NCSA Calendar
NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
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10:00 - 11:00 am 1/8/2026Champaign Public Library (Robeson Pavilion A/B) - 200 W. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820Join us on Thursday, January 8 from 10-11 a.m. for a workshop on Canva 201 at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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9:00 - 10:00 am 1/9/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 1/16/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 1/23/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, January 23 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 1/26/2026CIF 2035 -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 1/28/2026The Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 1/28/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
7:00 pm 1/28/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana -
12:30 - 2:00 pm 1/29/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 424This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch!
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2:00 pm 1/29/2026NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 1/29/2026Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405 -
5:00 - 7:00 pm 1/29/2026Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignEleven faculty members from the U of I School of Art & Design will be featured in this upcoming exhibition: Ryan Griffis, Emmy Lingscheit, Melissa Pokorny, Sharath Ramakrishnan, Stacey Robinson, Joel Ross, Stephen Signa-Avilรฉs, Blair Ebony Smith, Nekita Thomas, Deke Weaver, and Brooke C. White.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 2/3/2026Champaign Public Library (Robeson Pavilion A/B) - 200 W. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820Join us on Tuesday, February 3rd from 1-2 p.m. for a workshop on Advertising with Google Ads at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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8:00 - 9:30 am 2/4/2026Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, February 4 at the Illinois Conference Center.
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/4/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/5/2026Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405 -
9:00 - 10:00 am 2/6/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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2:00 pm 2/11/2026NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/11/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/12/2026Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/13/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Data + AI User Group on Friday, February 13 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm 2/13/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St -
11:00 - 11:50 am 2/18/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/18/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/19/2026Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/20/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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3:00 - 7:00 pm 2/25/2026Illinois Conference Center (Heritage Hall), 1900 S. First St., Champaign, ILThe Research Park Career Fair is an opportunity for University of Illinois students to connect with Research Park employers and learn about on-campus internships and full-time job opportunities.
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4:00 pm 2/26/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 422Erin Brock Carlsonโs research centers the relationships between place, technology, and power, focusing on how communities work together to address complex public problems through communication and community organizing. She uses community-based and participatory approaches in her research.
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5:30 pm 2/26/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/27/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, February 27 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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11:55 pm 2/27/2026PhD students in the humanities at Illinois: make an impact using your humanities training this summer through the Summer Bridge Program! Support a community organization in Champaign-Urbana while learning new skills and exploring new career paths.
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All Day 3/2/2026 - 3/6/2026National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsEnd of SF
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm 3/2/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St -
1:00 - 2:00 pm 3/3/2026Champaign Public Library (Robeson Pavilion A/B) - 200 W. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820Join us on Tuesday, March 3rd from 1-2 p.m. for a workshop on Mastering Instagram Reels at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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7:30 pm 3/3/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 422Dr. Justin R. Garcia is an evolutionary biologist and sex researcher. He is executive director and senior scientist at the Kinsey Institute, Ruth N. Halls Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and adjunct professor of medicine at Indiana University, Bloomington.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 3/4/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Hannah Day, Pfaff Group
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2:00 pm 3/4/2026NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
3:30 - 5:00 pm 3/4/2026Levis Faculty Center 300The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Humanities Research Institute host the annual campus celebration of International Women's Day with โ12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.โ
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8:30 am 3/7/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Light refreshments will be provided. This edition of Scholarship Out Loud will be part of the 2026 Womenโs and Gender History Symposium.
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8:30 am - 6:00 pm 3/10/2026Illinois Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign, ILOne of the premier AgTech hubs in the nation, Champaign-Urbana is uniquely positioned to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and industry for learning, networking and advancing this sector.
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 3/11/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
11:00 am - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St -
9:00 - 10:00 am 3/13/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/13/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Data + AI User Group on Friday, March 13 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/20/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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3:30 pm 3/23/2026HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science and online -
2:00 pm 3/24/2026NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 3/25/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/27/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, March 27 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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12:00 - 1:30 pm 3/30/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 424This informal group aims to bring together graduate students from across campus to share their enthusiasm for the thought-provoking scholarship that animates them as people. Stop by to listen, chat, and share lunch!
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4:00 pm 3/30/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 4/1/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
4:00 - 6:00 pm 4/1/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
9:00 - 10:00 am 4/3/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pm 4/3/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
7:00 pm 4/7/2026Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana -
8:00 - 9:30 am 4/9/2026Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Thursday, April 9 at the Illinois Conference Center.
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10:00 - 11:00 am 4/9/2026Champaign Public Library (Robeson Pavilion A/B) - 200 W. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820Join us on Thursday, March 3rd from 10-11 a.m. for a workshop on Understanding SEO - Boosting Your Business Visibilty at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/10/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Data + AI User Group on Friday, April 10 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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12:00 pm 4/15/2026Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993โ1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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7:30 pm 4/15/2026Alice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as US Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/17/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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5:00 pm 4/20/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 208Book launch of Ethan Madarieta's Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia.
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12:30 - 5:00 pm 4/23/20261205 W. Clark St. Urbana, IL, 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/24/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, April 24 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 4/29/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Xinan Chen, Chitambar Group
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 4/29/2026Loomis Lab 141 -
9:00 - 10:00 am 5/1/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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4:00 - 6:00 pm 5/7/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 422Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 5/8/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Data + AI User Group on Friday, May 8 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 5/15/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 5/22/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, May 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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8:00 - 9:30 am 6/3/2026Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 3 at the Illinois Conference Center.
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9:00 - 10:00 am 6/5/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 6/19/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 6/26/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, June 26 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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9:00 - 10:00 am 7/10/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 7/17/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 7/24/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, July 24 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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9:00 - 10:00 am 8/7/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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8:00 - 9:30 am 8/19/2026Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 19 at the Illinois Conference Center.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 8/21/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 8/28/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, August 28 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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9:00 - 10:00 am 9/4/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 9/11/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Data + AI User Group on Friday, September 11 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 9/18/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 9/25/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, September 25 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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9:00 - 10:00 am 10/2/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveStartup 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/9/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Data + AI User Group on Friday, October 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/16/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, ChampaignThis is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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8:00 - 9:30 am 10/21/2026Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, October 21 at the Illinois Conference Center.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/23/2026EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood DriveJoin the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, October 23 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.