Campus Wellness Events

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Friday, April 25, 2025

Saturday, April 26, 2025

    • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
    • Japan House

    Japan House's annual Fall Open House resumes on Saturday, April 26 featuring Seiran Chiba, Akie Hashimoto, and Ayako Hirai to present on Fukushima traditional arts and crafts. Traditional Japanese tea ceremonies will be offered at 11am, 1pm, and 2pm. At 12pm, the artists will be giving a free presentation about their work.

    • 12:30 - 2:00 pm
    • Allerton Park & Retreat Center

    • 7:00 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

    “Tesseract,” the culminating thesis concert of the Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2025 brings fresh perspectives from the creative mind/bodies of “soon to be” Dance at Illinois alumni.

Sunday, April 27, 2025

    • 7:00 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

    “Tesseract,” the culminating thesis concert of the Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2025 brings fresh perspectives from the creative mind/bodies of “soon to be” Dance at Illinois alumni.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

    • 10:00
    • Anniversary Plaza (South patio at Illini Union)

    Bike Census is a collaborative, community-wide effort between F&S and Champaign County Bikes that began in 2013 as part of ongoing improvement efforts to support the campus’ Bicycle Friendly University status. This Bike Census will help us update the Bicycle Map with the most current bike parking locations and also help us identify locations that need more bike parking.

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • Gregory Hall 223

    Join us for a lecture from Jeff McMahan, the emeritus Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy from the University of Oxford, titled "Human Extinction and the Morality of Procreation."

    • 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

    • 12:00 pm
    • 1064 Lincoln Hall or Virtual

    Join the LAS Office of Research to learn more about grant support for faculty researchers in LAS. Our team will share information on pre-award services, such as budgeting, document review, and preparing for submission to SPA. This session will be particularly helpful for faculty without access to dedicated unit-based grant support staff.

    • 12:15 - 12:45 pm

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    • 2203 Beckman Institute

    • 4:00 - 5:30 pm
    • CIF 2039

    This panel convenes energy researchers and activists to reflect on lessons learned from the fight against the Dakota Access Pipelines, and on present-day issues in our energy landscape. Panelists John Albers (Advanced Energy United), Emily Guske (UIUC Climate Jobs Institute), Richard Stuckey (Save Our Illinois Land), Tabitha Tripp (Public Rail Now campaign and SAFE: South

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

    • 5:30 - 6:45 pm

    Join us for a powerful conversation with Peruvian women environmental defenders as they share firsthand experiences from the frontlines of climate activism in the Amazon. Learn about the challenges they face, the communities they protect, and the urgent realities of defending land, water, and life in one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Friday, May 2, 2025

    • 9:00 am
    • Latzer Hall YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Champaign

    Michelle Campos is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University—the author of Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early Twentieth Century Palestine., Charles Anderson is an associate professor of history at Western Washington University and a senior editor at Arab Studies Journal.

Monday, May 5, 2025

    • 4:00 pm
    • Music Building Auditorium, 1114 W. Nevada St, Urbana

    Join us for a lecture by American composer and pianist Amy Williams. This lecture will be accompanied by the premier of Williams' Last Lines featuring School of Music Professor of bassoon Ben Roidl-Ward.

    • 5:00 - 6:30 pm

    On the 60th anniversary of U.S. publication of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, 100 years since Fanon’s birth, UIUC Urban & Regional Planning Professor and Fanon Scholar Lou Turner will join the HRI Social Movements Reading Group for a Q&A on Wretched and its impacts on U.S. social movements including Black Power, Black Studies, and Black Arts.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Friday, May 9, 2025

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

    To support your summer planning, please join us for an informative session covering an array of opportunities, including fellowships (ACLS and Guggenheim) and sited programs (arts residencies, research libraries, institutes for advanced study). Panelists will share their experiences with the application process and related logistics, followed by conversation and Q & A.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    • 2203 Beckman Institute

    • 3:00 pm
    • 3269, 3rd floor tower room

    Towards Hearing Restoration: Investigating the Genetic Restrictions on Hair Cell Regeneration in the Mature Inner Ear.

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    • 2203 Beckman Institute

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    • 2203 Beckman Institute

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Thursday, June 12, 2025

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    • 2203 Beckman Institute

    • 6:30 pm   7:30 pm
    • The Literary, 122 N Neil St, Champaign, IL, 61820

    Spurlock Museum is proud to partner with The Literary to present this new community program. Free books will be provided to the first 13 people that sign up for participation. Between now and April 2026, we've chosen 5 books related to Spurlock exhibits. Stop by Spurlock anytime during open hours to sign up and pick up your free book!

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

  • black and white historical photo of 2 dancers, performing in interior room of modern home
    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Don’t miss the final week of the "Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture" exhibition! On view through Saturday, July 12. During the summer, the museum is open Tuesday–Friday 10–5 and Saturday 10–4. Free admission.

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Friday, July 11, 2025

  • black and white historical photo of 2 dancers, performing in interior room of modern home
    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Don’t miss the final week of the "Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture" exhibition! On view through Saturday, July 12. During the summer, the museum is open Tuesday–Friday 10–5 and Saturday 10–4. Free admission.

Saturday, July 12, 2025

  • black and white historical photo of 2 dancers, performing in interior room of modern home
    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Don’t miss the final week of the "Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture" exhibition! On view through Saturday, July 12. During the summer, the museum is open Tuesday–Friday 10–5 and Saturday 10–4. Free admission.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum

    Poet, essayist, translator, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is the author of three books of poetry, and a winner of the 2024 National Book Award.  Her visit is part of the Illinois Global Institutes "Palestine in the World" series. The IGI Series on Global Responsibilities brings multidisciplinary and global perspectives to major contemporary questions.

Saturday, October 4, 2025

    • 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
    • Multiple locations

    Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, when we’ll be highlighting the best of the humanities on our campus, including academic departments, student groups, research, resources, and alumni stories.

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

    • 5:00 - 6:30 pm
    • Alice Campbell Hall

    Ayelet Tsabari’s National Jewish Book Award winning, novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, traces the story of the history of Yemeni Israelis through a fictional family. Tsabari visited UIUC in 2019, and was interviewed for Ninth Letter.