General Events

The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

The Illini Union Courtyard Cafe will be showing a large selection of the 2026 Men's World Cup games on the large screen through July 19. Stop by to catch the action! You can grab something to eat/drink at one of our 5 restaurants (all open 11am-2pm), Starbucks (open 7:30am-3:30pm), or the Quad Shop (open 8am-5pm).

The Illini Union Courtyard Cafe will be showing a large selection of the 2026 Men's World Cup games on the large screen through July 19. Stop by to catch the action! You can grab something to eat/drink at one of our 5 restaurants (all open 11am-2pm), Starbucks (open 7:30am-3:30pm), or the Quad Shop (open 8am-5pm).

The Illini Union Courtyard Cafe will be showing a large selection of the 2026 Men's World Cup games on the large screen through July 19. Stop by to catch the action! You can grab something to eat/drink at one of our 5 restaurants (all open 11am-2pm), Starbucks (open 7:30am-3:30pm), or the Quad Shop (open 8am-5pm).

Learn how to improve the accessibility of your Moodle material by working hands-on with the new FACT Accessibility Checker developed by ATLAS.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Bugging Out with Bugscope is a social/information, informational event. Come see pollinators like you've never seen before.

Join us on Thursday, June 25 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five.

The Illini Union Courtyard Cafe will be showing a large selection of the 2026 Men's World Cup games on the large screen through July 19. Stop by to catch the action! You can grab something to eat/drink at one of our 5 restaurants (all open 11am-2pm), Starbucks (open 7:30am-3:30pm), or the Quad Shop (open 8am-5pm).

This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Celebrate history, culture, and connection in Brooklyn, Illinois, during an event marking the dedication of new Route 66 signage and honoring the town's place along the Mother Road.

The Illini Union Courtyard Cafe will be showing a large selection of the 2026 Men's World Cup games on the large screen through July 19. Stop by to catch the action! You can grab something to eat/drink at one of our 5 restaurants (all open 11am-2pm), Starbucks (open 7:30am-3:30pm), or the Quad Shop (open 8am-5pm).

Spurlock Museum and the Lancashire Rose Chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire Illinois are throwing an all ages drag tea party you won't want to miss! Enjoy tea, lemonade, sweet treats, British tea culture education, drag performances, and private guided museum tours, all celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride! Get your tickets before they sell out!

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Come out and support your company's team at the 2026 Research Park Softball League.

Assemble your teams! Join us on Tuesday, June 30 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. for the Research Park Hackathon Kick-Off Breakfast. This one-day hackathon is a team competition open to anyone working for an organization in the Research Park. This is an exciting and fast-paced event where teams can create together.

Join us on Tuesday, June 30 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Series: Personal Finance 101 - Spend Smarter, Build Credit, Stay Safe.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.

Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Come out and support your company's team at the 2026 Research Park Softball League.

Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.

Join us on Tuesday, July 7 from 12 to 1 p.m. for the Power Skills Series: Business Etiquette with Patricia Simpson.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=6065

Which company will win the coveted golden paddle? Could it be yours? Sign up for one of the year's most anticipated events in Research Park: The 15th Annual Table Tennis Tournament.

Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.

Which company will win the coveted golden paddle? Could it be yours? Sign up for one of the year's most anticipated events in Research Park: The 15th Annual Table Tennis Tournament.

Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

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

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Our speaker is Maayan Freiberg Dadon, Postdoc at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Come out and support your company's team at the 2026 Research Park Softball League.

Ramova Theatre and Japan House proudly present: Nick Offerman - An evening of humor and mirth with just a splash of comedy. Songs and slow talking that should, honestly, fix everything.

Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Moodle courses accessible. This hands-on workshop covers creating accessible navigation, headings, tables, lists, and hyperlinks, how to write alt text for images, generate and edit video captions, as well as the advantages (and limitations) of using Moodle’s accessibility checker and screen reader helper.

Join us on Tuesday, July 14 from noon to 1 p.m. for the Power Skills Series: Interviewing Like a Pro with Charlotte Voznyuk.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Join us on Wednesday, July 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Research Park Robotics and AI Symposium.

Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Join us on Thursday, July 16 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five.

This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Come out and support your company's team at the 2026 Research Park Softball League.

Join us on Tuesday, July 21 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for the Power Skills Series: The Art of Improvisation with Jenette Jurczyk.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.

Join Research Park on Wednesday, July 22 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a Women in Tech Luncheon with Melinda Miller, CEO of Pixo.

Learn how to improve the accessibility of your Moodle material by working hands-on with the new FACT Accessibility Checker developed by ATLAS.

Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Join us to on Thursday, July 23 from 4 to 5:30 PM on the Atkins Patio to recognize and celebrate the amazing work of student interns working in the Research Park.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Come out and support your company's team at the 2026 Research Park Softball League.

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours weekdays between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.