Beckman Institute Calendar (Master)

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Monday, April 1, 2024

    • 12:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute Room 2269 (2nd floor tower room)

    Prof. Kimberly Rios, a new faculty member in the Psychology Dept. SPO program area, will lecture "Understanding academics' perceptions of identity-related research: The role of intellectual humility."

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am
    • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

    • All Day

    We’re accepting entries from undergrads, grad students, postdocs/staff researchers, and faculty members. We also will allow images captured within our core research facilities by non-Beckman affiliates. Read the full rules and submit your image here: http://go.beckman.illinois.edu/imgcontest.

  • The Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar Series
    • 12:00 pm
    • 5602 Beckman Institute

    Two graduate students will present their research at the third Beckman Graduate Student Seminar of the spring semester: Lilian Yang and Shensheng Zhao. Lunch will be provided who register in advance. The event takes place Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at noon in 5602 Beckman Institute.

  • Digital sign for this event
    • 12:00 pm
    • 3269 Beckman (third floor tower room)

    Learn about self-care from Josh Hagerstrom. Josh is a clinical counselor for Faculty/Staff Assistance and Well-being Services.

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

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall 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 4, 2024

  • The Beckman Institute Director's Seminar Series
    • 12:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute , Room 1005

    Mei Shen will present at the Beckman Institute's Director's Seminar at noon Thursday, April 4. The seminar will be held at Beckman Institute, room 1005. Lunch will be provided to participants who register in advance.

Friday, April 5, 2024

    • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave

    The Beckman Institute Open House is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 5 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Visitors of all ages can do hands-on demos and activities, solve a science scavenger hunt, and meet the people behind world-changing scientific discoveries.

Saturday, April 6, 2024

    • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave

    The Beckman Institute Open House is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 5 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Visitors of all ages can do hands-on demos and activities, solve a science scavenger hunt, and meet the people behind world-changing scientific discoveries.

Monday, April 8, 2024

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am
    • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    • All Day

    We’re accepting entries from undergrads, grad students, postdocs/staff researchers, and faculty members. We also will allow images captured within our core research facilities by non-Beckman affiliates. Read the full rules and submit your image here: http://go.beckman.illinois.edu/imgcontest.

    • 11:00 am
    • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

    Join Beckman Interim Director Cathy Murphy in the Beckman center atrium for the annual presentation of two Beckman awards: the Vision and Spirit Award, and the Staff Spirit and Dedication Award. Cupcakes will follow in celebration of the April 10 anniversary of Arnold Beckman's birth.

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

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall 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!

Friday, April 12, 2024

  • Extracellular vesicle
    • 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
    • 5602 Beckman Institute

    Are you interested in extracellular vesicles? Extracellular vesicles are important mediators of cell-cell communication and are currently used as important biomarkers in the clinic. Come learn more at the upcoming EV Imaging and Therapy Working Group workshop. Register by April 5.

Monday, April 15, 2024

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Monday, April 22, 2024

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am
    • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

    • All Day

    The Communications Office has opened a pop-up shop selling Beckman apparel. Find it at: https://go.beckman.illinois.edu/apparel

    • All Day

    We’re accepting entries from undergrads, grad students, postdocs/staff researchers, and faculty members. We also will allow images captured within our core research facilities by non-Beckman affiliates. Read the full rules and submit your image here: http://go.beckman.illinois.edu/imgcontest.

  • Flyer for the event
    • 12:00 pm

    Join us for a Beckman Interdisciplinary Safety Seminar. Chris Lewis, an embedded counselor in The Grainger College of Engineering and the Counseling Center, will present, "Research and the Stress Continuum – How Expectations Impact Lab Culture."

    • 12:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute Room 1714

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

    • 3:30 pm
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269

    Participate in the Tamarkoz method: "the art of self-knowledge through concentration and meditation." Please dress comfortably and bring a yoga mat (chairs will also be available if preferred). The instructor is Dr. Saloumeh DeGood, a practicing clinical psychologist, researcher and President of the Sufi Psychology Association. She currently teaches graduate courses on str

  • Flyer with information about serenity event
    • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
    • 5269 Beckman (Fifth floor tower room)

    The Beckman DEI Committee is excited to invite you to a workshop on the Tamarkoz method provided by Dr. Saloumeh DeGood. Come learn and participate in the Tamarkoz method which is known as “the art of self-knowledge through concentration and meditation."

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Friday, April 26, 2024

    • 8:30 am
    • Beckman Institute Room 3269 (3rd Floor Tower Room)

    Members of the UIUC community are welcome to attend the 14th Annual Gesa Kirsch Graduate Symposium, sponsored by the Center for Writing Studies. Graduate students will present on topics related to rhetoric and composition. Dr. Amber Buck (University of Alabama) will present her keynote address “Digital Literacy Practices of Grassroots Activists.”

Monday, April 29, 2024

    • 3:00 pm
    • Beckman Institute Room 3269 (3rd floor tower room)

    The STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Seminar Series continues with Luke Chao, Harvard University, will lecture on "Ultrastructural regulation of the mitochondrial inner-membrane"

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am
    • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

    • All Day

    We’re accepting entries from undergrads, grad students, postdocs/staff researchers, and faculty members. We also will allow images captured within our core research facilities by non-Beckman affiliates. Read the full rules and submit your image here: http://go.beckman.illinois.edu/imgcontest.

  • The Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar Series
    • 12:00 pm
    • 5602 Beckman Institute

    Two graduate students will present their research at the final Beckman Graduate Student Seminar of the spring semester: Gang Xiao and Shagun Ajmera. Lunch will be provided to attendees that register in advance. Register here: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/743323376 The event takes place Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at noon in 5602 Beckman Institute.

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

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall 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, May 2, 2024

    • 10:00 am
    • MRI Exhibit

    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.