General Events

Whether you are a high school student, college student, working professional, or retiree, we invite you to engage with Butler’s award-winning novel Parable of the Sower through our Community Read this season!

The Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) 6th International Conference, “Interrogating Cultural Responsiveness Against the Backdrop of Racism and Colonialism" is just around the corner. The conference will be held Wednesday, September 29 to Friday, October 1, 2021 at the Chicago Palmer House Hilton.

iSEE invites you to a series of in-person and virtual events in October to celebrate and promote sustainability on our campus! Take part in a Waste Reduction Challenge, Green Quad Day, Illini Lights Out, a campus trash pickup, the first-ever Student Sustainability Research Summit and more! And don't miss the campus Sustainability Celebration on Oct. 20!

A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. The project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans.

Hal Fischer (United States, b. 1950) is a gay conceptual photographer and an alumnus (BFA ’73) of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics presents a first full retrospective of his work, showcasing all his photographic series, which were created in San Francisco during the late 1970s—the heyday of gay liberation

Join us on the first Friday of each month from 9:00-10:00am for networking and breakfast.  We will celebrate the end of the week and the start of the new month on the EnterpriseWorks patio, weather permitting. 

The Responsible Data Science and AI Speaker Series discusses topics such as explainability, reproducibility, biases, data curation and governance, and privacy. Rainer Böhme, professor for security and privacy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, will present "Privacy Preferences and Choice Architecture: the Case of Consent Management on the Web."

Join Carle Illinois College of Medicine for the dedication of the newly renovated Medical Sciences Building. Please dress appropriately for the weather. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the South Lounge of the Illini Union.

Join the Data Science User Group from 12-1PM on Friday, October 1. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking. The group will serve both students and professionals to bridge the gap between the analytical sciences and practical applications of industry.

Learn about disease modeling from Rebecca Smith, associate professor, Veterinary Medicine.

Join the International and Area Studies Library on Oct. 1st at 2:00 PM for our first International Cooking Show of the Fall 2021 semester! Svjetlana Stekovic will be making Buranija, a delicious bean stew from Bosnia.

The spatial distribution of SOC is controlled by aggregate breakdown and transport under effects of soil characteristics, rainfall patterns, topography, and management.

Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.

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.

Friday Funnies is a series from the Illini Union featuring live comedy from local comics, nationally touring comedians, and even RSO’s every Friday night in the Courtyard Café. Come enjoy the laughs and free food.

Enjoy a FREE movie every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm from Aug. 27–Dec. 4 in the Illini Union Pine Lounge.

A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. The project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans.

Hal Fischer (United States, b. 1950) is a gay conceptual photographer and an alumnus (BFA ’73) of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics presents a first full retrospective of his work, showcasing all his photographic series, which were created in San Francisco during the late 1970s—the heyday of gay liberation

Enjoy a FREE movie every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm from Aug. 27–Dec. 4 in the Illini Union Pine Lounge.

A playwriting festival extravaganza--to create THE 48, Illinois Theatre students, faculty, staff, and alumni will collaborate from start to finish across the course of two days.

Welcome to the Seventh Annual Illinois Homecoming 5K Race! Join us on October 3 at 10:00 am to run, jog, walk, or roll from the east end of Anniversary Plaza to the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. After finishing, we invite you to celebrate at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center with food, drinks, the Marching Illini, and other special guests to kick off Homecoming week!

Come one, come all! Explore the greatest profession on earth: veterinary medicine! This in-person event will be largely outdoors and under tents. Many exhibits to learn from and live animals to meet.

Celebrate at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center with the fountain dying, food, drinks, the Marching Illini, and other special guests to kick off Homecoming week! Students, staff, faculty, alumni, community members, Illini fans, and families are all welcomed! 

Joe Morris is widely recognized as one of the most original and important improvising artists of our time. Morris will offer a lecture and performance on Wed, Oct. 6, and a workshop on Fri Oct. 8 at the Spurlock Museum. His lecture will draw from his book, 'Perpetual Frontier: The Properties of Free Music' (2012). A performance follows.

Free food and entertainment for Illinois students. 

Musical Mondays is a series from the Illini Union featuring live musical performances every Monday in the Courtyard Café. Come enjoy the music and free food.

A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. The project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans.

Hal Fischer (United States, b. 1950) is a gay conceptual photographer and an alumnus (BFA ’73) of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics presents a first full retrospective of his work, showcasing all his photographic series, which were created in San Francisco during the late 1970s—the heyday of gay liberation

Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.

Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Marc Martin-Casas Seed Investments and Venture Development, Illumina Accelerator "Building Breakthrough Genomics Startups"

What should I do after the offer?

Learn about American Football. 

International students are important to the Illini community.  Join us is celebrating our international talent in a showcase.

Join the Illini Union Board for another great season of trivia in the Courtyard Cafe. Many prizes won each night!

A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. The project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans.

Hal Fischer (United States, b. 1950) is a gay conceptual photographer and an alumnus (BFA ’73) of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics presents a first full retrospective of his work, showcasing all his photographic series, which were created in San Francisco during the late 1970s—the heyday of gay liberation

Prof. Cameron McCarthy will give a presentation that addresses the matter of the management and conservation of histories ("burnished ornamentalism") in three school sites: Barbados, India, and Singapore. These schools form a part of a 5-year, 9-country study of postcolonial elite schools in globalizing circumstances.

Learn what we know about tinnitus, what we would like to, the difficulties in studying it, and how we can help those who suffer from it.

Prof. Nicholas Christakis, Yale Univ., will speak about "Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society" at 2 p.m. CST Oct. 6. The virtual talk is part of the annual Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science.

What can you ask for and how do you ask for it?

HRI is pleased to co-sponsor a series of programs on music improvisation featuring New England-based guitarist Joe Morris, widely recognized as one of the most original and important improvising artists of our time. Morris will offer a lecture and performance on Wednesday, October 6 and workshop on Friday, October 8, 2021.

Interested in becoming a Startup City Scholar and spending the Spring 2022 semester in Chicago? Attend this event to find a team to join, or pitch to find teammates!

Come out and enjoy one of the most popular Karaoke spots in the Champaign-Urbana area. Sing, listen, and enjoy free food.

HRI is pleased to co-sponsor a series of programs on music improvisation featuring New England-based guitarist Joe Morris, widely recognized as one of the most original and important improvising artists of our time. Morris will offer a lecture and performance on Wednesday, October 6 and workshop on Friday, October 8, 2021.

A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. The project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans.

Hal Fischer (United States, b. 1950) is a gay conceptual photographer and an alumnus (BFA ’73) of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics presents a first full retrospective of his work, showcasing all his photographic series, which were created in San Francisco during the late 1970s—the heyday of gay liberation

The Navratri commences on the first day (pratipada) of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Ashwin. The festival is celebrated for nine nights once every year during the beginning of October, although as the dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar, the festival may be held for a day more or a day less.

Master the art of the personal statement.

Learn strategies for managing your time while writing your thesis