NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
New option for graduate students! The Graduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is now available to graduate students in almost every Grainger Engineering program. Learn to tackle the business facets of industry-relevant problems and have these skills officially recognized on your transcript.
Apply for the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop, where selected students will travel to Silicon Valley during Winter Break and interact with corporate leaders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurial alumni in various stages of a startup life cycle that share lessons learned about entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership.
Join us for a webinar on sustainable aviation!
Join us on Tuesday, October 3 from 5:00-6:30 PM for the RSO Leadership Dinner in the Research Park. All student RSO leaders are invited to learn how their organization can get involved in the Research Park.
Join us on Wednesday, October 4 from 12:00-1:00 pm for Startup Recruiting Toolkit Part I with Sophie Roney.
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Regulation of human research Speaker: Sarah Mumford, OPRS
Starting in May 2023, the Verizon 5G Innovation Hub is now hosting open hours.
For students working on startup ideas! Come learn the basics of trademarks and patents from Prof. Joe Barich.
Join us for an evening of conversation about inequities in health care, incarceration, and addiction recovery—all through a local lens. Hear from our panelists about their organizations, the challenges they face, and how they're working to positively impact community health and individual well-being.
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, October 6 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking.
Speaker: Prof. Isobel Hook
Do you have an idea for a new venture or innovation and need supplies to get started? Receive up to $500 in funds to further your project!
This special edition of SocialFuse is for Grainger Engineering and UChicago students so they can find teammates to participate in the Startup City Scholars/CNVC program.
Join us for the Women in Tech Celebrates Ada Lovelace Day on Wednesday, October 11 from 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM at EnterpriseWorks.
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Speaker: Krystiana Krupa, OVCRI
Join the AI User Group on Friday, October 13 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Welcome to "Working with AI" - a meetup group for anyone in the Champaign-Urbana area interested in exploring the exciting field of Artificial Intelligence and its real-world applications.
Deadline to apply for the HRI Director's Fellows program. Applications due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 13.
Join our event to learn how you can launch a startup or join a startup team with University of Chicago students and receive a $5,000 scholarship. We'll answer questions about the application and facilitate team building!
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: "Privacy 101" Speaker: Phil Reiter & Stephen Collette, Privacy Office, OCIO
ParslFest 2023 is a free hybrid event that takes place on October 19 & 20 and brings together researchers, developers, and cyberinfrastructure experts worldwide to discuss experiences using and developing Parsl, an open-source tool that enables users to create parallel programs composed of Python functions and external components to execute on laptops to supercomputers.
SocialFuse: The event where you can pitch your startup idea, network, and find teammates. Or sit back and check things out!
Speaker: Dr. Sara Simon
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Generative AI refers to a wide variety of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools capable of producing content such as images, videos, text and computer programs. The emergence of publicly available products such as ChatGPT, Bard, Dall-E, and Stable Diffusion has the potential to enhance human productivity dramatically while also posing important questions.
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Export control Speaker: Kathy Gentry & Nick Dabbs, Export Control Office
Join us on Thursday, October 26 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio. Sign up here. Wear your favorite hat or dress up as your favorite superhero!
Join us on Tuesday, October 31, from 3:30-4:30pm for Trick or Treating at EnterpriseWorks.
Join us on Wednesday, November 1 from 12:00-1:00 pm for "Overcoming Speech Anxiety" with Wallace Golding from The Speaking Center.
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Privacy implications of AI technologies Speaker: Phil Reiter & Stephen Collette, Privacy Office, OCIO
Join us on Thursday, November 2 from 12:00-1:00 pm for Startup Recruiting Toolkit Part 2 with Sophie Roney.
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, November 3 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking.
Launch a startup or join a startup team with University of Chicago students and receive a $5,000 scholarship. Application deadline - November 7!
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Citation integrity Speaker: Jodi Schneider & Halil Kilicoglu, School of Information Sciences
Join the AI User Group on Friday, November 10 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Welcome to "Working with AI" - a meetup group for anyone in the Champaign-Urbana area interested in exploring the exciting field of Artificial Intelligence and its real-world applications.
Join us Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 pm at EnterpriseWorks. Sign up now!
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, November 15 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Grainger Engineering undergrads - consider doing a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Research with controlled substances Speaker: Kate Stewart, Division of Research Safety
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Mentorship Speaker: Chris Lehmann and Patty Jones, OVCRI
Join our event to join a team or add team members as a Startup City Scholar, and get oriented on the program.
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, December 1 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking.
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Copyright Speaker: Sara Benson, University Library
Join the AI User Group on Friday, December 8 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Welcome to "Working with AI" - a meetup group for anyone in the Champaign-Urbana area interested in exploring the exciting field of Artificial Intelligence and its real-world applications.
Speaker: Dr. Tjitske Starkenburg
Join us for the OVCRI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Speaker Series. Topic: Conflicts of interest and commitment Speaker: Linda Lee Drozt, OVCRI
Join us on Friday, February 9 from 12:00-1:00 pm for the Lunar New Year Celebration at EnterpriseWorks.