Advith's Calendar
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
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"Protein dynamics: Connecting in vitro, in cell, and in vivo" by Caitlin Davis, Department of Chemistry, Yale University.
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Join SourceLab every Monday, 3-5 in the Paul A. Lisnek LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall for SourceLab Mondays.
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Please join students and faculty at the annual ChBE 121 Poster Session. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Students in small teams review and prepare a poster describing an Industrial Safety Incident. The posters include details such as an event timeline and immediate and long-term impacts.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Speaker: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin
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CSBS is excited to announce the latest Emerging Investigators Lunch, scheduled for April 1. The topic of the first lunch in the spring series will be “Building your Research Program.”
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Demonstrations of perceptual organization processes like grouping, surface completion, figure-ground assignment, and correspondence across time and space, are fascinating not just because of their compelling phenomenology, but because they provide insight into different levels of representation and their functions within the visual cognitive system more generally.
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"The Magic of RNA: New Medicines, Immortality, and the Power to Control Evolution" Thomas R. Cech, PhD Nobel Laureate Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioFrontiers Institute University of Colorado Boulder I-Hotel and Conference Center Reception and book signing to follow.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Join us from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 2 in the Beckman Atrium to unwind with a visiting therapy dog! All are welcome to take a moment to destress, relax and recharge with the calming presence of a canine friend!
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Lend your perspective and help evaluate 125+ student startups to see who will move on to the finals.
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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This Seminar covers topics on building and training ML models, ranging from beginner to complex, deep learning models trained on the Delta Supercomputer's multi-GPU nodes. This seminar is open to all, including graduate students, undergrads, and particularly domain scientists whose primary affiliation is not with a STEM program or department.
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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.
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Explore stories of cultural self-determination in societies around the world. Dr. Christina Gonzalez, co-curator of Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia Indígena del Caribe ¡Taino Vive!, will lead tours of the exhibit, and staff will share some of the museum's collections related to resistance and cultural identity in the face of oppression.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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"Biocluster" Dan Davidson, CNRG Director of CNRG and Research Computing
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Get help with data visualization at the Vis Lab's office hours from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays in 2203 Beckman Institute.
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Calvin Mackie, founder of STEM NOLA, will give a lecture titled, "Hope in the 21st Century." A kid-friendly reception will follow, as will a preview of the Beckman Institute Open House from 4-6 p.m
Friday, April 4, 2025
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The Beckman Institute Open House is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 4, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025. It offers a fun, interactive look at the interdisciplinary research happening at the Beckman Institute. It happens at the same time as Engineering Open House each year.
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The Age of Innovation. Experience exciting exhibits and competitions during Engineering Open House 2025!
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
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Stop by Engineering Hall to relax, enjoy refreshments, and connect with members of Engineering Student Alumni Ambassadors (ESAA).
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We are delighted to showcase the work of some of our most productive and creative faculty in this informal series of intellectually and spiritually invigorating presentations. You are invited to drop in when you can to learn about the exciting projects undertaken by our faculty.
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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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On average, English speakers utter around 16,000 words per day, most of it in interactions with other people. Yet, the language sciences have predominately approached language as if we use it for monologue. In this talk, Dr. Christiansen will argue that we should view language as being fundamentally collaborative and improvisational, like a game of charades.
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Join Preservation Services for program history and highlights, refreshments, and exhibit viewing.
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
Saturday, April 5, 2025
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The Age of Innovation. Experience exciting exhibits and competitions during Engineering Open House 2025!
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The Beckman Institute Open House is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 4, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025. It offers a fun, interactive look at the interdisciplinary research happening at the Beckman Institute. It happens at the same time as Engineering Open House each year.
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
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Hear “Questions Led the Way,” a new storybook about the Beckman Institute. Listeners will receive a free science notebook!
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
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Join SourceLab every Monday, 3-5 in the Paul A. Lisnek LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall for SourceLab Mondays.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Speaker: Bill Fefferman, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
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Owen Ryan, PhD Director of Cell Engineering Research at ADM "An adventure in yeast synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology"
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This webinar will describe the use of cover systems over wastes and leachate lagoons to reduce leachate generation and costs. In particular, if rain/clean water falls on wastes or a leachate lagoon, it becomes contaminated and must be treated. Covering wastes or a lagoon prevents fresh water from becoming leachate thus dramatically reducing the cost and amount of water tha
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Visual Feast: How the Sausage Gets Made with Jay Cournoyer.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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In this conversation, Dr. Wayne Pitard and Dr. Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua discuss Pitard's new book on John J. Bird, a significant civil rights leader in 19th century Illinois. A reception will follow.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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This workshop will provide the opportunity to learn about the use of EVs as markers of disease progression from Mayo Clinic faculty, as well as become acquainted with newly emerging technologies to capture and detect EVs by faculty at Illinois. The poster session will provide an informal venue for exploring new collaborations. Register by April 9.
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Speaker: Xiaochuan (David) Ding, Clark Group
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This Seminar covers topics on building and training ML models, ranging from beginner to complex, deep learning models trained on the Delta Supercomputer's multi-GPU nodes. This seminar is open to all, including graduate students, undergrads, and particularly domain scientists whose primary affiliation is not with a STEM program or department.
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Please join us for a Historians Among Us lecture by Hermann von Hesse, an assistant professor of art history.
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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, April 10, 2025
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The annual symposium of the Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics is open for all interested in the field of label-free biophotonics, with translational applications to clinical medicine and fundamental biology
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This event celebrates world poetry in translation. If you are interested in poetry in different languages, please consider attending the event.
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The Department of Asian American Studies welcomes Dr. Nayan Shah, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History at the University of Southern California to present his talk "Mutual Aid and Resisting Carceral Power: Asian American Strategies".
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Faculty, staff, and students in the College of Media are invited to attend this year's Harry J. Skornia Distinguished Lectureship in Public Broadcasting.
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Michael is a third-year undergrad doing a dual-degree in physics and nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering. He helps develop and test novel plasma diagnostics for inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) plasma sources in the Fusion Studies Laboratory at UIUC.
Friday, April 11, 2025
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Speaker: Dr. Peter Nugent
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In this colloquium, Dr. Chiu-Shee will be presenting her ongoing field work on the ideals and practices of "the ecological city" and stimulate discussion and new ideas as she proceeds with her research.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
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The Library has several locations open to welcome admitted students. Stop by to learn more about the libraries at Illinois
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Speaker: Nicole Yunger Halpern, University of Maryland
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
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Join us for the next lecture as part of the Proseminar in Antiracist Science. Dr. Lisa Spanierman, Professor in the School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University, will present "Decentering and Recentering Whiteness: One White Scholar’s Journey"
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Join SourceLab every Monday, 3-5 in the Paul A. Lisnek LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall for SourceLab Mondays.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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Speaker: "Floquet Topology and Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Quantum Matter", Babak Seradjeh, Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Wade Zeno, PhD Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Southern California "Exploring Intrinsic Disorder at the Protein-Lipid Interface"
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The Center for Social & Behavioral Science (CSBS) invites assistant and associate professors to join us for a candid and collaborative conversation on navigating the current federal funding landscape. As researchers face growing uncertainty, promotion/tenure pressures only intensify these challenges. This gathering aims to create space for mutual support and strategies.
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Human preferences are inherently subjective; however, much of what is known about human preference comes from aggregated data that essentially treat idiosyncratic differences as noise. A holistic understanding of human preference requires building individualized models.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Speaker: Aaron Fluitt, Senior Director of Technology Partnerships, PsiQuantum
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Speaker: Randy Owen, Kou Group
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This Seminar covers topics on building and training ML models, ranging from beginner to complex, deep learning models trained on the Delta Supercomputer's multi-GPU nodes. This seminar is open to all, including graduate students, undergrads, and particularly domain scientists whose primary affiliation is not with a STEM program or department.
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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, April 17, 2025
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Join us from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, April 17 in the Beckman Atrium to unwind with a visiting therapy dog! All are welcome to take a moment to destress, relax and recharge with the calming presence of a canine friend!
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of life Sciences
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"Data Management" Yifei Kang, CNRG Research Data Management Specialist
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Caitlin is a senior in physics doing physics education research with Dr. Katie Ansell.Her research focuses on group dynamics in introductory physics labs. Her research interests also include understanding attitudes towards STEM, investigating the effect of perceived academic ability on social hierarchies, and studying how academic culture affects student retention.
Friday, April 18, 2025
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Extracellular Vesicles in the Clinic: Establishing New Partnerships Between Illinois and Mayo Clinic
This workshop will provide the opportunity to learn about the use of EVs as markers of disease progression from Mayo Clinic faculty, as well as become acquainted with newly emerging technologies to capture and detect EVs by faculty at Illinois. The poster session will provide an informal venue for exploring new collaborations. Register by April 9.
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Extracellular Vesicles in the Clinic: Establishing New Partnerships Between Illinois and Mayo Clinic
This workshop sponsored by Beckman Institute, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance and Cancer Center at Illinois will provide the opportunity to learn about the use of EVs as markers of disease progression from Mayo Clinic faculty and become acquainted with newly emerging technologies to capture and detect EVs by faculty at Illinois.
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Speaker: Dr. Jordon Mirocha
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From 1-3 p.m. Friday, April 18, celebrate the Vis Lab's newest location with refreshments, remarks and a ribbon-cutting in 2203 Beckman.
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Join us for a lecture by John D. Norton, a distinguished professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Dr. Reecia Orzeck will present preliminary findings based on pilot interviews, as well as the resources she drew upon to develop a mixed-methods survey currently in circulation. She will also share thoughts on how the geography community can ensure that its information-dissemination and mentoring practices are adequate to the goals of diversifying the discipline.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
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At Spurlock Museum in the Knight Auditorium, Japan House is pleased to welcome Japanese calligrapher Seiran Chiba for an interactive performance and lecture. Doors to the Knight Auditorium will open at 12:45PM. Please allow plenty of time to arrive to get seated so we may start on time. Seating is first-come, first-serve and walk-ins are welcome if seating is available.
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On Saturday, April 19 at Spurlock Museum in the Knight Auditorium, Japan House is pleased to partner with the Spurlock Museum to feature the exhibition opening of Kogei: Traditional Japanese Arts and Crafts of Fukushima, Japan. There will be an artist meet and greet and reception to celebrate!
Sunday, April 20, 2025
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Make your own raden (pearl inlay) maki-e lacquer pin with Fukushima artist Ayako Hirai who specializes in the art of urushi (lacquerware).
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Make your own lucky cat with Fukushima artist Akie Hashimoto who specializes in the art of hariko, or paper mache.
Monday, April 21, 2025
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Join Sourcelab for a session on Library of Congress API.
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M. Bayani Cardenas is a hydrology professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. His research seeks to understand flow and transport processes across different hydrologic settings.
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A book reading & signing featuring two art-science creators, with special guests. Richard Blanco, national poet laureate, will read from "Homeland of My Body." Artist-Physicist Smitha Vishveshwara will read from "Two Revolutions: Einstein’s Relativity and Quantum Physics." Books available for purchase. Light refreshments served. Free and open to all.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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Speaker: Sara Mouradian, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
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Jill Lens, PhD Dorothy M. Willie Professor in Excellence, College of Law; University of Iowa "Stillbirth: The Experience, and the Laws that Frame it"
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Make your own colorful urushi lacquer pin with Fukushima artist Ayako Hirai who specializes in the art of lacquerware.
