Fall 08

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

Afro D & Global Soundwaves is a socially-conscious hip hop/jazz/funk band based in Champaign, Illinois.

Featuring new works by Dance at Illinois faculty and students.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café Rev. Terrance Thomas, Pastor of Bethel AMA - Exploring the Radical Black Church Friday, February 2 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

Featuring new works by Dance at Illinois faculty and students.

Featuring new works by Dance at Illinois faculty and students.

The multi-Grammy-winning, San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet marks its fiftieth anniversary in the 2023/24 season with the KRONOS Five Decades tour, performing programs which feature new commissions, signature works, and pieces from Kronos' Fifty for the Future Project.

The Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series continues with Prof. Morris Moscovitch, University of Toronto, Prof. Moscovith will present a lecture titled, "Hippocampal–neocortical interactions: From episodic memory to gist to schemas and back."

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Performing Mozart's Quartet in D Major, K. 575; Bartók's Quartet No. 6; and Brahms' Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 featuring Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

Join us as Dr. May Berenbaum discusses her research on the biochemical, genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying interactions between insects and plants and how she applies her knowledge to help develop sustainable management practices for natural and agricultural communities. She will also discuss the extensive public outreach programs she has developed.

A Louisiana-born, Illinois-raised stick of dynamite, Dexter O'Neal’s musical stylings have roots in gospel, blues, r&b, and early jazz traditions.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café Keith Knight, nationally acclaimed political cartoonist and musician - Cartooning Can Save the World! Friday, February 9 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

The Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble returns to their Midwest home for this performance of three extraordinary dances.

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

The Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble returns to their Midwest home for this performance of three extraordinary dances.

The Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series continues with Prof. Mathias Weymar, University of Potsdam. Prof. Weymar will present a lecture titled, "Neuromodulation of Emotional Memories."

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Lori Raetzman, PhD Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The impact of environmental chemicals on female reproductive aging: a role for inflammation"

Join a festive celebration of Carnaval with food, drink, music, and dance from France, Latin America, and Brazil!

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

The Wildflower is a 2022 Nigerian Film produced by Vincent Okonkwo and directed by Biodun Stephen under the distribution company of Film One Entertainment. The movie unveils the different domestic abuses faced by women in the society.

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café : Good Ole Abe and Emancipation and Reparation Illinois State Rep. Carol Ammons Friday, February 16 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

"Victorian Geographies of Un/Belonging" Cornelia Sorabji at Oxford Faculty Affiliate Lecture De. Antoinette Burton Professor of History and Swanlund Endowed Chair: Director of Humanities Reseach Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Friday, February 16 at 12 pm 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright Street

The STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Seminar Series continues with Julia Mahamid, European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg. Dr. Mahamid ill present a lecture titled, "Enabling discovery by in-cell structural biology."

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Ben Sandkam, PhD Department of Neurobiology & Behavior; Cornell University "A story of Five GuYs: how sex chromosomes create extreme diversity across male morphs of Poecilia parae"

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

Friday Forum + Conversation Café: Nadia Bolz-Weber, Lutheran Pastor, NYT Bestselling Author In Conversation with Rev. Leah Robberts-Mosser, Community United Church of Christ Friday, February 23 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

Take a peek inside each of our theatres and learn more about Krannert Center.

Program includes works by Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

The STC for Quantitative Cell Biology Seminar Series continues with Massimilian Esposto, University of Luxembourg. Dr. Esposito will present a lecture titled, "Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of chemical reaction networks and bioenergetics."

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Cecilia Leal, PhD Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Bioengineering, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Materials Research Laboratory, Cancer Center at Illinois; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Prescribing lipid nanoparticles with structural characteristics that boost RNA delivery to cells"

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

Beckman Interdisciplinary Safety Seminar lecture series speaker will be Dr. Karin Jensen, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, the University of Michigan. Jensen will present a lecture titled "Changing the Narrative: Fostering a Culture of Well-being in Academia."