General Events
Sunday, June 1, 2025
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Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Services are held at synagogues. Jewish students or employees observing Shavuot may stay home from work during this period, and some may request schedule adjustments in order to observe. Begins at sundown of the first day and ends at sundown of the last day.
Monday, June 2, 2025
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Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Services are held at synagogues. Jewish students or employees observing Shavuot may stay home from work during this period, and some may request schedule adjustments in order to observe. Begins at sundown of the first day and ends at sundown of the last day.
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The Emerging Research Leaders Academy provides vital leadership and team science training that will help mid-career faculty pursue large, multi-PI grants, lead campus research initiatives, enhance their own research programs, and ultimately position Illinois for research excellence. Applicants must be nominated by their dean, department head, or director by May 16.
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Come out and support your company's team at the 2025 Research Park Softball League.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Services are held at synagogues. Jewish students or employees observing Shavuot may stay home from work during this period, and some may request schedule adjustments in order to observe. Begins at sundown of the first day and ends at sundown of the last day.
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Jumpstart your summer proposal writing.
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Join us on Tuesday, June 3 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Speaker Series.
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Join us on Tuesday, June 3 from 2-3 p.m. for a workshop on 10 Marketing Mistakes to Avoid at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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Jumpstart your summer proposal writing.
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Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 4 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Thursday, June 5, 2025
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Jumpstart your summer proposal writing.
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Occurring on the tenth day of the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son to God. It is tradition to sacrifice a goat and use it to feed your family, friends, and the poor. Muslim students or employees observing Eid al-Adha may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
Friday, June 6, 2025
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Jumpstart your summer proposal writing.
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Occurring on the tenth day of the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son to God. It is tradition to sacrifice a goat and use it to feed your family, friends, and the poor. Muslim students or employees observing Eid al-Adha may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.
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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 on Friday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for Headshot and Team Photo Day 1.
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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, June 7, 2025
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Enjoy artmaking, stories, and exploring the galleries! You'll get to make a paper modern house and learn about midcentury design. For ages 5+.
Monday, June 9, 2025
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Come out and support your company's team at the 2025 Research Park Softball League.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
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Join us on Tuesday, June 10 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Speaker Series.
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Join us on Tuesday, June 10 from 2-3 p.m. for a workshop on Mastering Instagram Reels - An Interactive Walkthrough at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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Join us at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications for an Academic Writing Workshop this June to learn about communicating science to policymakers, how to build an engaging poster presentation and citation management. This workshop is sponsored by NCSA’s Software Working Group. Light refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees.
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Six-week program to kick-start your NSF-GRF application.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
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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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Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.
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Join us on Thursday, June 12 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. for Headshot and Team Photo Day 2.
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Meet interns from across the Research Park on Thursday, June 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Ameren Atrium & Dock! Learn who else is in your field and what cool projects they're working on. Food and soft drinks will be provided.
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Spurlock Museum is proud to partner with The Literary to present this new community program. Free books will be provided to the first 13 people that sign up for participation. Between now and April 2026, we've chosen 5 books related to Spurlock exhibits. Stop by Spurlock anytime during open hours to sign up and pick up your free book!
Friday, June 13, 2025
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Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, June 13 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, June 14, 2025
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Join Girls Rock! C-U at Krannert Art Museum for a songwriting workshop inspired by the artwork on display. This free, family-friendly event is open to everyone ages 8-17.
Monday, June 16, 2025
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Several iSEE researchers and affiliates will be featured at the 2025 Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress next month in Chicago. Representing U. of I., these experts are helping shape global sustainability solutions across climate-smart agriculture, bioeconomy, geospatial AI, water systems, and One Health.
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Come out and support your company's team at the 2025 Research Park Softball League.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Several iSEE researchers and affiliates will be featured at the 2025 Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress next month in Chicago. Representing U. of I., these experts are helping shape global sustainability solutions across climate-smart agriculture, bioeconomy, geospatial AI, water systems, and One Health.
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Join us on Tuesday, June 17 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Speaker Series.
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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=6065
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Explore new career paths in a collaborative group
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Which company will win the coveted golden paddle? Could it be yours? Sign up for one of the year's most anticipated events in Research Park: The 14th Annual Table Tennis Tournament.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Several iSEE researchers and affiliates will be featured at the 2025 Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress next month in Chicago. Representing U. of I., these experts are helping shape global sustainability solutions across climate-smart agriculture, bioeconomy, geospatial AI, water systems, and One Health.
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Which company will win the coveted golden paddle? Could it be yours? Sign up for one of the year's most anticipated events in Research Park: The 14th Annual Table Tennis Tournament.
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The little-known and less loved insects doing the work that bees and butterflies can't... May Berenbaum will be speaking as part of Pollinator Week. Come out to hear this talk and learn about how awesome pollinators are!
Thursday, June 19, 2025
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Several iSEE researchers and affiliates will be featured at the 2025 Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress next month in Chicago. Representing U. of I., these experts are helping shape global sustainability solutions across climate-smart agriculture, bioeconomy, geospatial AI, water systems, and One Health.
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Buzz on over for a night of fun and facts at our Pollinator Trivia Night one of a series of events for National Pollinator Week! Join us at 25 O’Clock Brewing Company for four rounds of pollinator-themed trivia (10 questions each). Come for the drinks and stay for the nerdy science trivia. Teams of up to 6, free to play, prizes for the winners.
Friday, June 20, 2025
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This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
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Summer Solstice. Litha is the longest day and the shortest night of the year, and a time for transition and planning. Light triumphs, but will now begin to fade into darkness as autumn approaches. This joyous holiday is a time of abundance for wildlife, including people!
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Join us for Garden Walk 2025, featuring the beautiful Gelvin Gardens as part of the Illinois Extension’s annual tour featuring seven local gardens.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
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Join us to hear about "Teaching Organic Chemistry Reactions through Classical Animation Techniques" Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting with Jorge Calderin, PhD student from Fratti Lab, Department of Biochemistry
Monday, June 23, 2025
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Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.
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Come out and support your company's team at the 2025 Research Park Softball League.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Join us on Tuesday, June 24 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Speaker Series.
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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=6065
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Explore new career paths in a collaborative group
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Moodle courses accessible. This hands-on workshop covers creating accessible navigation, headings, tables, lists, and hyperlinks, how to write alt text for images, generate and edit video captions, as well as the advantages (and limitations) of using Moodle’s accessibility checker and screen reader helper.
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We'll kick off the summer course design series with an overview of backward design, a simple course design method that will help you ensure proper alignment of objectives, assessments, and activities within your course.
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In this session, you will consider the constraints your course might be operating under. Is it part of a larger curriculum? Does your department, college, university, or accreditor require specific outcomes for the course? What are your students likely to expect from your course? What limits might that might place on your course design? But constraints inspire creativity.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
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Join us on Thursday, June 26 from 2-3 p.m. for a workshop on Content Planning Made Easy for Marketing Success at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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Join us on Thursday, June 26 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five.
Friday, June 27, 2025
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Join the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, June 27 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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This workshop focuses on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework as a means for making design choices that ensure that all students are able to meet course and developmental goals
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Once the groundwork for your course is set, it is time to start building in earnest. In this session, you will learn the basics for crafting good learning objectives, and then start developing the objectives that will guide the rest of your course design.
Monday, June 30, 2025
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This workshop focuses on developing assessments designed to help students achieve the learning objectives of your course. We will examine different types of assessments and consider their respective strengths and downsides. You will then set to work choosing the assessments for your course.
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In a good course, your activities should count as good practice for your assessments, and since your assessments are well-aligned with your objectives, your activities will also help your students achieve their learning goals. Come learn a few activities in this workshop, how to find even more activities, and then start selecting activities to include in your course.
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Come out and support your company's team at the 2025 Research Park Softball League.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Assemble your teams! Join us on Tuesday, July 1 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM for the Research Park Hackathon. This one-day hackathon is a team competition open to anyone working for an organization in the Research Park. This is an exciting and fast-paced event where teams can create together.
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Join us on Tuesday, July 1 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Speaker Series.
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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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Explore new career paths in a collaborative group
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
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Join us on Wednesday, July 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for the Research Park Blood Drive at EnterpriseWorks.
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You will want to set fair, clear, and manageable course policies that you can explain and defend the entire semester. In this session, we'll identify a few questions you need to answer to have good course policies, and then you will create policies that are consistent with your course design so far.
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This workshop ties the topics of the previous workshops together by discussing and crafting a syllabus for your newly designed course. We focus on the necessary logistical information for the syllabus, items to include to set student expectations, syllabus language and tone, and how to craft a course schedule with assessments, readings, and other ancillary materials.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Friday, July 4, 2025
Saturday, July 5, 2025
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The 10th day of the first month (Muharram) of the Islamic calendar marks a holy day (known as Ashura) whose significance varies among Islamic sects. Sunnis consider it the day that God parted the Red Sea to allow Moses and the Israelites to escape Egypt. For Shia and Sufi Muslims, Ashura is an important and solemn occasion marking the Remembrance or Mourning of Muharram.