General Events

The ninth month of the Islamic calendar observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. Some Muslim employees and students observing Ramadan may request schedule adjustments in order to observe. Your department may find that more employees require space or time for prayer during this period.

Join Julie and Nathan Gunn, international performing artists and University of Illinois faculty members, for engaging conversation with special guests around contemporary topics in the arts.

First-ever flagship event exclusive for grad students and PhD talent to explore Chicago's tech & innovation ecosystem. If selected, ThinkChicago Exchange participants will take part in a three-day immersion program where you'll meet with startup CEOs & industry leaders, explore career opportunities with innovative companies who are hiring, and network with entrepreneurs.

ART OF SCIENCE 11: ELEMENTAL The IGB’s Art of Science program is a celebration of the common ground between science and art. The works in this installation were created by pairing IGB scientists and their research images with current IGB artist Julia Pollack. Opening April 30th at University of Illinois Arboretum.

Beltane is the time of the marriage and union of the Goddess as Mother Earth and the God of the Greenwood. It is an ancient fertility festival marking the beginning of the planting cycle. The festival was to ensure a good growing season and a bountiful harvest. Beltane is light-hearted, joyful, and full of passion that fuels life, joy, and fertility.

Commemoration of Bahá'u'lláh's declaration that he was a Manifestation of God. Bahá'í employees observing the Twelfth Day of Ridván may be suspending work and school during this period, and some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.

Saturday Engineering for Everyone is an open and free lecture series aimed at non-engineers of all backgrounds who are interested in learning about engineering. In order to protect the health and safety of the community during the pandemic, all sessions will be conducted virtually on Zoom. 

Join us for a celebration of student filmmaking and creativity! Watch a program of short movies, home videos, and TikToks from University of Illinois undergraduate students, filmmaking clubs, and production classes.

Each Saturday the Illini Union is hosting a FREE animated film series from February 12-May 1. Enjoy a FREE movie starting at 7pm in the Courtyard Café. In-person with physical distancing rules: masks required and chairs distanced to adhere to safety standards. 

Illinois Theatre’s Great Scenes from American Kitchen Sink Theatre is a live streamed production that presents scenes from four kitchen sink theatre plays, all set in America between the early 20th century to present with a diversity of playwrights, characters, actors, ethnicities, and genders.

Illinois Theatre’s Great Scenes from American Kitchen Sink Theatre is a live streamed production that presents scenes from four kitchen sink theatre plays, all set in America between the early 20th century to present with a diversity of playwrights, characters, actors, ethnicities, and genders.

Join the WRC Interns in conversation with Jamillah Gabriel (found of Call Number Box) and Ashanti Files (Poet Laureate of Urbana) to hear how they find community through poetry and literature and why representation matters. 

Run reports on almost anything in your course! Whether you seek performance data for a specific test question or detailed comprehensive grades for 1000+ students, Compass's reporting function can lend real insights. Registration is required.

Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.

Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Join us for $4 bowling and $4 billiards all day in celebrating May 4th!

May the Fourth be with you! Join us on Tuesday, May 4th from 12-1pm for snacks as we celebrate "Star Wars Day." 

IGB Pioneers Seminar "Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches for Modeling Plant Systems Within and Across Biological Scale" Cranos Williams, PhD North Carolina State University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Platform Director, Data-Driven Plant Sciences, Plant Sciences Initiative Director, EnBiSys Research Laboratory

Combining elements of comedy and empathy, The Last American Hammer tells the story of a failed rural community in Ohio’s rust belt. Its bluegrass-infused score features strings, mandolin, and banjo.

Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free! 

Please join us for the AI Infodemic Reading Group, where will we survey several readings and other media over the course of the semester related to the topic of AI and information systems, data, curation, classification, and discovery.

Join us on Wednesday, May 5 from 12-1pm for the third of four SBIR Sprint Sessions. This workshop will discuss budgeting, proposal development timeline, formatting and graphics.

Join the Music & Performing Arts Library for a virtual lunch hour demonstration of the Library’s Steinway Duo-Art reproducing piano and collection of piano rolls.

Take a soothing lunch break and join Kim Sheahan Sanford, our assistant director of education and resident storyteller, for family-friendly stories from around the world every Wednesday afternoon. You can join the live event from our Facebook Page. (Past events are available for viewing here.)

Sign up for office hours to learn more about SBIR/STTR resources .

Combining elements of comedy and empathy, The Last American Hammer tells the story of a failed rural community in Ohio’s rust belt. Its bluegrass-infused score features strings, mandolin, and banjo.

Chambana Science Cafe Presents “Seeing Cancer in a New Light” Rohit Bhargava, PhD Director, Cancer Center at Illinois

It’s the end of term and we all need a break! Download our free Audubon Coloring Cook and relax with some nature and coloring!

Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and network with other students at the annual Fellows Symposium. This full-day event, sponsored by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, is also your chance to share your research at the popular Poster Session.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to an open forum to discuss the project’s progress and make recommendations to team members. The forum will be hosted Thursday, May 6th, from 10:30am-Noon.

Exciting new Lunchtime Seminar Series features CITL Faculty Fellows and others discussing teaching practices that highlight the art (and science) of teaching and learning.

Homemade, with Love Studio Art Days will be space held and led by the curator for artists/people to skill share and make art and at-home art kits for local Black girls.

If you or a loved one is living with Parkinson’s, join us to explore gentle movement in a safe and welcoming virtual environment.

Join us for the College of Education's Zoom webinar with Dr. David Stovall, Professor of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at UIC, and Illinois alum, as he discusses, "Addressing Systemic Racism Through Justice and Equity: The Role of Faculty at a Community-Engaged, Empowered University". 

Join the Data Science User Group from 12-1PM on Friday, May 7. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking.

Artificial intelligence and advanced data systems hold great promise to propel the health care system to greater effectiveness, efficiency, and equity for patients and practitioners. Vilas Dhar will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and clinical care in this special Bleeding Edge Grand Rounds event held in conjunction with Carle Foundation Day.

The interactions of geographic processes have been shown to produce spatial phenomena suited for geographic inquiry; however, the exploration of spatial representation as a means of understanding geographic processes has produced a bifurcated ontology of pattern and process representation.

The Theatre Studies New Work Festival provides an opportunity for three teams of Illinois Theatre students serving as playwright, director, and dramaturg to collaborate in the development and production of a substantial piece of theatre.

Sadiq Patel (BS, ’05, molecular & cellular biology) is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School who examines questions of equity, technology, and access to care. He and webcast host Ruby Mendenhall will discuss how technology can improve access to mental healthcare.

The Theatre Studies New Work Festival provides an opportunity for three teams of Illinois Theatre students serving as playwright, director, and dramaturg to collaborate in the development and production of a substantial piece of theatre.

The Theatre Studies New Work Festival provides an opportunity for three teams of Illinois Theatre students serving as playwright, director, and dramaturg to collaborate in the development and production of a substantial piece of theatre.

In this dissertation, I will explore the operation of one American city’s growth coalition as it responds to the reality of global climate change. One of the latest urban reactions to the climate crisis in the last three years is the declaration of a “climate emergency” by cities throughout the United States and the international community.

Schedule a 10-minute wellness check of your course! Using Zoom breakout rooms, our experts will review your settings and help you finish the semester strong. Registration is required.

The Intersections of Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeology series is intended to center Indigenous voices, increase awareness of the deep Native histories of the Eastern Woodlands, and amplify the experiences and research of Indigenous scholars and leaders. Supported by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Student Cultural Programming Fee

Join us on Tuesday, May 11 from 12-1pm for an EIR Workshop with Marc Minkus. He will be discussing "What I Have Learned Working On Internal & External Venture Teams."

Women in Science Lecture Series May Speaker: Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Democratization of Health Innovation at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Social Work.

The University of Illinois Archives is hosting a monthly Women in Science Lecture Series. May 11th guest speaker Dr. Ruby Mendenhall is an Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning, and Social Work. Dr. Mendenhall will speak about her interdisciplinary work that focuses on issues of social inequality and economic mobility.

Building research collaborations between the Center of Economics of Sustainability, University of Illinois and the Urban Institute, Kyushu University in the area of environmental economics.

Capturing spatial co-location patterns—subsets of two or more types of events that are geographically close—is one of the primary interests in spatial analysis because many phenomena are geographically related to each other.

Celebrates the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. It is common practice to give zakat (charity) on this day or during the month of Ramadan, and to attend a prayer in the morning, followed by celebration and food with friends and family. Muslim students or employees observing Eid al-Fitr may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.

Join us on Wednesday, May 12 from 12-1pm for the final SBIR Sprint Sessions. This session will discuss Technical Objectives, Key Personnel, Principal Investigator Selection, and Phase 2.