Urbana Campus Research Calendar (OVCRI)
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Like other branches of African American vernacular dances such as Chicago Steppin’, Hip Hop, and Lindy Hop, the roots of Blues dance originated from African and African American dance traditions. Included in the exhibit are artworks by contemporary artists, archival photographs, and video interviews.
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Explore campaign memorabilia and learn about the Women's Suffrage Movement and Jim Crow voter suppression. Includes three poster exhibits: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, from the New-York Historical Society, Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote, from the National Archives, and Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence from the Smithsonian.
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The research enterprise of The Grainger College of Engineering, driven by our faculty, staff, and students, has transformed the world. Join Dean Rashid Bashir and our expert faculty to learn how our AI and quantum research is being practically applied in our ever-changing world. These webinars will include faculty presentations and a live Q & A.
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Josep Torrellas.
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Brian Beliveau, PhD University of Washington; Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences "Oligo-based technologies for visualizing nucleic acids in single cells"
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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This talk focuses on detention care and its deadly consequences in the United States. Between October 2003 and November 2020, there were at least 216 deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, many the result of grossly inadequate medical practices.
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The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Rhanor Gillette, Emeritus Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology. He will speak on “Enhancing Complexity in Brain Machinery and Behavior: How and Why?”
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series.
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Professor Catherine Christian-Hinman will discuss her group's research on the neural mechanisms linking epilepsy and comorbid reproductive endocrine disorders.
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Please join members of the IGI Global STEAM Working Group and their "Global STEAM in an Age of Crisis" panelists as they hold a follow-up discussion of the three forum topics, "The Uneasy Relationship Between Science and Politics," "The Conflict Between Science and Compassion," and "Science and the Global in a Brave New World."
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Join us for another installment in our Spring Seminar Series, featuring our very own Professor Caitlin Vitosky Clarke. This seminar will take place on Friday, February 5th, 2021 at 9AM via Zoom. We hope to see you there!
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Join the RBML and CPL for a virtual presentation by Dr. Kelly Wisecup, exploring the printed and manuscript material archives of Indigenous groups from the Great Lakes region.
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Join us for this week's Power & Engineering Systems Seminar with Prof. Arturo Suman Bretas, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida. Bretas will cover "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security: Challenges in Real-Time System Monitoring."
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February 9th guest speaker Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores is Senior Plant Ecologist at the Illinois Natural History survey part of the Prairie Research Institute and will speak about her research on plant reproductive ecology, conservation biology and plant-insect interactions.
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We hope you can join us for the February lecture with Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores, Senior Plant Ecologist.
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Nathan Springer, PhD University of Minnesota; Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Join Alex Gorsuch and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a biweekly SBIR 101 event, the second and fourth Wednesday each month.
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In this workshop, Dr. Matt Bramlet and Professor Brad Sutton will show how they have used 3D modeling and virtual reality visualization technologies to teach courses in medicine and bioengineering.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is developing two manned ultralight airplanes as airborne research platforms. One of the two is equipped with electric drive and has the potential to become the first-ever electric-powered manned research aircraft.
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Chengxiang Zhai.
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YMCA Friday Forum Series: February 12 | #DigitalFaith – Keeping the Faith Remotely Speaker: Dr. Sable Manson, The University of Southern California Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
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NCHRP IDEA Program for Innovations in Highway Infrastructure presented by Dr. Inam Jawed of the Transportation Research Board
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IHSI’s Community-Academic Scholars Initiative offers University of Illinois undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue community-based research projects in Urbana-Champaign over the summer. During the 10-week program, students will develop applied research skills for measuring and maximizing impact in their work.
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Darko Marinov.
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Turlough Finan, PhD McMaster University, Professor of Biology “Deconstructing Sinorhizobium – defining a minimal genome for symbiotic nitrogen fixation”
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Women & Gender in Global Perspectives and the Women’s Resources Center are thrilled to host a virtual screening of the acclaimed documentary, RBG. This film follows the life and legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It will be available for viewing, for free, beginning at 4 p.m. CST on Tuesday, February 16th until 4 p.m. CST Thursday, February 18th
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On Wednesday, February 17th at 4 p.m. CST, there will be a virtual conversation with RBG film directors, Julie Cohen and Betsy West. This is event is hosted by Women & Gender in Global Perspectives and the Women’s Resources Center and is co-sponsored by Gender & Women’s Studies. Please share widely, and we hope to see you there!
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What pressures have graduate students faced while trying to conduct their international research in the past year? How can universities respond, and what lessons can we save for the future? Join us as graduate students and faculty reflect on these important questions, based on their experiences in the past year.
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IGB Postdoc Association Presents Chinmay Soman, PhD Co-founder and CEO of EarthSense Chang He, PhD Research scientist “Careers in Start-ups and Industry”
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The Center for Children's Books 2020-2021 Speaker Series will continue with Lynne McKechnie, presenting “I readed it!” (Marissa, four years): What the research and the children themselves tell us about the experience of reading.
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Join us for the ECE Distinguished Colloquium Seminar on Thursday, February 18 at 4:00 pm (CST) with Katsu Yamane, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Robotics Researcher, Honda Research Institute.
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YMCA Friday Forum Series: February 19 | "Disrupting Disinformation" Speaker: Miriam Larson, Independent Media Center Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
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Part of A Year of Creative Writers at Illinois. Supported by the Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities.
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Carwil Bjork-James conducts immersive and historical research on disruptive protest, grassroots autonomy, state violence, and indigenous collective rights in Bolivia. He is an assistant professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University and the author of The Sovereign Street: Making Revolution in Urban Bolivia (University of Arizona Press, 2020).
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Ruta Mehta
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In his new work, A World Through Windows, Syrian-Armenian artist Kevork Mourad explores how the "pandemic has reduced our sense of space and our spheres of influence," even while it has "increased our connectivity around the world" (Mourad). Using a technique that uses monotype on fabric, ink drawing, and sculpture, Mourad has created an original and exciting experience.
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Calling attention to the competing missions of the community college, Illinois Professor Eboni Zamani-Gallaher will highlight in this webinar postsecondary education as a collective public good while underscoring the work still needed in advancing equitable student experiences and outcomes in the two-year sector.
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Dana Dolinoy, PhD University of Michigan; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences & Nutritional Sciences, Director of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Center
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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Join Alex Gorsuch and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a biweekly SBIR 101 event, the second and fourth Wednesday each month.
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Part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series. Faculty Host: Sanmi Koyejo
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We invite you to join us virtually to officially unveil the recently installed, highest acceleration voltage (150kV) electron beam lithography system in North America. We will also be celebrating our namesake, Nick Holonyak Jr., pioneer of LED lighting, who was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
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Betsy Hearne, professor emerita in the School of Information Sciences, will present, "CENTERED: The Life and Times of a Book Review Journal," as part of the Center for Children's Books 75th Anniversary Celebration speaker series.
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Dr. Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University professor of electrical engineering, will discuss "Informatics and Computational Imaging: What can we do and why should you care?" Registration is required.
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Working on Chiang and Wong’s (2016) call to ‘queer the transnational turn’ through a consideration of regionalism in the examination of queer modernities in Asia, five panelists are assembling for a discussion of queer global Asias.
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YMCA Friday Forum Series: February 26 | "Technology and Data for Positive Social Impact" Speaker : Lauren Haynes, Code for America Description: In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, many of us are using technology more than ever before. The world of technology opens many doors for global connection, but does it also come with consequences?
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“Because it Means Something to Us”: Connecting the Dots With the Community we Research
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Join Robert Schatz, author of "The Labor Board Crew: Remaking Worker-Employer Relations from Pearl Harbor to the Reagan Era", for the “On Top of the World, 1946-56” Labor History seminar presented by the Newberry Library.
