Illinois Events
Sunday, February 23, 2025
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For Black History Month, Funk Library is excited to highlight a diverse collection of Black authors from our collection. Among the many works we’ve compiled, you’ll find subjects such as zoology, environmental science, sports & recreation, urban planning, cooking, history, engineering, gardening and much more.
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This pop-up library display celebrates the contributions of African Americans to labor movements, industry and workplace equity. Explore historical milestones, key figures, and pivotal moments as you also reflect on what equity and justice in labor means to you
Monday, February 24, 2025
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For Black History Month, Funk Library is excited to highlight a diverse collection of Black authors from our collection. Among the many works we’ve compiled, you’ll find subjects such as zoology, environmental science, sports & recreation, urban planning, cooking, history, engineering, gardening and much more.
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This pop-up library display celebrates the contributions of African Americans to labor movements, industry and workplace equity. Explore historical milestones, key figures, and pivotal moments as you also reflect on what equity and justice in labor means to you
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Comportments of Kurdish Pleasure: Interjecting Leisure as a Necessary Archive with Dr. Stan Thangaraj Monday, February 24 | 3:00-4:30 PM | Davenport Hall 230
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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 advisers and current ILEE students, ask questions, and learn how ILEE can help you gain a competitive edge in the job market.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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For Black History Month, Funk Library is excited to highlight a diverse collection of Black authors from our collection. Among the many works we’ve compiled, you’ll find subjects such as zoology, environmental science, sports & recreation, urban planning, cooking, history, engineering, gardening and much more.
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This pop-up library display celebrates the contributions of African Americans to labor movements, industry and workplace equity. Explore historical milestones, key figures, and pivotal moments as you also reflect on what equity and justice in labor means to you
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Join us for an interactive Fair Use Gameshow to celebrate Fair Use Week! Your host, Sara Benson (Library) will be joined by an all-star panel including Pia Hunter (Law), Dr. Melissa Ocepek (iSchool), and Andrea Augustine (Law). Register for free at https://go.illinois.edu/fairuseweek to attend online or attend in-person (Room A, College of Law).
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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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Beth M. Stadtmueller, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Biomedical & Translational Sciences, Carle Illinois College of Medicine University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Mining for anti-infectious Molecules from Genomes Research Theme "Investigating and engineering the structures and functions of Secretory Antibodies"
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In this talk, Dr. Firas ben Abid will help us to discover how ZINKI AI is transforming the preservation and accessibility of Arabic manuscripts and records through cutting-edge AI technology. We will explore ZINKI's tools for digitizing, searching, and analyzing Arabic texts, with a focus on its contributions to preserving historical manuscripts.
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Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.
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Palestine in the World Lecture Series: Why Is Palestine Important? by Dr. Ussama Makdisi February 25 at 4 pm at 1000 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St, Urbana
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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For Black History Month, Funk Library is excited to highlight a diverse collection of Black authors from our collection. Among the many works we’ve compiled, you’ll find subjects such as zoology, environmental science, sports & recreation, urban planning, cooking, history, engineering, gardening and much more.
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This pop-up library display celebrates the contributions of African Americans to labor movements, industry and workplace equity. Explore historical milestones, key figures, and pivotal moments as you also reflect on what equity and justice in labor means to you
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Join us for a thought-provoking and enjoyable event featuring Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham and Chris Wiley, where we take some time to think about the vital contributions of African Americans to labor movements and their enduring impact today. Dr. Phillips-Cunningham will present her newly published book, Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World.
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Join us for 2 talks featuring recent CAS Associates: John Levi Barnard on oppositional trends in human-animal relations and Lindsay Rose Russell on the history of sex and lexicography.
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An important learning goal is for our students to think critically and to create imaginatively. Offering multimedia assignments integrating various media formats such as text, images, audio, and videos into cohesive projects. In this session, we will share the creative multimedia assignments that your colleagues developed to innovatively assess student learning.
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28th Daniel S. Sanders Annual Peace & Social Justice Lecture: "Why Refugee-Led Organizations Must Be At The Forefront of Leading Change". Guest Lecturer: Mr. Robert Hakiza, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID). February 26th, 2025 at Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S Neil St, Champaign, IL 12 pm - 3:15 pm.
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"Optimization of In Vitro Reservoir Computing informed by Volume Electron Microscopy and Simulation" Andrew Dou, Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Science & Engineering
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"Data Feminism: by Catherine D'lgnazio and Lauren Klein. The discussion will be led by GRID Students Mahbubeh Moqadam and Marwah Malik. Wednesday, Feb 12th and 26th, from 2:00-3:30 pm CST via Zoom Register and Request at: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1134466534.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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For Black History Month, Funk Library is excited to highlight a diverse collection of Black authors from our collection. Among the many works we’ve compiled, you’ll find subjects such as zoology, environmental science, sports & recreation, urban planning, cooking, history, engineering, gardening and much more.
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This pop-up library display celebrates the contributions of African Americans to labor movements, industry and workplace equity. Explore historical milestones, key figures, and pivotal moments as you also reflect on what equity and justice in labor means to you
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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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Brazilian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Talk February 27, 2025 | 3 -4:30 pm CST | Zoom The Brazilian social leaders will share their experiences in protecting the Amazon, the challenges they face, and the context in which they live.
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Based on two years of ethnographic interviews with patients of chronic illness and participant observation with practitioners of complementary medicine in California, this talk examines what “sensitivity” can provide as a source of information about the relationship between the individual and the environment, and how this impacts health.
Friday, February 28, 2025
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For Black History Month, Funk Library is excited to highlight a diverse collection of Black authors from our collection. Among the many works we’ve compiled, you’ll find subjects such as zoology, environmental science, sports & recreation, urban planning, cooking, history, engineering, gardening and much more.
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This pop-up library display celebrates the contributions of African Americans to labor movements, industry and workplace equity. Explore historical milestones, key figures, and pivotal moments as you also reflect on what equity and justice in labor means to you
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Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe: Breaking Chains, Building Communities: The Story of the AME Church
Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe Breaking Chains, Building Communities: The Story of the AME Church by Rev. Terrance Thomas, Bethel AME Church February 28, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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AI does what? This hands-on beginners’ workshop will introduce participants to image (still and moving) generating AIs. We will explore their features and capabilities and apply them in higher education settings. You will learn how to safely streamline your work, reduce production time, and easily generate visual aids for your classroom needs.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
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New option for graduate students! The Graduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is now available to graduate students in almost every Grainger Engineering program. Learn to tackle the business facets of industry-relevant problems and have these skills officially recognized on your transcript.
Monday, March 3, 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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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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I propose postcards of defense practices for migrant communities in Mexico, as well as latent and manifest migrant struggles occurring in Mexico City in the 21st century.
Tuesday, March 4, 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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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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Funmilayo Ransom Kuti Film Discussion Tuesday | March 4 | 6:30-8:00pm CST | via Zoom Discussion led by: Adetutu Faburoso, Ph.D Student in Human Resource Development (HDR) and minor in Gender Relations and International Development (GRID)
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Embedding development of digital literacy skills within our courses is just as important as guiding our students to positively regulate their learning behaviors. In this workshop you will develop strategies to promote digital literacy among your students for achieving their learning goals and developing lifelong learning processes.
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Join us for a talk by recent CAS Associate David Wright Faladé on his new work, a non-fiction treatment of his novel The New Internationals, based on his parents.
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How you ever wondered what happens in the classes of some of our exemplary teachers? Would you like to sit-in their classes and chat with these exemplary teachers afterwards? We have a great line-up of your colleagues who have offered to “open their classroom door.” Join this introductory session to learn more and join us for this valuable road trip.
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"Illuminating Brain Circuit Architectures" Xiaotang Lu, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
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The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are co-hosting our eighth annual event, “11 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia.
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The Humanities Research Institute and Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity co-host an annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of a woman in their discipline that changed the field in important ways.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
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"Web Hosting" David Slater, CNRG Associate Director of High Performance Computing
Friday, March 7, 2025
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Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe Defending Immigrants under a Trump Administration: An Immigrant Advocate's Perspective by Diana Rashid, Berkeley Public Interest Law Fellow and Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center, in conversation with current La Colectiva students March 7, 2025 | 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) | University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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GRID Student Forum featuring graduate student research projects March 7, 12 pm - 3 pm via Zoom.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
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!
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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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
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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"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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Students, faculty, and staff are invited to an Open Forum on the University Library sponsored by the Academic Senate Committee on the Library and the University Library.
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Community Speaker Series panelists: Traci Barkley (Director, Sola Gratia Farm), Emily Stone (Director of Public Engagement, College of Education), and Bhakti Verma (PhD student, Curriculum & Instruction).
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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Dr. Jog, Associate Research Scientist in the Wetland Science Program at the Prairie Research Institute will present “Using plants to understand wetland health.” March 13 | 12 pm - 1 pm (CTS) | Main Library Room 146, or over zoom
Friday, March 14, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025
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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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
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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!
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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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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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 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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Abstract: Of the many beautiful objects associated with Madinat al-Zahra and the Cordoban Umayyad caliphate, perhaps none are as celebrated as a series of ivory pyxides and caskets produced for members of the royal family. Several of them were made for royal mothers, formerly enslaved concubines who earned their freedom by bearing the caliph's children. Caliphal concubines
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Storytelling Workshop with LaToya Ruby Frazier Tuesday, March 25, 2025, UA Local 149 Plumbers and Pipefitters, 1003 N Dunlap Ave, Savoy, Illinois Workshop 5-7pm Dinner 7-9pm
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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Join us for 2 talks featuring recent CAS Associates and Fellows: Fahad Mahmood on unlocking quantum emergence and Peter Fritzsche on the fragile nature of human solidarity.
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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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"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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Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change by LaToya Ruby Frazier March 26, 5 pm -6 pm Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall
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Join us for an evening of jazz and poetry with award-winning poet Janice N. Harrington (Creative Writing/English) and musician Charles “Chip” McNeill (Music). Harrington will read selections from Yard Show with musical accompaniment by McNeill and students from the University of Illinois music department.The book will be available for purchasing and signing.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
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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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Directors: Sarah Ema Friedland, Rami Younis It is a story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world - what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become. A discussion by Professor Laura Goffman, Department of History at the Univesity of Illinois followed this.
Friday, March 28, 2025
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Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe Plumas Negras by Juliette Carrillo, University of Illinois Department of Theater March 28, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
Saturday, March 29, 2025
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Around April 1st, bibliophiles, book artists, and food lovers around the world gather to celebrate the book arts and the (literal!) ingestion of culture. Participants create an “edible book,” which can be inspired by a favorite tale, involve a pun on a famous title, or simply be in the shape of a book (or scroll, or tablet, etc).
Monday, March 31, 2025
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Grainger Engineering undergrads - consider doing a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.
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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 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.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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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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Panel on Gender and the Economy: Environment, Work, and Care will take place on Thursday, April 3rd from 3:30-5pm at 210 Illini Union. Panelists include Mary Arends-Kuenning, Vernita Pearl Fort, McKenzie Johnson, Elizabeth T. Powers, and moderated by Min Zhan.
Friday, April 4, 2025
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Join us for talks by recent CAS Associates. At 11am Yuguo Chen (Statistics) discusses how statistical network analysis is used to develop methods to account for the complex dependencies in network data; and at noon, Soo Ah Kwon (Asian American Studies) argues for moving beyond simple binaries such as reformist/radical to better understand youth activism.
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Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe To Thy Happy Children of the Future: Divestment as Progress, Students for Environmental Concerns, in conversation with Jim Hinterlong April 4, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign
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Join Preservation Services for program history and highlights, refreshments, and exhibit viewing.