Michael Vila's calendar for event attendance planning.

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    • All Day    9/26/2024 - 5/23/2025
    • Main Library Room 346

    RBML’s new exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'Annie Allen' – the poetry collection that won the first Pulitzer Prize by a Black author – and explores the rich history of Black literature’s emergence into the mainstream. On display through May 2025.

    • All Day    5/10/2025 - 5/17/2025
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign

    This annual exhibition by 100+ graduating seniors demonstrates the School of Art & Design’s commitment to excellence and innovation in the practice, study, and teaching of the arts and confirms the advantages of professional studio programs taught in conjunction with the interdisciplinary resources of a leading research university. On view through May 17.

    • 4:00 - 6:00 pm    5/10/2025
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign

    Celebrate opening night of the 2025 School of Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. Explore a wide range of art and design work created by 100+ BFA graduates in studio art, new media, art education, graphic design, and industrial design. Reception for artists and visitors in the Link Gallery. Exhibition on view through May 17.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    5/13/2025
    • 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.

    • 1:00 - 2:55 pm   Tues afternoon    5/13/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour instructor led InDesign workshop, participants will learn how to create and open InDesign documents, navigate the user interface, modify a document, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames and create a postcard in the process. No prior knowledge of InDesign is required. Pre-registration is required.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Wed morning    5/14/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour instructor-led workshop, participants will learn how to use Adobe Express (Adobe's online design tool) to create social media posts, customize photos, create a flyer and use the new Generative AI tools. No prior knowledge of Adobe Express is required. Pre-registration required.

    • 12:00 pm    5/14/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm    5/14/2025
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

    • 1:00 - 2:55 pm   Thur afternoon    5/15/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    Join us in an instructor-led session using OneNote where we will discuss the structure of notebooks and how OneNote notebooks work within MS Teams. Prereq: understand Teams and MS OneNote. Pre-registration required; no walk-ins please.

    • 9:00 am    5/16/2025
    • Director's office

    Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve

    • 7:00 pm    5/16/2025
    • State Farm Center | 1800 S 1st St, Champaign, IL 61820

    • 9:00 am    5/18/2025
    • ARC, Gym 1

    • 9:00 am - 4:15 pm   Tuesday    5/20/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    This program provides new employees at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois an overview of IT services that are critical to success on campus. Attendees can register for one, two, or more of the scheduled sessions. Offered at no cost to faculty/staff/students of the University of Illinois. New and current employees are invited to attend.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    5/20/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Wed morning    5/21/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour InDesign workshop, participants will learn how to create a two-page InDesign brochure from scratch, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames. No prior knowledge of InDesign is required. Offered in-person or online. Pre-registration required

    • 12:00 pm    5/21/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm    5/21/2025
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

    • 9:00 - 10:55 am   Thur morning    5/22/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour instructor led workshop we will explore the Visio interface and create graphics. Visio comes with diagram-specific shapes and tools that enable you to quickly create professional-looking flowcharts, organization charts, timelines, & more. We will learn how to create some basic shapes, and connect, distribute, and align them. Pre-registration required

    • 3:00 - 4:55 pm   Thur afternoon    5/22/2025
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the basics of using the drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator CC, including how to use the Pencil and Curvature tools, how to edit paths. Then we will look at layers, including how to create, edit, and organize content. We will also learn the basics of transforming and editing artwork in Illustrator. Pre-registration required.

    • 2:45 - 3:15 pm    5/23/2025
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    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    5/27/2025
    • 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.

    • 1:00 - 2:55 pm   Tue afternoon    5/27/2025
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    In this 2-hour instructor led short course you will learn how to specific features and tips on managing email more efficiently from conversation view to rules to pre-sort messages and moving folders around.

    • 9:00 - 10:55 am   Wed morning    5/28/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    Learn how to create and edit OneNote notebooks, search and export notes. We will explore the use and management of sections and pages including section groups and subpages. We will enter data into OneNote from a variety of sources, from existing documents to webpages. We will discuss merits of embedding spreadsheets or linking. Pre-registration required.

    • 12:00 pm    5/28/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 5:15 - 6:15 pm    5/28/2025
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Thur morning    5/29/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    Creating, storing, and updating organizational charts can be a time-consuming task. Using software that is designed for visualizing information aids the process. Visio can even generate a diagram that adds the shapes and connectors for you from data that is stored in an Excel workbook. In this workshop attendees will create simple org charts, and pull from excel.

    • 1:00 - 2:55 pm   Thur afternoon    5/29/2025
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    This 2-hour Outlook Calendar workshop, participants will learn to schedule & edit appointments; work with calendar labels and tasks displayed on the Calendar. We will schedule with the Scheduling Assistant, practice scheduling a conference room, and discuss scheduling Online Meetings, and discuss calendar permissions.

    • 9:00 am    5/30/2025
    • Director's office

    Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve

    • 9:00 am    5/30/2025
    • Fourth-floor tower room, 4269

    Join Beckman's leadership team to ask questions about its financial plans during challenging times.

  • modern home interior with spiral staircase and large plant, Jack Baker Loft and Studio
    • 10:30 am - 5:00 pm    5/31/2025
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign

    Enjoy a panel discussion on architectural preservation (10:30 am) and home tours (1–5 pm) in conjunction with the exhibition "Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture" (on view through July 12). The discussion is free. Tickets to tour four homes are $35 and benefit the Champaign County History Museum. kam.illinois.edu/midcentury

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    6/3/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Tue morning    6/3/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    During this two-hour session, we will go over the basics of the Photoshop interface and some resources on how to continue learning features. Instructor will work through a beginner tutorial, editing a photo and share resources. Q & A to follow.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Wed morning    6/4/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    Join us in an instructor-led session using OneNote where we will discuss the structure of notebooks and how OneNote notebooks work within MS Teams. Prereq: understand Teams and MS OneNote. Pre-registration required; no walk-ins please.

    • 12:00 pm    6/4/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 1:00 - 1:55 pm   Wed afternoon    6/4/2025

    We have many options for scheduling online meetings these days. We will use Outlook for a central place to keep track of several kinds of online meetings and to make sure we have reminders. We will look at recommendations for scheduling with Zoom and Teams. We will go over helpful tips for each platform, including scheduling as a delegate. Prereq: Outlook Calendar workshop

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Thur morning    6/5/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour course, we will spend time adjusting images in Photoshop, using Adjustment Layers, and explore several kinds of image adjustments. We will also explore image editing in a non-destructive manner. Pre-registration is required.  

    • 1:00 - 1:55 pm   Thur afternoon    6/5/2025

    Join us in a one-hour online session to explore some advanced features of Zoom. Features covered will include breakout rooms, setting a virtual background, recording, and more. Link sent if registered by 8 am.

    • 3:00 - 4:55 pm   Thur afternoon    6/5/2025

    Join us in a hybrid session where we will discuss best practices for setting up a Teams online meeting as well as joining the meeting. We'll cover the capabilities of meetings in Teams in addition to requirements and planning considerations for Teams. This session is aimed for beginner users of Teams. Pre-registration required.

    • 9:00 am    6/6/2025
    • Director's office

    Beckman Director Steve Maren will be hosting a weekly Director’s Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. on Fridays at one of the nearby coffee shops (the Daily Byte or Espresso Royale) until the Beckman Café reopens. It's a great opportunity to get to know your new director and for him to get to know you and your research. Steve's buying! Please contact Stacy for details on meeting Steve

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    6/10/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Tues morning    6/10/2025
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    Collaboration is working together on a shared project or goal. Teams collaboration tools can keep projects organized and help get work done. Share files, co-author and edit content simultaneously, and work together in channels.

    • 3:00 - 4:55 pm   Tue afternoon    6/10/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this two-hour Illustrator session, we will go over recommended resources and tutorials, then participants will be introduced to the user interface while creating a vector graphic logo.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Wed morning    6/11/2025
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour instructor-led workshop, participants will learn how to use Adobe Express (Adobe's online design tool) to create social media posts, customize photos, create a flyer and use the new Generative AI tools. No prior knowledge of Adobe Express is required. Pre-registration required.

    • 12:00 pm    6/11/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 10:00 am    6/12/2025
    • 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 Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Thur morning    6/12/2025
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    In this 2-hour instructor led short course you will learn how to specific features and tips on managing email more efficiently from conversation view to rules to pre-sort messages and moving folders around.

    • 1:00 - 2:55 pm   Thur afternoon    6/12/2025

    This 2-hour Outlook Calendar workshop, participants will learn to schedule & edit appointments; work with calendar labels and tasks displayed on the Calendar. We will schedule with the Scheduling Assistant, practice scheduling a conference room, and discuss scheduling Online Meetings, and discuss calendar permissions.

    • 3:00 - 4:55 pm   Thur afternoon    6/12/2025
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the basics of using the drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator CC, including how to use the Pencil and Curvature tools, how to edit paths. Then we will look at layers, including how to create, edit, and organize content. We will also learn the basics of transforming and editing artwork in Illustrator. Pre-registration required.

    • 6:30 pm   7:30 pm    6/12/2025
    • The Literary, 122 N Neil St, Champaign, IL, 61820

    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!

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    6/17/2025
    • 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.

    • 11:00 - 11:55 am   Wed morning    6/18/2025

    We have many options for scheduling online meetings these days. We will use Outlook for a central place to keep track of several kinds of online meetings and to make sure we have reminders. We will look at recommendations for scheduling with Zoom and Teams. We will go over helpful tips for each platform, including scheduling as a delegate. Prereq: Outlook Calendar workshop

    • 12:00 pm    6/18/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 9:00 am    6/20/2025
    • Fourth-floor tower room, 4269

    Join Beckman's leadership team to ask questions about its financial plans during challenging times.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    6/24/2025
    • 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    6/25/2025
    • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

    Join us at noon on Wednesdays this spring 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!

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    7/1/2025
    • 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.

  • black and white historical photo of 2 dancers, performing in interior room of modern home
    • All Day    7/8/2025 - 7/12/2025
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Don’t miss the final week of the "Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture" exhibition! On view through Saturday, July 12. During the summer, the museum is open Tuesday–Friday 10–5 and Saturday 10–4. Free admission.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    7/8/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 am    7/10/2025
    • 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 Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    7/15/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    7/22/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    7/29/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    8/5/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    8/12/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 am    8/14/2025
    • 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 Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    8/19/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    8/26/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    9/2/2025
    • 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.

    • 3:00 pm    9/4/2025
    • Beckman Director's Conference Room, 1329

    Welcome to the Beckman Institute! In this onboarding session, new Beckman faculty and affiliates will learn from Associate Director for Research Cristina Álvarez-Mingote what Beckman Institute services are available, who to contact with questions, and how to be a collaborative and fully engaged member of the Beckman community.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    9/9/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 am    9/11/2025
    • 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 Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    9/16/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    9/23/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    9/30/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    10/7/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 am    10/9/2025
    • 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 Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    10/14/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 - 10:30 am    10/21/2025
    • 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.

    • 10:00 am    11/13/2025
    • 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 Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.