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. 

Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, March 1 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. The user group aims to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking.

Speaker: Nicholas Earl, 2023 - 2024 Graduate Student Fellow

Speaker: Bhaskar Mondal, 2023 - 2024 Graduate Student Fellow

One 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. 

The Center for Digital Agriculture is hosting our annual conference on March 6, 2024, at the hotel and Illinois Conference Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Join us to celebrate the Center’s 5-year anniversary and to explore topics centered around the theme: Future of Digital Agriculture.

Join the AI User Group on Friday, March 8 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.

Speaker: Carlos Palazuelos, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Universidad Complutense Madrid

We invite you to join us for our hybrid spring seminar on Tuesday, March 19, at 1 p.m. CST, featuring Dr. Christopher Stewart from The Ohio State University. He will present his work with the NSF-funded National AI Institute – ICICLE: Intelligent CI with Computational Learning in the Environment.

Speaker: Sam Cross, Pfaff Group

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

Join us on Friday, March 22, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for Intro to Pricing Strategies with Illinois Ventures Senior Director Tom Parkinson.

Swami Tyagananda will be presenting a public lecture at Spurlock, “Learning from Rāmāyana.”

Speaker: "Force-multiplying quantum hardware with software," Pranav Gokhale, VP of Quantum Software, Infleqtion

Speaker: James Allen, Clark Group

Join us on Wednesday, March 27, from 11:30 to 1:00 PM for a Women in Tech Luncheon featuring University of Illinois Chief Information Officer Mairead Martin.

Was your recent proposal not selected for funding, but you aren’t ready to give up on it yet? Join the PDO to get insights into next steps for unawarded proposals.

Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss (New York Times bestselling author and associate editor at The Washington Post). Lunch provided!

Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3:30 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of the different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.

Join the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Women in Aerospace for a viewing of Fly Girls which tells the largely unknown story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), featuring a remarkable group of former WASPs who recall the planes they flew, the challenges they met, and the pride they felt in playing a role in the American war effort.

Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss as he delivers his keynote talk, “Lombardi, Clemente, and Thorpe: Illuminating American History Through Sports.” A book signing will follow. This talk is part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March 28–29, 2024.

Runstedtler’s presentation draws on her 2023 book Black Ball, exploring how African American basketball players challenged the status quo on the court and in US society. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March 28–29, 2024.

Professor Louis Moore will present on his book I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 and Daniel Nasset (Editor-in-Chief, University of Illinois Press) will share the editor’s perspective on working with Moore to turn his idea into a book that speaks to sporting publics.

Frank Guridy (History, Columbia University) will be presenting, with Augustus Wood (Labor and Employment Relations) commenting. Guridy will preview part of his forthcoming book The Stadium, which examines the intersections of activism, sport stadiums, and political change. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture...

Shakeia Taylor is a Chicago-based award-winning writer and storyteller, whose work focuses on the intersection of sports, history, and culture.