OCR Event Manager - Master Calendar
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
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The HRI Interdisciplinary Sport Studies Research cluster members are pleased to announce the upcoming guest talk: Comportments of Kurdish Pleasure: Interjecting Leisure as a Necessary Archive with Dr. Stan Thangaraj, Stonehill College. This interdisciplinary public lecture will be Monday February 24th from 3-4:30 PM in Davenport Hall Room 230
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Students of Professor Emeritus Kimiko Gunji's class ARTJ199 Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arranging will be displaying their final arrangements at a free exhibition in the main room at Japan House. The Student Ikebana Exhibition at Japan House is free and open to all to view.
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UIUC African Studies and History Professor, Erik S McDuffie will join the HRI Social Movements Reading Group for a Q&A on his recent book, “The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, The US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom”, which establishes the importance of the US Midwest to 20th Century global Black history, internationalism, and radicalism. Food is provided.
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Graduate students and faculty are invited to join two reading groups associated with upcoming events at the Unit for Criticism.
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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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Don’t miss the final week of the Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams exhibition! On view through Saturday, March 1. The museum is open Tuesday–Friday 10-5, Saturday 10–4, and Thursdays until 8 pm, while class is in session. Free admission. *Parking nearby is free on weekends and after 5 pm.*
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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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This interactive workshop covers Microsoft Copilot AI, a university-approved tool designed to enhance your research, writing, and presentations. Copilot can assist with lesson planning, note-taking, and organizing information efficiently. Learn to find peer-reviewed articles, proofread your work, summarize meetings, create PPT presentations, or manage data in spreadsheets.
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Join us for Global African Art Gallery Talk and Tour as part of the Global Relations’ Diaspora Talk series celebrating Black History Month! Explore the powerful stories behind the art—from historical forms to contemporary creations—and learn about the global connections these works represent.
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The Research Park Career Fair is an opportunity for University of Illinois students to connect with Research Park employers and learn about on-campus internships and full-time job opportunities.
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Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston.
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This lecture by Dr. Ussama Makdisi will kick off a year-long series focused on Palestinian history and culture. Don't miss out on this insightful event to explore the significance of Palestine in a global context!
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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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We are excited to announce that Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and director of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and NYT best-selling author of White Too Long, The End of White Christian America, and The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future will be presenting the Department of Religion’s annual Thulin Lecture at 5 pm on Feb.25.
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The Suburban Illini Club is hosting the College of Media for a timely panel discussion over Zoom. Hear lessons from the field of journalism about how to engage with others in an age of polarization.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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Please join us for presentations by recent CAS Associates! 11am, John Levi Barnard, The Edible and the Endagered; Noon, Lindsay Rose Russell, Queens, Queers, and Dictionaries.
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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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"Optimization of In Vitro Reservoir Computing informed by Volume Electron Microscopy and Simulation" Andrew Dou, Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Come lift a glass in celebration as we share the collective vision of our exciting mission! The Office for Arts Integration (OAI) is an initiative of Chancellor Robert J. Jones, spearheaded by the Special Advisor for Arts Integration Dr. M. Cynthia Oliver to amplify creative practice across our many domains.
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Are you interested in being a part of a critical reading collective? Consider registering for the Spring 2025 Native American House (NAH) Book Club!
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This powerful documentary reveals intercepted calls from Russian soldiers, exposing the brutality of war and Russia’s imperialist aggression. Juxtaposed with footage of Ukraine’s destruction and resilience, it captures the war’s devastating human toll.
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Join us for a special evening presented in partnership with the Uniting Pride Center of Champaign County. Free and open to all. We look forward to welcoming you!
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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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The goal of the symposium is to take stock of creative frameworks for design educators (in architecture and landscape architecture in particular) to collaborate with communities. We will reflect on existing models and speculate on new directions for university-community partnerships in the built environment.
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork and self-exploration in a fun and an experiential format. Join us on campus for a detox-weekend!
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Illinois faculty involved in community-engaged research are invited to the next Community-Engaged Research Series event for an interactive workshop on unpacking projects into multiple publications, followed by a working lunch on building equitable partnerships. Register by Feb. 21.
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The Missouri Association of Manufacturers is offering free sustainability training for Missouri manufacturers. Through ongoing collaboration between ISTC and Missouri State University, the workshop has been opened up for Illinois companies located in the St. Louis area.
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Oxidative potential (OP) is a metric, that quantifies the ability of particulate matter (PM) to induce oxidative stress in humans and cause health outcomes. Although people spend the largest proportion of their time in residences, our understanding of exposure to OP and PM constituents in this critical environment is limited.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 p.m., join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
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Dwight Reynolds (UC Santa Barbara) ~ People often sing in languages they cannot speak and often listen to songs in languages they do not understand. The result is a complex network of lyrics and melodies performed by musicians, and for audiences, who may or may not understand the language of the words.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork and self-exploration in a fun and an experiential format. Join us on campus for a detox-weekend!
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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.
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William Stroebel (University of Michigan) ~ The Greco-Turkish Population Exchange of 1923 was the first internationally legitimated project of forced deracination in modern history.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
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The SKY Happiness Retreat is an internationally acclaimed life-skills program that helps participants develop a relaxed, stress-free mind and an energetic, healthy body. The retreat teaches tools such as evidence-based meditation, yoga, breathwork and self-exploration in a fun and an experiential format. Join us on campus for a detox-weekend!
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Microsoft Copilot AI is a university-approved tool designed to enhance your research, writing, and presentations. Copilot can also assist with lesson planning, note-taking, and organizing information efficiently.
Monday, March 3, 2025
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In this session, new podcasters learn how to create an intentional, personalized brand to really make their show their own. We cover promoting and marketing podcasts through social media and other ways to get word out!
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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. I call for Research with Implicating Passion (IPI) to study what we have called the 'global government of migrations.’
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The What Now? Series continues March 3rd (Monday) from 5:15-6:45pm at BNAAC (1212 W. Nevada Street). Confirmed speakers include Ciro Incoronato and Jessica Greenberg.
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"Face and Myth: Some Soviet Theories of the Portrait," Samuel Johnson, Associate Professor, Syracuse University. Monday, March 3, 5:30 pm, Art & Design 316.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Speaker: Ed Barnes, Professor of Physics and Moore Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech - "Quantum control and error mitigation from geometric space curves",
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Do you travel to present research in other countries? Do you collaborate with researchers at foreign institutions? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, your research may be subject to export control policies.
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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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HUDA J. FAKHREDDINE is a writer, translator, and Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. She will talk about translating Salim Barakat's book "The Universe All at Once" and Ibrahim Nasrallah's "Palestinian".
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Join us for a film discussion on "Funmilayo Ransome Kuti" which is a powerful movie tell the story of a fearless female leader who sparks a revolution against colonialism and patriarchy in Nigeria. The film is based on the renowned Nigerian activiist Fela Kuti. Watch the film on Amazon Prime and then join PhD Student Adetutu Faburoso for discussion.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Are you overwhelmed by organizing your sources? Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that helps you store and organize your files and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with a Zotero library set up and ready to use! This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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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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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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Did you know a child's early environment and relationships shape their ability to focus, manage emotions, and solve problems? Explore how household dynamics, green space access, and parent-child interactions impact executive function. Learn practical strategies to foster healthy development and create a supportive environment.
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"Illuminating Brain Circuit Architectures" Xiaotang Lu, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
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This presentation by Alexis Thompson will explore strategies for PhD and Master's students to cultivate a strong and productive relationship with their thesis advisor, focusing on clear communication, aligning expectations, and proactively seeking guidance for research and career development. This event is for Grainger Engineering graduate students, including ChBE.
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The Humanities Research Institute and Women & 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.
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Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for the AgTech Week Happy Hour, sponsored by GDM.
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This presentation will highlight some of the central dilemmas that scholars of antisemitism face today and propose one possible avenue for the potential resolution of the intersecting interests and pressures that influence the study and understanding of antisemitism and other contemporary issues that straddle the academic and public realms.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
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One of the premier AgTech hubs in the nation, Champaign-Urbana is uniquely positioned to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and industry for learning, networking and advancing this sector.
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Looking for a new way to conduct your research? Tired of getting zero results in your database searches? This workshop will break down how to identify resources, and search for articles, books, and other scholarly works. We’ll cover chasing citations, creating optimal keyword searches, using built-in database functions to improve your searches, and other strategies to make
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With: Rebekah Fitzsimmons (Carnegie Mellon, and iSchool Visiting Research Fellow), Tan Debnath & Glen Layne-Worthey (iSchool). Join our research team to explore data from 78 years of children’s book reviewing in the CCB’s Bulletin! BYOD - Bring Your Own Device. Free donuts will be available.
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"Web Hosting" David Slater, CNRG Associate Director of High Performance Computing
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It’s an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
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Studiodance re-imagines the relationships between space, sound, and movement as choreographers reinvent the visual environs of the magical “black box” theatrical laboratory.
Friday, March 7, 2025
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Studiodance re-imagines the relationships between space, sound, and movement as choreographers reinvent the visual environs of the magical “black box” theatrical laboratory.
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The Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) would like to invite you to our 46th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference. The conference will be held at Gregory Hall in Urbana, Illinois from March 7-8, 2025. Learn more: https://publish.illinois.edu/gradphilosophyconference/
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What does it mean to imagine and implement climate justice? This interdisciplinary symposium is driven by the urgent need for a range of interventions and tools: critique, experimentation, imagination, pragmatics and policy.
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Speakers will address the history, mechanism, and goals of political protest, looking at it from the various perspectives of ethics, efficacy, communication, strategy, solidarity, public policy, parliamentary channels, and law.
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Now Unfashionable is a symposium that will be hosted in the Lucy Ellis Lounge on Friday, March 7. Invited panelists will address ostensibly outmoded methods of literary study in the field of American literary history. The event will be open to the public. Food and refreshments will be served.
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Join us as we hear from five graduate students and recipient of fellowships through the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity. This online forum will include student presentations and Illinois faculty discussants. Research talks include discussions from Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, and Senegambia. Full details at https://go.illinois.edu/GraduateForum.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 p.m., join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
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Please join us for a roundtable discussion featuring distinguished professors Inmaculada Pérez Martín, Agamemnon Tselikas, and George Xenis, who will reflect on their work championing the study of classical and medieval Greek letters and literatures.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
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Studiodance re-imagines the relationships between space, sound, and movement as choreographers reinvent the visual environs of the magical “black box” theatrical laboratory.
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The Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) would like to invite you to our 46th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference. The conference will be held at Gregory Hall in Urbana, Illinois from March 7-8, 2025. Learn more: https://publish.illinois.edu/gradphilosophyconference/
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What does it mean to imagine and implement climate justice? This interdisciplinary symposium is driven by the urgent need for a range of interventions and tools: critique, experimentation, imagination, pragmatics and policy.
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Experience a performance in the galleries by video artist ACVilla and keyboardist/vocalist Thollem McDonas, as part of their national tour. The Sudden Sound Concert Series presented by Krannert Art Museum and Improvisers Exchange features leading artists in avant-garde jazz and music improvisation.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
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Join us on Monday, March 10 from 12 to 1 PM at EnterpriseWorks for "Resources, Programs & Funding for Taking Your Technology to Market" with Jed Taylor.
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Google Scholar is a popular and useful tool for research with several features that scholars may not be familiar with. This workshop will elaborate on the difference between searching in Google Scholar and academic databases, demonstrate how to use Google Scholar’s Advanced Search, explain how to connect your library access to Google Scholar...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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Speaker: Nicholas LaRacuente, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University - Bloomington
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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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The Cline Center will be holding a Zoom information session for faculty interested in the AY2025-26 Linowes Faculty Fellows Program. If you would like to attend, email Scott Althaus to receive a Zoom link for the session.
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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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It has been estimated that, for every manuscript now surviving from medieval England, another twenty were lost. Given what we have learned recently about medieval book production, the scale of the loss may be nearly twice that: the conventional understanding has been based on an unrepresentative minority of volumes saved by accident or an individual’s design.
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Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age Speaker Series with John Durham Peters. Both in journalistic coverage and everyday life, there is now a striking level of detailed judgment about the minutiae of nonverbal and nonpublic expression.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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JSTOR is a digital library with access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines (primarily focused on humanities and social sciences). Recently, JSTOR merged with Artstor, a digital image database.
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It's no secret that biopsychosocial factors can lead to uncomfortable body sensations, but what does this mean for how we approach pain and health in general? Learn more about the biopsychosocial model of pain and how to apply this framework to your daily life.
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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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We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? Is it only about your slide design or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression?
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With advancement in identification of T cell subsets and advent of novel immunotherapeutics, costimulatory/inhibitory molecules have been attractive targets for researchers and clinicians. Costimulatory molecules are diverse, sometimes redundant, but effectuate T cell responses to steer potency and memory formation.
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Join the University of Illinois Research Park for an open house and reception on Wednesday, March 12, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to discuss the future of housing on campus at UIRP. Enjoy a Maize taco bar and frozen margaritas (must be 21).
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IML research groups will give short presentations on their progress to date. All are welcome to come and learn what our groups have been up to.
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Learn about the collaboration between Urbana’s organic farm, Sola Gratia, and Bhakti Verma, the College of Education-HRI Fellow and their work linking wellness and education in Urbana public schools.
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Community Speaker Series panelists: Traci Barkley (Director, Sola Gratia Farm) Emily Stone (Director of Public Engagement, College of Education) Bhakti Verma (PhD student, Curriculum & Instruction)
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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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.”
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Celebrate Women’s History Month with us on Thursday, March 13, from 2-6 pm (CT)! Join us in person or online on Zoom as we work together to enhance Wikipedia’s representation of women in STEM. Visit the University Library STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-thons LibGuide for details and the Grainger Library calendar for Zoom information.
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Make sure your students are ready to take on service with community organizations! We CU & the Illinois Leadership Center are hosting a workshop on Entering Community Partnerships on Thursday, March 13. The workshop will give students guidance on how to successfully collaborate in & reflect upon community service partnerships. Dinner will be served; space is limited.
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Join We CU and the Illinois Leadership Center on Thursday, March 13th, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall for our Entering Community Partnerships student workshop. This workshop provides guidance on how to successfully collaborate in service partnerships with community organizations.
Friday, March 14, 2025
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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 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
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This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, March 14 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 p.m., join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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On view: Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture, featuring homes in Champaign-Urbana designed by Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10–5; Saturday 10–4; and Thursday until 8 pm, when class is in session. Admission is always free.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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On view: Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture, featuring homes in Champaign-Urbana designed by Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10–5; Saturday 10–4; and Thursday until 8 pm, when class is in session. Admission is always free.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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On view: Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture, featuring homes in Champaign-Urbana designed by Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10–5; Saturday 10–4; and Thursday until 8 pm, when class is in session. Admission is always free.
Friday, March 21, 2025
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On view: Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture, featuring homes in Champaign-Urbana designed by Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10–5; Saturday 10–4; and Thursday until 8 pm, when class is in session. Admission is always free.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 p.m., join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
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On view: Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture, featuring homes in Champaign-Urbana designed by Jack Baker, John Replinger, and A. Richard Williams. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10–5; Saturday 10–4; and Thursday until 8 pm, when class is in session. Admission is always free.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Do you work with or teach undergraduate students? The 13th annual Image of Research – UR Edition competition is a great opportunity to celebrate their research. All areas of study are invited. Entries will be celebrated at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Thursday, April 24 in the Illini Union Ballroom.
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Join us on Tuesday, March 25 from 10 to 11AM for a webinar on Best Practices in New Hire Onboarding.
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This workshop will teach you how to make common word processing documents accessible for screen readers, and how to make presentations accessible for a wide range of users. We’ll cover MS Word and PowerPoint, Google Docs, and PDFs, and general best practices for accessibility.
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Speaker: Richard Averitt, Professor, University of California, San Diego
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How do Black creatives and professionals navigate life and work in East Asia? In this event we will discuss how Black cultural expression travels across borders, adapts to new contexts, and reshapes conversations around race, belonging, and identity in global diasporic communities. Join us for this compelling talk with Dr. Karen Flynn, as she explores the migration...
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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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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.
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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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Join us for a lecture in the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age speaker series with Antón Barba-Kay. We live in an age of hyper-awareness of generational differences. What are the consequences of this disorienting acceleration of differences? What does it teach us about the nature of time itself? How can we take our time again?
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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Adobe InDesign is a design software program that allows you to create print and digital media. It is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, which is available to all UIUC students for free! This workshop is designed for those with little to no experience to help you learn the basics of using this document design program.
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Discover how physical activity strengthens your body's natural defenses. Explore how staying active boosts your immune system, prevents chronic illnesses, and promotes overall well-being. This session is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their health and vitality through movement.
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Please join us for a presentation by newly elected CAS Professor and recent CAS Associate Peter Fritzsche (History) on the fragile nature of human solidarity.
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Join us on Wednesday, March 26 from 12 to 1 P.M. for HR 101 for Startups with Amber Rhoton from AmplifiedHR.
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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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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 her book Yard Show with musical accompaniment by McNeill and student musicians from the University of Illinois School of Music.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Are you affiliated with the School of Social Work and interested in expanding your global connections, working abroad, or learning about funding opportunities for international projects? Join us for an informative session on how Global Relations can assist in facilitating your global partnerships. Whether you’re looking to collaborate with international universities...
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On March 27 at 12 PM, Cara Bertram (Archives Program Officer) will be giving a talk on the American Library Association (ALA) Archives and their history with communities of faith! Registration link is available here.
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David Roediger, Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas and former UIUC professor, is a leading scholar on race and class in the U.S. The author of the landmark book The Wages of Whiteness, Roediger offers a critical response to the attack on Critical Race Theory while reflecting on his own upbringing and radicalization in Illinois.
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Employees who work in the Research Park are invited to join our staff once a month for a series of networking socials throughout the community.
Friday, March 28, 2025
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Keynote speakers: Dr. Rituparna Roy and Vishwajyoti Ghosh.
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Phosphorus (P) recovery through struvite crystallization in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is essential for sustainable nutrient management. However, facilities like the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant (NS WWTP) face inefficiencies in P removal, excessive chemical usage, and inconsistent nutrient recovery, leading to higher costs and operational challenges.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 p.m., join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
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Blending Thelonious Monk’s compositions with Sierra Leonean music, Leon Lewis-Nicol’s performance acts as a tool to mend the gap between African Diaspora musical culture. Lewis-Nicol aims to illustrate how jazz can be a medium through which two different cultures can co-exist and serve as a form of healing for the African diaspora.
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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This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch! Light refreshments provided. If you are interested in sharing something, please contact Chloe Parrella.
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This session introduces the podcasting equipment and technology available to our campus community from the libraries. In addition to familiarizing ourselves with the equipment for recording, we will cover some beginning recording and audio editing techniques, particularly within the software Audacity.
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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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Dr. Nadim Bawalsa is a historian of modern Palestine. He holds a PhD in History and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies from New York University.
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Join us on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at EnterpriseWorks.
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Join us on Tuesday, April 1 from 2-3 p.m. for a workshop on Navigating Google's Latest Updates for Business Growth at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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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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Musicologist Mackenzie Pierce examines the role of Polish Jewish musicians in shaping concert music amid antisemitism, Nazi occupation, and postwar rebuilding in his forthcoming book. Reconstructing their lives from the 1920s to the 1950s, he reveals how music became both a means of cultural preservation and a tool for reinvention.
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Learn to evaluate innovative approaches to increasing diverse participation in cancer clinical trials through community engagement, analyzing implementation strategies that effectively bridge academic research and community participation, and demonstrating the measurable impact of community-engaged trials on reducing cancer care disparities.
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In an increasingly tense political landscape, book bans have become a topic of conversation nationwide. This talk discusses the history of book bans, why they happen, and what people can do to prevent them.
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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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The RBML welcomes Justine Murison, editor of a new critical edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel. Murison will discuss the work’s historical and literary contexts, the revolutionary politics with which the novel engages, and the enduring questions it asks about American society. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free, and a
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Join us for a panel featuring Mary Arends-Kuenning, “Government Policies and Their Impacts on Women’s Empowerment.” Vernita Pearl Fort, "Forging a Human Rights Economy within Planetary Boundaries: A Response to unprecedented ‘Glocal’ Crises and Opportunities." McKenzie Johnson, “The Work of Women Environmental Defenders in Extractive Economies”...
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The speaker for the India Studies Lecture for 2025 is Vasudha Narayanan. She is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida and a past President of the American Academy of Religion. Her lecture will be on "Tamil Culture: More sweet than celestial nectar, more precious than one’s breath." It will be held at the Spurlock Museum...
Friday, April 4, 2025
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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 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
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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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Join us for a talk by recent CAS Associate Soo Ah Kwon (Asian American Studies) on moving beyond simple binaries such as reformist/radical, inside/outside, or status-quo/anti-establishment to better understand youth activism.
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Join us on Friday, April 4th for a Graduate Student Lunch & Learn: Publishing on Gender Related Topics. Please rsvp at https://go.illinois.edu/GradLunchLearn
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 p.m., join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
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Join the RBML for a hands-on journey through history! Play historical board games that bring the past to life as you roll the dice, make your moves, and uncover the stories behind them. Perfect for all ages, this interactive in-person event invites families, students, and community members to connect, learn, and have fun. Don’t just study history—experience it through play
