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Join us on Thursday, September 1 for the Research Park Block Party! Research Park is the premier technology hub on campus made up of 120+ companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500s. Take advantage of the resources and opportunities Research Park offers students this September 1 at our annual Block Party. 

Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.

Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, September 2nd from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking. The group will serve both students and professionals to bridge the gap between the analytical sciences and practical applications of industry.

Exposure to inflammation during critical developmental windows can disrupt neural circuitry formation and function, increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders. Using maternal viral infection, my lab investigates how microbial, immune, and microglial signaling might underlie the etiologies of these disorders.

Awadagin Pratt: Black in America is a one-hour presentation by the internationally renowned pianist combining live musical performance, autobiographical narrative, and silent film with recorded piano accompaniment.

The Research Park invites the community to kick off Welcome Week with a breakfast on the EnterpriseWorks patio on Friday, September 9 from 8:00-9:00am.

Join the Digital Forensics User Group on Friday, September 9 from 12:00-1:00PM. East Central Illinois has quietly become a focal point for the art, science and occasional black magic of digital forensics - the analysis of digital data for investigative purposes.

Here, I will describe how we use machine learning to extract visual attributes represented by neurons and show that neurons may act as “similarity machines," signaling the distance between input signals and their encoded attributes. 

Join us on Wednesday, September 14 for Bike To Work Day.

Join us on Wednesday, September 14 from 12:00-1:00 PM to hear how content marketing could be your secret weapon.

Join us on Wednesday, September 15 from 12:00-1:00 PM to learn how to craft a compelling business description.

Cognitive processes can have profound effects on sensory experience. In this lecture I will discuss our recent electrophysiology findings revealing that prefrontal cortex is highly sensitive to behavioral errors when task rules are updated. We will also provide evidence that this engagement leads to rapid plasticity in sensory cortices altering perceptual performance.

The rapid spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased calls for news literacy to help reduce endorsement of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other falsehoods.

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is officially beginning the application process for its 2023–24 Fellows Program. This is a great opportunity for UIUC faculty members, researchers, or anyone who may be interested in receiving seed funding to conduct new collaborative research projects with NCSA!

11:00am, Marc Hertzman, History, The 'Indians of Palmares': Conquest, Violence, and Land in Northeast Brazil. Noon, Lucas Wagner, Physics, Simplicity from Complexity: Learning Simple Physics from Detailed Quantum Simulations

Join us on Tuesday, September 27 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an EIR workshop with Ed Moore on Translating Technology Into Medical Devices.

Join our team of SBIR experts and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a SBIR 101 event from 2:00-3:00pm on Tuesday, September 27.

Sex hormones are powerful neuromodulators of learning and memory. This talk highlights recent findings from the Jacobs Lab suggesting that neuroendocrine factors rapidly and dynamically influence the human brain over the lifecourse.

Research Park and Champaign County invite you to join us for CEO & Founders Roundtable from 5:30-7:45 PM on Tuesday, September 27. This event is by invite only.

This lecture will take a closer look at several broadsides on view this Fall at Krannert Art Museum in the exhibition Fake News and Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, a version of which will travel to University of San Diego Galleries and Smith College Museum of Art in Spring 2023 and Fall 2023.

Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM to learn more about the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 12:00-1:00 PM for a Startup Cafe with Craig Vodnik. Craig Vodnik, co-founder of Cleverbridge, will discuss his entrepreneurial journey and share lessons learned and nuggets of wisdom to inspire the next wave of entrepreneurs from the University of Illinois.

Join us on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.