IT Excellence at Illinois: Calendar

  • 9:30 am    3/3/2026
    MRI Exhibit

    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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • 10:00 - 10:30 am    3/3/2026
    Beckman Institute Center Atrium

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

  • 12:00 pm    3/4/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • General TEC Graphic
    12:30 - 1:30 pm    3/4/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 2025-2026 Gryphon Lecture: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Missing Stories in American Library History. Speaker: Wayne A. Wiegand, the F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus at Florida State University. March 4, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., Room 126, 501 E. Daniel Street. Reception to follow in the Center for Children's Books.
    1:00 pm    3/4/2026
    Room 126, 501 E. Daniel Street

    Wayne A. Wiegand, the F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus at Florida State University, will present "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Missing Stories in American Library History. A reception will follow the lecture.

  • 10:30 - 11:15 am    3/5/2026
    Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  • Joel Waldfogel
    11:00 am - 12:15 pm    3/5/2026
    Room 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & Zoom

    Joel Waldfogel will present "AI and the quantity and quality of creative products: have LLMs boosted creation of valuable books?" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.

  • 1:00 pm    3/5/2026
    Beckman Room 1005

    Presentation by Paul Weavers from Vision

  • 10:00 - 10:30 am    3/10/2026
    Beckman Institute Center Atrium

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

  • 12:00 pm    3/11/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • General TEC Graphic
    12:30 - 1:30 pm    3/11/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 3:00 pm    3/12/2026
    Atrium

    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.

  • 12:00 pm    3/18/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • General TEC Graphic
    10:00 - 11:00 am    3/25/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm    3/25/2026

    Please join Library Trends for a thoughtful discussion on how the intersection of technology and reality is reshaping the roles of librarians in education. The guest editors and authors of select articles from 74 (3), "Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality" will be presenting their research.

  • 12:00 pm    3/25/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • ILEE student smiling
    All Day    3/31/2026

    Grainger Engineering undergrads - consider a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.

  • General TEC Graphic
    10:00 - 11:00 am    4/1/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 12:00 pm    4/1/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 10:30 - 11:15 am    4/6/2026
    Beckman Institute East Atrium

  • General TEC Graphic
    10:00 - 11:00 am    4/8/2026
    1038 CIF

  • Alex Moehring
    11:00 am - 12:15 pm    4/9/2026
    Room 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & Zoom

    Alex Moehring will present "Designing Human-AI Collaboration: A Sufficient Statistic Approach" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.

  • 75th Coordinated Science Lab
    7:30 am - 5:30 pm    4/13/2026 - 4/14/2026
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  • All Day    4/13/2026 - 4/14/2026
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  • General TEC Graphic
    10:00 - 11:00 am    4/15/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 12:00 pm    4/15/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 3:00 pm    4/16/2026
    Atrium

    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.

  • General TEC Graphic
    10:00 - 11:00 am    4/22/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 12:00 pm    4/22/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • General TEC Graphic
    10:00 - 11:00 am    4/29/2026
    1038 CIF

  • 12:00 pm    4/29/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 9:30 am    5/5/2026
    MRI Exhibit

    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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • 12:00 pm    5/6/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 12:00 pm    5/13/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 12:00 pm    5/20/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 3:00 pm    5/21/2026
    Atrium

    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.

  • 12:00 pm    5/27/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • All Day    6/1/2026

    Option for Grainger graduate students! The Graduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is now available to almost every admitted Grainger graduate student. Learn to tackle the business facets of industry-relevant problems and have these skills officially recognized on your transcript.

  • 9:30 am    6/2/2026
    MRI Exhibit

    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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • 12:00 pm    6/3/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 12:00 pm    6/10/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • ILEE student smiling
    All Day    6/15/2026

    Grainger Engineering undergrads - consider a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.

  • 12:00 pm    6/17/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 12:00 pm    6/24/2026
    Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    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!

  • 9:30 am    7/7/2026
    MRI Exhibit

    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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • 9:30 am    8/4/2026
    MRI Exhibit

    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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • 9:30 am    9/1/2026
    MRI Exhibit

    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 Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.