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
Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 4 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
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.
Join us on Friday, October 13 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at EnterpriseWorks room 130 for the COVID and Flu Clinic.
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!
The Pitch Deck Workshop offers a four-session deep dive into preparing a pitch deck and preparing to engage with potential investors. All participants will be expected to work on their decks during these sessions and in between sessions. These sessions will be led by Gerald Wilson, Director of Entrepreneurship, with assistance from Experts-in-Residence and others.
Speaker: Dr. Sara Simon
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Join us on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 PM for the EIR Workshop: Start Me Up with Jed Taylor!
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
Women@NCSA invites you to an exciting discussion about menopause featuring esteemed guest speaker Dr. Beverly London, a gynecologist at Carle Health, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 2–3 p.m. CST on Zoom. Dr. London will share menopause information pearls and discuss how you can support your partners, colleagues, friends, and family members throughout their menopause journeys.
Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 3 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
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!
Speaker: Jason Hinkle
Join us on Tuesday, October 31, from 3:30-4:30pm for Trick or Treating at EnterpriseWorks.