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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Chambana Science Cafe Ben Zimmerman, Postdoctoral Fellow Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois “The Importance of Staying Young at Heart: The Role of Vascular Health in Age-Related Brain Dysfunction”
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This webinar will report on three projects that use technology to move beyond reactionary response to flooding and instead develop information systems to help communities plan, educate, and adapt to changing conditions. The projects were carried out by the Prairie Research Institute and funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work is holding its 2nd year-long lecture series designed to meet the profession’s grand challenge of harnessing technology for social good.
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Professor Marni Boppart will discuss her group's research aimed at effectively preserving lean mass and extending healthspan in older adults.
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IGB Postdoc Association Presents Elizabeth Stulberg, PhD Science Policy Manager, American Society of Agronomy “Careers in Science Policy: How to Succeed Outside Academia”
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Peter Y A Ryan, full Professor of Applied Security at the University of Luxembourg
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Join two faculty members from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as they discuss collaborative, reciprocal, and redistributive models of research. This session will help prospective grant applicants plan for the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) seed grant CFP and HWW project CFP, both of which will be issued in March 2021.
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From the creators of Genome Day . . . Genomes at Home! Join us for a series of hands on activities for an hour every Saturday from October 17 to November 21, starting at 2:00pm.
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We hope you can join us for the November lecture with Dr. Susan Martinis, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation.
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Sarah Allison, associate director of the Division of Animal Resources, will discuss animal research. Registration is required.
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Benjamin Miller, PhD University of Rochester; Professor, Department of Dermatology "Decoding Complex Biology with Silicon Photonic Sensors"
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Compromised protein homeostasis underlies accumulation of plaques and tangles in Alzheimer’s disease (AD); Our findings reveal that the presynaptic terminal is particularly vulnerable and represents a critical site for manifestation of initial AD etiology.
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Jenny Davis (Anthropology and American Indian Studies, Chancellor’s Fellow for Indigenous Research) presents "Manifesting Pandemic Destiny: Parsing the Tense and Aspect of Settler Immunopolitics in Indian Country” as part of HRI's Out of Isolation series.
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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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Syndemics refers to complex epidemics involving two types of adverse interaction – the clustering and interactions of two or more diseases or health conditions (the biological–biological interface)and social environmental factors (the biological–social interface). The theory has been widely applied in the fields of medicine, public health and anthropology.
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The Miniature Brain Machinery Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series with Sanmi Koyejo, assistant professor of computer science. He will speak at 4p.m. Nov. 11 on “Synthesizing Brain Images Using Machine Learning: Applications, Promises, and Pitfalls.”
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Join Chicago Council on Science and Technology and geology Professor Bruce Fouke for a discussion on biomineralization, the process of life controlling mineral growth in the environment, and its modern applications. Sponsored by the Don and Catherine Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society.
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Please join us for the University of Illinois Press Publishing Symposium panel "Getting it Written" on Thursday, November 12 at 4pm CT.
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The beginnings of Arab feminisms can be traced back to the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century against a backdrop of colonialism, anti-colonial struggles, and the emergence of postcolonial nation states.
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ITRC’s Fall Seminar Series on “Resilience and Sustainability of Urban Transportation Infrastructure”
Engineering the Future Built Environment with Gerald (Jerry) E. Buckwalter, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer at ASCE
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From the creators of Genome Day . . . Genomes at Home! Join us for a series of hands on activities for an hour every Saturday from October 17 to November 21, starting at 2:00pm.
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How did fossil fuels come to be, what technologies are now used to extract them, and why has it proved so difficult for society to switch to other sources, despite the negative impact of these fuels on climate? Join Emeritus Prof. Stephen Marshak to learn more about "Burning Stuff" in Part 3 of iSEE's three-part lecture series on "Where Stuff Comes From."
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Society primarily uses fossil fuels (coal, oil, & gas) to power industry, agriculture, lighting, transportation, communication, and computers. How did these energy sources come into existence, what technologies are now used to extract them, and why is it so difficult for society to switch to other sources, despite the negative impact of using these fuels on climate?
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Heidi Imker, the director of Research Data Service will discuss will discuss, "Data management: an update, COVID-19 & open data, and secondary data tips." Registration is required.
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Thyroid hormone is key to every process in the body and its regulation is disrupted during illness, obesity and weight loss. Our laboratory hypothesizes the neuroendocrine thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) neurons are the integrator of peripheral signals to regulate thyroid hormone levels and we are using a combination of genetic mouse models and chemogenetics.
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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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The College of Medicine is pleased to announce that it will celebrate its Annual Research Day by holding a Virtual Research Forum from November 18-20. Abstract Submission Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday, November 1, 2020
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Join us in a virtual celebration of GIS Day, the annual salute to geographic information science and technologies for achieving broad and transformative impacts. This virtual event on Zoom is free and open to the public.
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Higher education podcasts centering the experiences of minoritized scholars are redefining dominant forms of knowledge creation and diffusion. This session with Illinois scholar Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher focuses on how podcasts serve as forms of public scholarship and encourage participation and engagement with and for minoritized communities in higher education.
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CCIL Fall 2020 Seminar Speakers:
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Join Paula Carns, Head of the Literatures & Languages Library, for an intimate view into The Coronation Book of Queen Jeanne d’Evreux, a resplendently illuminated 14th century French manuscript also known as “The Ordo”.
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Join Yasamin Mostofi, PhD presenting that sensing with everyday communication signals is possible. We will discuss our proposed mathematical pipeline and methodology that has enabled, for instance, the first demonstration of person identification through walls from candidate video footage, or the first demonstration of crowd counting through walls, using only WiFi signals.
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In this talk, I will show that sensing with everyday communication signals is possible. We will discuss our proposed mathematical pipeline and methodology that has enabled, for instance, the first demonstration of person identification through walls from candidate video footage, or the first demonstration of crowd counting through walls, using only WiFi signals.
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Autonomous Wireless Monitoring and Assessment of Railroad Bridges
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Join us Friday, 20 November at 12:30 PM CT for the William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar "Autonomous Wireless Monitoring and Assessment of Railroad Bridges" presented by Bill Spencer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Register at https://railtec.illinois.edu/events/hay-seminar/
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From the creators of Genome Day . . . Genomes at Home! Join us for a series of hands on activities for an hour every Saturday from October 17 to November 21, starting at 2:00pm.
