Events
NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020
Have an idea but aren't sure what to do next? Come to Entrepreneurship Advising with TEC! Bring your ideas--we'll help you figure out your next steps, and guide you through campus and community resources.
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
LCS is proud to host the Professional development & wellness colloquium, aimed at improving students general career and personal life. Our first guest speaker is professor Judson Brewer on how to use novel discoveries on neuroscience on how to improve well being and habits.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Dima Khalidi is the founder and director of Palestine Legal & Cooperating Counsel, Center for Constitutional Rights.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Friday, September 11, 2020
Have an idea but aren't sure what to do next? Come to Entrepreneurship Advising with TEC! Bring your ideas--we'll help you figure out your next steps, and guide you through campus and community resources.
Monday, September 14, 2020
Dr. Rajaram Krishnamurthy, IBM Systems
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Isolate & Ideate Challenge: Creativity Workshop - Join us and get inspired to come up with an innovative idea or elevate one you already have, then submit your idea before Sept. 20 for a chance to win $150.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Professor Tony Ballantyne of the University of Otago kicks off HRI's 2020-21 research theme The Global and Its Worlds with a talk titled “Beyond the Shadow of Empire? The state, mobility and difference in New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.”
Friday, September 18, 2020
Have an idea but aren't sure what to do next? Come to Entrepreneurship Advising with TEC! Bring your ideas--we'll help you figure out your next steps, and guide you through campus and community resources.
Drop in (virtually) between 1:00 and 2:00pm to get feedback on your idea, then submit your idea before Sept. 20 for a chance to win $150!
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Stuck inside and looking for a challenge? Come up with a wild idea, a life hack, a pandemic-related solution, an idea to improve campus life, or something else! You could win one of four $150 cash prizes.
Want to help shape the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus? Apply for the TEC Student Advisory Board by Sept. 20.
Monday, September 21, 2020
Mattia Gazzola, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Join two faculty members from C-HeARTS (Community Healing And Resistance Through Storytelling) Research Cluster as they present "How Do We Survive, Resist, and Heal Oppressive Realities?" After the presentation there will be time for audience Q&A. Nkechinyelum Chioneso and Carla D. Hunter are presenting as part of HRI's Out of Isolation series.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Find out who came up with the best wild ideas, life hacks, pandemic-related solutions, ideas to improve campus life, or something else! Four winners will be awarded $150 each.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
Have an idea but aren't sure what to do next? Come to Entrepreneurship Advising with TEC! Bring your ideas--we'll help you figure out your next steps, and guide you through campus and community resources.
University of Illinois-affiliated faculty and students are invited to join this Humanities Without Walls (HWW) information session as we cover: 2021–22 grant opportunities and themes; plans for fall and spring HWW events; seed grant application information and process.
You submitted an idea (and maybe even won a prize). Now what? Drop in (virtually) between 1:00 and 2:00pm for entrepreneurship advising and learn what the campus entrepreneurial ecosystem can offer you!
Monday, September 28, 2020
Matt Hudson, Department of Crop Sciences
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Find out what the 54 Startup Weekend is all about at this info session!
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Juniors and Seniors--submit your interest form today, then attend the virtual kickoff event on Oct. 1!
Learn how to improve your pitching skills just in time for the 54 Startup Weekend!
Friday, October 2, 2020
In this presentation, Professor Arjun Appadurai will address the recent debates about the rebirth of the nation-state in the era of pandemic disease, and about whether globalization is about to be rolled back or marginalized.
Have an idea but aren't sure what to do next? Come to Entrepreneurship Advising with TEC! Bring your ideas--we'll help you figure out your next steps, and guide you through campus and community resources.
