Listening opportunites on campus
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All Day 2/16/2026 - 3/15/2026Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026Join us on Zoom (registration link below) or at the University Archives (146 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)Dr. Elizabeth Sutton, Director of Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, will discuss her background as an anthropologist and her work as the director of the Spurlock Museum.
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12:00 pm 3/12/2026217 Noyes Lab -
12:00 pm 3/12/2026217 Noyes Lab -
3:00 pm 3/12/2026AtriumJoin 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.
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3:00 - 4:30 pm 3/12/2026We are inviting doctoral students to join this discussion on dissertation writing and research. Later-stage PhD candidates will share their research, writing, and time management techniques. Each panelist will talk about strategies that have worked for them (or strategies that definitely have not worked).
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 3/12/2026IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library -
12:00 pm 3/18/2026Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin 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!
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3:00 - 4:30 pm 3/19/2026We are inviting doctoral students to join this discussion on dissertation writing and research. Later-stage PhD candidates will share their research, writing, and time management techniques. Each panelist will talk about strategies that have worked for them (or strategies that definitely have not worked).
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 3/19/2026IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/23/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/23/2026Room 314, Main LibraryQualitative data analysis software programs can be valuable tools for organizing research sources for a literature review. This workshop will demonstrate techniques for organizing and analyzing literature in the software program MAXQDA, though the strategies will be relevant to other qualitative data analysis tools like NVivo or Atlas.ti.
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5:30 pm 3/24/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana -
12:00 pm 3/25/2026Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin 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!
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 3/25/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 3/25/2026This Virtual Brown Bag presents the issues involved in decolonizing African collections, explores global collaborations to advance equitable knowledge ecosystems, and considers models and networks of Diamond Open Access that ensure that African scholarship is produced and distributed under the principle of global equity.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/25/2026Room 314, Main LibraryKeeping meals both affordable and enjoyable can be tricky, but we don’t need to take on these responsibilities alone! This workshop is designed to cover the basics of how to incorporate AI into food budgeting practices, including meal planning, grocery lists, and more.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 3/25/2026Are you overwhelmed by organizing your sources? Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that helps you store and organize your files and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with a Zotero library set up and ready to use!
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 3/26/2026Qualitative data analysis software programs can be valuable tools for organizing research sources for a literature review. This workshop will demonstrate techniques for organizing and analyzing literature in the software program MAXQDA, though the strategies will be relevant to other qualitative data analysis tools like NVivo or Atlas.ti.
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4:00 pm 3/26/2026306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820) -
4:15 - 5:15 pm 3/26/2026IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/27/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
2:00 pm 3/27/2026Noyes Lab 161 -
2:00 - 4:00 pm 3/27/20261024 Chem Annex -
4:00 pm 3/27/2026register for location and further details -
9:00 am - 4:30 pm 3/28/2026register for location and further details -
9:00 am 3/28/2026Main Library | Grainger Engineering Library Information Center | Funk ACES Library | Music and Performing Arts LibraryThe Library has several locations open to welcome admitted students. Stop by to learn more about the libraries at Illinois.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 3/30/2026Funk ACES Library, Room 509Web of Science is a large multidisciplinary platform of abstract databases for articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. This session provides insight and strategies for getting the most use out of the platform. We will highlight how to search for literature and authors, as well as where to find citation and grant information.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/30/2026Room 314, Main LibraryMAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. By the end of this workshop, we hope you'll be able to import survey data from a spreadsheet into a MAXQDA project; set up survey questions as codable data, variables, or both; use manual and automatic coding tools to code text data in survey responses and more.
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6:00 pm 8:00 p.m. 3/30/2026Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801. -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/31/2026Looking for a new way to conduct your research? Tired of getting zero results in your database searches? This workshop will break down how the professionals identify resources, and search for articles, books, and other scholarly works.
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 3/31/2026Looking for a new way to conduct your research? Tired of getting zero results in your database searches? This workshop will break down how the professionals identify resources, and search for articles, books, and other scholarly works.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4/1/2026Room 314, Main LibraryNavigating the social and academic expectations of college is a challenge for many new college students, where unexplained conventions can cause many to feel stress and confusion about the way the higher education environment functions.
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12:00 pm 4/1/2026Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin 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!
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 4/1/2026Room 314, Main LibraryInfographics can be a very effective way to convey small bits of information very quickly, while drawing viewers in because of their visual appeal. In this workshop students will learn about best practices for creating infographics, as well as what to avoid.
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3:00 pm 03/06/2026 4/1/2026TBA -
4:00 - 6:00 pm 4/1/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
3:00 - 4:00 pm 4/2/2026MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. By the end of this workshop, we hope you'll be able to import survey data from a spreadsheet into a MAXQDA project; set up survey questions as codable data, variables, or both; use manual and automatic coding tools to code text data in survey responses and more.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 4/2/2026The Doctoral Research Support Program and the Writers Workshop are hosting Writing in the Disciplines, an online series that connects doctoral students with faculty, journal editors, and publishers to discuss writing styles and skills in specific disciplines. These events are open to all current graduate students.
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 4/2/2026IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library -
9:00 am - 5:00 pm 4/3/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/3/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
3:00 pm 4/3/2026Beckman Institute AuditoriumPlease join us for the Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series, a new monthly event designed to bring together faculty, researchers, postdocs, and students from across the Psychology Department, Beckman Institute, and beyond to engage in lively, interdisciplinary conversations around psychology.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 4/7/2026Systematic reviews require a careful and structured approach to reviewing existing literature and identifying new insights. As scholarly publications continue to grow rapidly across disciplines, AI tools offer new ways for researchers to keep up with the expanding literature.
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1:00 - 3:00 pm 4/7/2026217 Noyes -
7:00 pm 4/7/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana -
9:00 am 03/06/2026 4/8/2026117 Roger Adams Lab -
11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4/8/2026Room 314, Main LibraryManaging your time and keeping track of all your tasks as a busy college student can be tricky, but new AI tools can take off some of the pressure of remembering it all! This workshop is designed to familiarize learners with a few handy tools and strategies for using AI to maximize productivity and minimize stress.
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9:00 am 03/06/2026 4/9/2026433 Roger Adams Lab -
10:00 - 11:00 am 4/9/2026Infographics can be a very effective way to convey small bits of information very quickly, while drawing viewers in because of their visual appeal. In this workshop students will learn about best practices for creating infographics, as well as what to avoid.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4/9/2026CITL Innovation Studio, Armory 172Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026University Archives, Main Library Room 146; 1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801 -
2:00 pm 4/9/2026116 Roger Adams Lab -
3:00 pm 4/9/2026Literatures and Languages Library, 225 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, UrbanaCome celebrate National Poetry Month (April) with the Literatures and Languages Library by reading or listening to poems from around the world in the original language and English translation.
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 4/9/2026IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/10/2026University YMCA; 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign -
4:30 - 6:00 pm 4/10/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

