how to determine whether their water is safe to drink. Participants will learn maintenance best practices and receive answers to common questions. There will be an opportunity to submit questions in advance as well as live on the webinar.
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Hee Jung Chung, Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience at Illinois, will lecture on “The role of brain specific tyrosine phosphatase STEP in hippocampal excitability and seizures” at 4:00 pm in 2269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom October 5, 2022. One of our MBM trainees will give an introduction.
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Not sure how to budget? Attend this helpful workshop that can walk you through the steps of learning to budget on your own! This is an ONLINE EVENT. Zoom information will be sent to registered participants the day of the workshop.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course. Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.
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Faculty Panel Presentation (Zoom): A panel of Special Education faculty offer an in-depth look at their experiences with a variety of grading practices. Join us as Kary Zarate, Emily Tarconish, Jessica Hardy, and Catherin Corr share data on how grading processes impact student emotional health, agency, knowledge acquisition, and teaching pedagogy.
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Join us on Thursday, October 6 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an EIR Workshop with Dennis Beard: How Venture Capital Works.
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Voter Registration table with the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.
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Prof. Fei-Fei Li, Stanford Univ., will speak about "From Seeing to Doing: Understanding and Interacting with the Real World." at 2 p.m. CST Oct. 6. The virtual talk is part of the annual Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science.
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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The transition to graduate school is even more complicated when it is also accompanied by a transition to a new country. In this workshop, a panel of international graduate students will answer questions and share their experiences; all students are welcome to attend, but RSVP from international students will have priority.
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As part of the Chancellor's Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will join Vice Chancellor Sean C. Garrick for a moderated discussion with questions from the campus community. Please register online by October 3. For more information please visit, calltoaction.illinois.edu/symposium. Community questions will be taken until September 2
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Professor Joe Barich will share basic information about trademarks and patents for students working on startup ideas.
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Lia García is a Mexico City-based performance artist, activist, and educator whose work has been featured at the Annual Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Politics and Performance at NYU, Harvard University, and the University of Texas at Austin, among other universities and cultural centers across the Americas and Europe.
Friday, October 7, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Born in 570 CE, Prophet Muhammad’s [peace be upon him] birthday is commemorated by Muslims around the world during the month of Rabi’ Al-Awal. Mawlid an-Nabi – literally, The Birth of the Prophet – is often referred to as the Mawlid.
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The Chancellor's Call to Action to Address Racism and Social Injustice Research Symposium will include presentations and a poster session the 22 projects funded during the first year of the program. Please register online by October 3. For more information, please visit calltoaction.illinois.edu/symposium.
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Join the Allerton Park Bird Club for Friday morning hikes!
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
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NCSA is officially beginning the application process for our Fellows Program. We're seeking creative and innovative individuals to join our 2023-24 cohort of NCSA Fellows. If you’re a UIUC faculty member or researcher interested in seed funding to conduct new collaborative research projects with NCSA – this opportunity is for you!
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I Go On Singing: Paul Robeson’s Life in his Word and Song with Anthony Brown, accompanied by Phillip De Luna.
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Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, October 7 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking. The group will serve both students and professionals to bridge the gap between the analytical sciences and practical applications of industry.
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Maureen Warren will present a talk titled, “What Can We Learn About the Fake News of today from KAM’s Exhibition, Fake News & Lying Pictures?” Reservation and advance payment is required.
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Voter Registration table with the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.
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Curious about Marcel Proust? Prof. François Proulx (FRIT) and RBML curator Caroline Szylowicz will mark the 100th anniversary of his death with an exploration of his books, manuscripts and letters. Come share — or discover — favorite characters, passages, and anecdotes.
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Food security, energy security, and environmental sustainability in a world with a growing population and a changing climate are current challenges facing the global community.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 4 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
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A reading group on the thought of Martin Heidegger studying a selection of his works on and around poetry. By the mid-1930s Heidegger came to see poetry as one of the most fundamental issues of Western thought, as well as the way out of aesthetics and Modernity.
Saturday, October 8, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Born in 570 CE, Prophet Muhammad’s [peace be upon him] birthday is commemorated by Muslims around the world during the month of Rabi’ Al-Awal. Mawlid an-Nabi – literally, The Birth of the Prophet – is often referred to as the Mawlid.
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Camp out in the scenic Allerton Park Meadow!!
Sunday, October 9, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Camp out in the scenic Allerton Park Meadow!!
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The Feast of Tabernacles. Actual holy days. Jewish employees observing Sukkot Major may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
Monday, October 10, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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The Feast of Tabernacles. Actual holy days. Jewish employees observing Sukkot Major may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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EVERY MONDAY - FRIDAY: Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
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CAS Food For Thought 1:00am, Naveen Narisetty, Statistics, Quantile Regression Modeling for Survival Data with a Cured Subgroup Noon, William Schneider, Social Work, Income and Housing Support Experiments and Child Neglect
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd & 4th & 5th Monday at noon (12 p.m. CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
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Dr. Sulc will present a top-down coarse-grained model, oxDNA, which was specifically designed for simulations of DNA nanotechnology systems, and present examples where it has been used to help design and understand function of DNA, RNA and protein-DNA hybrid nanostructures and processes.
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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Jacki Rand (Associate Vice Chancellor for Native Affairs, American Indian Studies) in conversation with Mimi Thi Nguyen (Gender & Women's Studies), moderated by Jenny L. Davis (American Indian Studies, Anthropology)
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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The Feast of Tabernacles. Actual holy days. Jewish employees observing Sukkot Major may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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Kim Barrett, PhD UC Davis School of Medicine, Vice Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology "Intestinal epithelial reprogramming in the pathogenesis of infectious diarrhea"
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Receive an overview of laboratory safety from Stephanie Hess, a director in the Division of Research Safety.
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Brains can be modeled as functional networks, where interregional connections and their weights are estimated as a correlations. Dr. Betzel will present an approach for exactly decomposing these connections (edges) into their time-varying contributions. This approach yields framewise estimates of networks across time and can be used to estimate the novel construct of "edge
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Born in 570 CE, Prophet Muhammad’s [peace be upon him] birthday is commemorated by Muslims around the world during the month of Rabi’ Al-Awal. Mawlid an-Nabi – literally, The Birth of the Prophet – is often referred to as the Mawlid.
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Barbara Oakley says that “students fool themselves into thinking they’re learning.” Students may believe that they “know” the content and that they can easily retrieve what they learned; however when it comes down to doing assignments or exams, they are often unsuccessful. Come and learn how to teach our students how to be more efficient and effective learners.
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Join us on Wednesday, October 12 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an EIR Workshop with Alan Singleton on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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The liver is crucial for maintaining whole body energy balance. Dr. Moore's lab found FXR and PPARα also regulate processes that are not related to metabolic pathways but are central to liver energy balance. Dr. Moore's presentation will focus on the previously described roles of FXR and PPARα in control of autophagy and recent results on control of liver secretome.
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Join us on Wednesday, October 12 from 5-7 PM for Graduate Student Networking Night.
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“Ibn Arabi and his Commentators: The School of Philosophical Sufism"
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This presentation provides a general overview of the “Propaganda of History” since the origination of public schools in the United States during the 1840s.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Born in 570 CE, Prophet Muhammad’s [peace be upon him] birthday is commemorated by Muslims around the world during the month of Rabi’ Al-Awal. Mawlid an-Nabi – literally, The Birth of the Prophet – is often referred to as the Mawlid.
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Featuring talks from Glenn Fried, PhD, Kingsley Boateng, PhD, Reza Rajabi-Toustani, PhD, Devinda Wijewardena, Yuhan Wang, Gopika Gopan, and Abberior Staff Register by emailing core-event-reservations@igb.illinois.edu by October 10th, 2022
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course. Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.
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Marianne Alleyne will speak at the Beckman Institute's virtual Director's Seminar at noon Thursday, Oct. 13. Alleyne, assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, will be discussing a topic to be decided. The seminar will be a hybrid event held in Beckman, room 1005 and via Zoom. Please indicate whether you will attend virtually or in-person.
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This lecture will provide a brief introduction to gagaku (Japanese court music) and its cultural history. The second part will focus on the cultural history of gagaku. Themes such as the relationship between gagaku and Buddhism, communities of practices within and outside of the Imperial court, and the history of gagaku in the US will be introduced.
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Assistant Teaching Professor and Co-Director of Medical Ethics and Humanities thread at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Sheppard will discuss her work in developing medical humanities and medical anthropology curricula and her work with community based participatory research.
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Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.
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Four of the country's top political journalists will give a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to cover politics in 2022. The panelists will weigh in on the upcoming midterm elections and potentials national outcomes, from the fate of of President Joe Biden to the control of Congress, and more.
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Speak Café stands for Song, Poetry, Expression, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic coffeehouse at Krannert Art Museum.
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Drawing on her research on slavery at the University of Alabama, Hilary Green explores the need for recovering and untangling institutional campus histories of race and slavery and how understanding the enslaved campus experience is essential for institutional reconciliation efforts in the present.
Friday, October 14, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join the Allerton Park Bird Club for Friday morning hikes!
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Faith and Race in Building Local Coalitions for Justice with Rev. Michael Crosby & Rev. Terrance Thomas.
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Celebrate Homecoming with the University Library! Learn about how the Library works to preserve our collections and participate, hands-on, to see how some of our materials are made.
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The International Student Entrepreneurship Workshop helps international students understand policies and requirements for pursuing entrepreneurship and starting a business in the United States.
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Celebrate Homecoming with the University Library! Hear from Alumnus Charlie Meyerson about his student experience at Illinois.
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Students: Please volunteer your time from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to shut off lights in campus buildings for the weekend — saving campus energy and money and reducing carbon emissions!
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A reading group on the thought of Martin Heidegger studying a selection of his works on and around poetry. By the mid-1930s Heidegger came to see poetry as one of the most fundamental issues of Western thought, as well as the way out of aesthetics and Modernity.
Saturday, October 15, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Learn about the history of the Allerton estate near Monticello!
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Learn how you can volunteer at historic Allerton Park!
Sunday, October 16, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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At the beginning of each Bahá'í month, Bahá'ís gather for an observance called the 19-Day Feast. The First Day of ‘Ilm (Knowledge) begins at sunset of the first day and ends at sunset of the last day. It is a three-part observance with devotions, community consultation, and a social portion. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
Monday, October 17, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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EVERY MONDAY - FRIDAY: Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
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Graduate students: this is a great opportunity to learn more about HRI's Campus Fellowships program and to ask questions in preparation of the December 2, 2022 deadline.
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Dr. Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota Twin Cities will give a public talk on her book, "Muddying the Waters: Coauthoring Feminisms across Scholarship and Activism" on Monday, October 17th at 4pm. In addition to the public talk, WGGP will coordinate graduate student led virtual book discussion led by on Friday, October 14th starting at 4pm.
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Professor Gruebele will discuss a few topics of current interest, ranging from specialization in science, to grand discoveries waiting to happen, to how making and using fossil fuels better is a big part of the equation, or the fundamental-applied pendulum that is currently swinging ‘applied.'
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Day of Celebrating the Torah. The main celebrations of Simchat Torah take place in the synagogue during evening and morning services. Jewish employees observing Simchat Torah may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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Steve Quake, PhD Stanford University; Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering; Co-President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; Professor of Applied Physics; Professor of Physics "A Decade of Molecular Cell Atlases"
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Receive an overview of animal research from Jiajie Jessica Xu, an assistant director, veterinarian, in the Division of Animal Resources.
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The Storytelling Series seeks to highlight the journeys of our faculty. This October session will feature Dr. Nikolai Alvarado, an Assistant Professor in Geography. The Storytelling Series will be offered in a hybrid format, both both in-person in the Main Library, Room 220 (limited capacity) and via Zoom. Registration required.
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Join us on Tuesday, October 18 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an Accounting & Bookkeeping Services for Startups Workshop.
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Introduction to Scholarly Research is a multipart instruction program designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students with the various stages of the research process.
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"14 ways of looking at the future" : a public lecture presented by Lin Hixson and Matthew Goulish, co-founders of the Chicago-based performance company Every house has a door.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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A syllabus is more than a contract or a schedule and listing of topics. What is the message and first impression? Take a moment to think about your syllabus: is it welcoming, supportive, fair? This is a great opportunity to think about how/if your syllabus promotes a learning-centered environment.
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"Uncovering cell biology of the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum" Maria Guadalupe Nava, Graduate Student, College of Veterinary Medicine Instrument: SR-SIM Lunch will be provided
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The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!
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This special virtual SocialFuse event is for Grainger Engineering & UChicago students only. Come pitch your startup idea, or listen to other pitches and see if there's a team you'd like to join. Learn how your startup (or the startup team you join) can be eligible to win funding from a $150,000 prize pool.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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This day commemorates the birth of the central religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by many Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal living Guru following the lineage of the ten human Gurus of the religion.
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Featuring emerging scholarship on the art of this period against the backdrop of the exhibition Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, Krannert Art Museum hosts a symposium on Early Modern Global Political Art.
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course. Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.
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Join us on Thursday, October 20th from 12:00-1:00 PM for a Workshop with Sophie Roney on How to Diversify Your Start-Up Hiring Pool.
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Graduate school can be a stressful time; this workshop seeks to open a conversation about the importance of maintaining one's mental health. Presenters will focus on healthy coping mechanisms, dealing with impostor syndrome, and resources available to support students.
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Join us for the first keynote lecture in the Early Modern Global Political Art symposium by scholar Liza Oliver. This talk considers how spectatorial sympathy, a governing principle of eighteenth-century British art and literature, was deployed by opposing sides of the debate on Britain’s slave trade in the decades preceding its abolition.
Friday, October 21, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join the Allerton Park Bird Club for Friday morning hikes!
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Hear about research on the changing nature of work, the drivers behind these changes, and the impact of such changes on organizations and human well-being.
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Featuring emerging scholarship on the art of this period against the backdrop of the exhibition Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, Krannert Art Museum hosts a symposium on Early Modern Global Political Art.
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Neighborhood Ambassadors Program with Jacqueline Kalipeni.
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Come join us to hear about our Graduate Minor- Gender Relations in International Development (GRID) on Friday, October 21st from 12-1pm. Lunch provided with pre-registration at https://go.illinois.edu/GRIDinfo
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Join Spurlock Museum staff for an afternoon of crafting fun for all ages. Feel like royalty? Make yourself a crown. Need a new picture for your wall? Create a colorful mosaic. Want to make some music? Decorate your own spinning drum. This program is free and open to everyone.
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A reading group on the thought of Martin Heidegger studying a selection of his works on and around poetry. By the mid-1930s Heidegger came to see poetry as one of the most fundamental issues of Western thought, as well as the way out of aesthetics and Modernity.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
Sunday, October 23, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
Monday, October 24, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Diwali or The Festival of Lights is a major holiday. Extending over 5 days, it celebrates the victory of good over evil. Celebrations include millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples, and other buildings. Some students or employees may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd & 4th & 5th Monday at noon (12 p.m. CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
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Join us on Monday, October 24 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM for a celebration of Diwali, or the festival of lights, which is the largest of all Hindu festivals.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Celebrating the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Azali and Bahá'í Faiths. From sunset of the first day until sunset of the last day, Bahá'ís observing the Birth of the Báb may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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Join our team of SBIR experts and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a SBIR 101 event from 12:00-1:00pm on Tuesday, October 25.
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Receive an overview of radiation safety from Anja Metz, an assistant director and radiation safety officer at the Division of Research Safety.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Celebrating the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Azali and Bahá'í Faiths. From sunset of the first day until sunset of the last day, Bahá'ís observing the Birth of the Báb may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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This holy day celebrates the birth of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'ís observing the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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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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"Introduction of the New Vevo F2 for Preclinical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering" Sarah Burris, PhD & Bret Hawkins, FujiFilm Instrument: Vevo F2 Lunch will be provided
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Sepideh Sadaghiani, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois, will lecture on “The functional connectome across temporal scales” at 4:00 pm in 2269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom October 26, 2022. One of our MBM trainees will give an introduction. The lecture is free and open to the public courtesy of the Miniature Brain Machinery Program.
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Learn about the services and resources available at the library! This workshop is 30 minutes long, with time after for questions. This is especially helpful to first-year students and transfer students. This is an online event. A zoom link will be sent to those who register.
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library Curators Ruthann E. Mowry and Dr. Cait Coker will host this live, interactive presentation of materials documenting the history of European witchcraft. Bring your questions as we discuss witch trial records and accounts in their historical context and our contemporary parallels.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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This holy day celebrates the birth of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'ís observing the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh may stay home from work during this period, and some may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.
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SocialFuse: The event where you can pitch your startup idea, network, and find teammates. Or sit back and check things out!
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course. Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.
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11:00am, Lijun Liu, Structure and Evolution of the Continental Lithosphere Noon, Damien Guironnet, Dealing with Plastic Waste: Upstream and Downstream Strategies
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Our wastewater is rich with vital societal resources and is an opportunity to enhance the circular economy.
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Join us on Thursday, October 27, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.
Friday, October 28, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join the Allerton Park Bird Club for Friday morning hikes!
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Juvenile Justice in Champaign County: A Wicked Possibility (Session 1) with Sam Smith.
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Dr. Koni Benson, "Pedagogy and Politics: Enacting Alternative Maps For Creating Communities of Practice" Koni Benson is an historian, organizer, and educator. She is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
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Attention startups! Learn more about how NCSA can help your early-stage company with processing power, data management, AI and ML projects, outsourcing software development, analytics and more.
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Join us for the official launch of the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, including opening remarks by Chaz Ebert, a video message from filmmaker and Roger Ebert's friend Martin Scorsese, the inaugural Roger Ebert Lecture, and a film screening.
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A reading group on the thought of Martin Heidegger studying a selection of his works on and around poetry. By the mid-1930s Heidegger came to see poetry as one of the most fundamental issues of Western thought, as well as the way out of aesthetics and Modernity.
Saturday, October 29, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Presented in collaboration with the CU Jazz Festival, the Chicago-based Mai Sugimoto will be leading an improvising quartet, playing alto saxophone and flute, with Fred Jackson Jr. on alto saxophone and soprano saxophone; Ethan Philion on bass; and Isaiah Spencer on drums.
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Bring the family out to a movie in the Allerton Music Barn!
Sunday, October 30, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
Monday, October 31, 2022
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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From sunset of the first day to sunset of the last day, Samhain marks the Pagan New Year, a time for honoring the dead, cleansing, and releasing. For many Wiccans, Samhain is the most important Sabbat. It’s the time to remember the ancestors, and the time to celebrate the harvest and all that has been accomplished over the year.
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd & 4th & 5th Monday at noon (12 p.m. CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
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Dr. Christopher Thornton, director of the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak in-depth about NEH grant opportunities and offer suggestions for submitting a successful application at this upcoming workshop.
