NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
Come out and support your company's team at the 2024 Research Park Softball League.
Join us for the Research Park Softball Social on Monday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Zahnd Park's North Field. We will have food, drinks, the first place trophy presentation, and hitting, running, and throwing contests.
Research Park is hosting our Annual Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 30 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the EnterpriseWorks Lot.
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 AI User Group on Friday, August 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Academic staff members must annually complete a disclosure & request for approval of such activities. Throughout the year, additional disclosures & requests for prior approval are necessary whenever a change in such activities is proposed or when required by granting agencies. RNUA forms can be completed throughout the year for new hires or if an employee's status changes.
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Speaker: Waseem Bakr, Professor, Princeton University
Join us for our monthly “Fire At Five” Happy Hour to network with other interns and professionals who work in the Research Park on Thursday, August 29, 2024, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Patio and Lawn.
Speaker: Nate Earnest-Noble, Global lead and manager for IBM Quantum User Enablement, IBM
Join us on Thursday, September 5 for the Research Park Block Party! Research Park is the premier technology hub on campus made up of 120+ companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500s. Take advantage of the resources and opportunities Research Park offers students this September 5 at our annual Block Party.
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, September 6 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.
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, September 12, 2024 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Join us for training on the Report of Non-University Activities (RNUA) and the University's Policy on Conflicts of Commitment and Interest.
Join the AI User Group on Friday, September 13 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Speaker: Chen-Lung Hung, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
We hope you will join us for an opening reception at Levis Faculty Center on the afternoon of September 18. Join us on the back patio to gather with the humanities community at Illinois. Rain location: Levis first floor atrium
Join us for training on the Report of Non-University Activities (RNUA) and the University's Policy on Conflicts of Commitment and Interest
Speaker: Matthew Otten, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Join us for our monthly “Fire At Five” Happy Hour to network with other interns and professionals who work in the Research Park on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Patio.
Speaker: Krister Shalm, Sr. Research Associate, University of Colorado Boulder
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, October 4 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: Joseph Heremans, Scientist, Argonne National Laboraotry
Join the AI User Group on Friday, October 11 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Speaker: Tzu Chieh Wei, Professor, Stony Brook University
Speaker: Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics, New York University
Join us for our monthly “Fire At Five” Happy Hour to network with other interns and professionals who work in the Research Park on Thursday, October 24, 2024, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Patio.
Speaker: Alex Ma, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, November 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.
Join the AI User Group on Friday, November 8 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Speaker: Andrew Higginbotham, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago
Speaker: Yong Chen, Professor, Purdue University
Speaker: Angel Rubio, Research Scientist and Co-Director of Initiative for Computational Catalysis Flatiron Institute
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, December 4 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, December 6 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: Matthew Lahaye, Senior Research Physicist, Air Force Research Laboratory
Join the AI User Group on Friday, December 13 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
The 2025 AgTech Hackathon will be on Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2 at EnterpriseWorks. This two-day hackathon is an exciting and fast-paced team competition open to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students interested in AgTech.
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.